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Originally Posted by plague
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Fair enough.......Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
So your suggesting they change something so they miss out on the opportunity to get themselves kick backs and bribes from the bidding nations??Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Quite naïve to think they are that stupid
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Originally Posted by MFKS
nope.
they get paid to extort the maximum amount of money possible, it just goes through the front door.
the top of the tree aint the ones getting the small time bribes anyway.
Sepp and the boiz are still getting theirs. dont you worry.
Well it's about ****ing time
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...cials-arrested
Hopefully they don't get off, now to wait for the ripple effect.
USA 2022 and Australia 2026 sorted....:yay:
Nah according to Andrew Jennings in an interview on talksport yesterday, 2018 will go to England or Holland/Belgium and 2022 will go to USA.Quote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
If true, this leaves the decks clear for us to get 2026.
I'd love to go to a Holland/ Belgium World CupQuote:
Originally Posted by furns
Hope they keep it in Russia just to piss everyone off.Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
As if Putin is gonna let these fools walk all over him and take it off Russia
that won't happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
FIFA aint getting told what to do.
they will promise to clean up their act.
rinse/repeat.
See, here is where FIFA is going wrong.
All they are doing is selling the WC to the highest bidder. Its their property, they should be able to. But by trying to disguise it as a 'fair contest for the good of the game and humanity in general' it means that host countries are paying off the Exco instead of giving it to FIFA instead.
they should be like the NFL
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/6/8...es-minneapolis
See they demand all the same graft but do it up front so theres no confusion (i love the bit about being except from any state and local tax). Let alone their stadiums being taxpayer funded in the first place. The NFL is the worst organisation in the world but because they are so open about it no one gives a toss.
and look, even our own NRL is charging the NSW state govt (us taxpayers) $5m per year just for the right to host the NRL grand final, once again in taxpayer funded stadiums.
anyone shocked that a big organisation that attracts a lot of money is somehow infested with corruption and greed really needs to get out more often.
its just the way it all is.
as far as i'm aware, nfl stadiums are not funded by tax payers.
most new ones are.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
they are given "tax credits" which essentially means the team owners don't have to pay state duties on the process and a lot of day to day running costs.
it deprives the state of income so therefore considered taxpayer funded (yes semantics but thats how the yanks describe it).
Amongst other things San Francisco taxed hotels in order to raise over $100m for the 49ers new stadium.
The NFL puts the heavy on cities to fund them or else they move the team away. At the moment St Louis, Minnesota, San Diego, Oakland are just a couple trying to get new stadiums done and are all pretty much threatening to move to Los Angeles if the locals don't pony up.
There was a massive blowup about the Giants/Jets stadium in New Jersey too.
well there you go
actually not having a go, but heres a better picture of the levels of funding
https://cbsminnesota.files.wordpress...ry-12-2-11.pdf
isn't the olympic stadium privately owned? i'm guessing it was publicly built. how /when did the transfer take place?
Am positive it's still owned by the State but privately managed.Quote:
Originally Posted by snake
The management rights earn the operators a $5m bottom line apparently.
So let me get this right the State Government have an asset they sold off the management rights to despite them making 5million a year???Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Remind me again why I have these ****s saying I can't have this or that in my community that would benefit the whole community as the money ain't there to be spent and they make stupid decisions like that.
FMD :angry:
Actually i was incorrect in the initial funding of the Olympic Stadium. Heres a great run down of how it was all done.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.a...29_shirbin.pdf
Now, from the stadium management side of things heres how i have interpreted it (its been in the news lately).
A private firm manages the stadium and have a contract til 2031. In that agreement there are provisions that Parra stadium cannot be redeveloped and the SFS cant be expanded or even have a roof put on it.
with the sale of the 'poles and wires' ('sup 2bobs?) the govt had set aside $400m to be like the AFL and have 2 stadiums for all footy codes to use in sydney. they wanted SFS and Parra but because the olympic stadium can cockblock them the govt now has to pay out the lease agreement to the management company. Then they are free to spend the money on a new 65,000 stadium to replace SFS and build a 40,000 seat stadium in Parramatta/western sydney. there is a big push to also tear down the olympic stadium as it would be of no use.
rumoured buy out price on the lease - $100m.
your tax dollars at work people.
Something similar in TardlandQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
Aami Park was not originally meant to be above 20k due to a deal the State Government had with Docklands Stadium stopping the building of new stadiums in the city.
A bit of twoing and froing got it up to 30k as Victree cracked the shits as they already were getting 25k crowds
Whats even funnier is the Docklands stadium is in 10 years time going from being a facility paid for by the taxpayers but to the private property of the AFL. They ain't even buying it but it is being given to them
Exactly how does a deal like that come into place??
Am fairly sure that the afl was a significant contributor to the construction of docklands. Will await sd confirmation.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-0...yments/6514560
they're coming for you sepp...
No they are not.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
So far every accusation has been against every one else bar Sepp.
All this shit happens around the time the FIFA Election is on and a pile of people other than Sepp end up in the shit and he gets away scot free and re elected.
Call me cynical but maybe this ain't a coincidence
To be fair did anyone see Jack Warner trying to defend himself by using an article from the Onion as 'proof' of a Sepp/USA conspiracy?Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
Then he whinged that he wasn't given enough notice that he was going to be arrested.
Bloke is dead set bonkers.
Hilarious..Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Here is the latest John Oliver offering about FIFA, I think someone mentioned it in another thread the other day..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt8SHP2x0xg
After Henry handballgate, FIFA paid FAI £5m to not proceed with legal action.
This is all going to be amazing, isn't it?
It's like watching a soap opera.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Tomorrow we'll find out Leo Messi is Sepp Blatter's son
Why??Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
No offence to the Irish but shit refereeing decisions are part and parcel of the game. Yeah it was a handball yeah it shouldn't have been allowed. Yeah the French got lucky yeah the Irish got screwed.
What grounds though do the FAI have to appeal??
You appeal every ****ing shit decision from a ref and a League season would never end and you would be in court forever.
What exactly are the clowns at FIFA doing paying them off to shut up for??
FAI may have every right to be pissed but smile accept the issue with grace and move on. That is the nature of the game of football. It isn't meant to be fair and just
TL;DR.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
This is the only bit worth mentioning. That's the entire point, you goose!Quote:
What exactly are the clowns at FIFA doing paying them off to shut up for??
:rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Because it was the French, and **** the French.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Thanks plague.... :angry:Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
After watching the French play 3 x at the WC can confirm the stereotype of the World not liking the French is pretty much bang on.Quote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
Whatever level it reaches here it is much stronger elsewhere.
Don't know what the French done to so many people but for some reason people enjoyed hating on them. Reckon half of their fans were even joining in the Anti French chants
Don't know what your colleagues have done Lquiquer but your popularity is on par with Tinkler and Muppets popularity in Newy
May need a new PR guy :thumbsup:
Basically it's not what the French done it's what the French didn't do and everyone loves to remind them.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
May need PSG Qatar to buy the Jets..... :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Pre season with Ibra coming to Newy:fap::fap:Quote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
2026 world cup bidding postponed. I wonder why?
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ding-postponed
it is because of the recent corruption scandal.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
BravoQuote:
Originally Posted by Captain Obvious