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This is FIFA we're talking about. This is an organization that has been called "cartoonishly evil". If all they did was ignore a human rights report, it would be a major step up for them.
Shit, even in America we know FIFA is corrupt.
FIFA makes the NFL look downright benevolent
They didn't give a shit about Qatar, so why care about Saudi Arabia?
you can't compare the human right records of these. Qatar does not execute its protestors and activists. Saudis are also dirt poor next to any Qatari. Again, this worldcup money is directly from the pockets of these poor oppressed citizens. You cannot find any Qatari who is poor. To give you few statistics about how poor actual Saudi citizens are: 70% of citizens rely on government assistance programs which offer very little and have strict conditions that are not easy to meet in first place, 80% don't own a house, even their doctors and engineers get a salary of $1500 in the private sector, +high unemployment among college graduates, +many have no income at all and cannot qualify for those programs, many are travelled banned because they took loans from banks, +secret court trials without lawyers, life sentences for anyone who tweets anything anti-gov, torture, exexutions... All these things I mentioned randomly don't even exist in Qatar
lol I don’t mean to be insensitive but this is fully in-character for FIFA
The Bonesaw cup
when are the sportos gonna realize their silly, pointless man games are another distraction from the horrible reality these same actors create?
oh fuck, the world's overheating!
better get some footy clubs playing in Riyadh then!
fucking bellends