If there's one thing that makes me mad, it's injustice of any kind. I am seething about the FIFA decision on the next World Cup locations, and the way England garnered just one vote.
On paper England was equal top of Fifa's own technical assessment of the four bids. We were top of an independent assessment of the best commercial bids and the presentation on Thursday was widely acclaimed as the best of the 2018 and 2022 bids.
None of that mattered however because FIFA, one of the most ridiculous, inept and discredited organisations in the world, was determined to give England a lesson. Why? Because our journalists had the temerity to expose the corruption at the heart of the whole process, and the fact that FIFA officials can be bribed for money.
I would have expected FIFA to have reacted to the news by sacking officials and issuing a statement saying they intended to get to the bottom of the allegations.
As you would expect from this bunch of idiots (remember some of their foolishness during the World Cup), they didn't, but they took their revenge by punishing the whistleblowing nation.
And this nonsense about giving Qatar the World Cup to grow football globally! Yes with a population of just over one and a half million, I'm sure it will have a huge impact there.
Let's hope for the sake of soccer lovers thast Russia is able to deliver the stadia and hotels in time for 2018. They didn't score highly on this in the technical assessment. But I suppose when, like Russia and Qatar, you have oligarchs and oil behind your bid, money is no object.
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Me too, Gail, I CANNOT believe that England only managed one other vote. I have to this was a public lashing for the Panaroma programme. And any one would be mad to attend a football match, packed in a stadium like sardines in the 105F summer heat of Qatar.
I found an article recently on Jack Warner, FIFA vice president, and the man whose picture is in the dictionary under the word corruption. A really insightful and interesting article that was written over a year ago, but is still, and is perhaps even more relevant today.
http://swissramble.blogspot.com/2009/10/power-corruption-lies.html
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