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The LAD Bible
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"Hello, my name is Chep Slatter, and I would like to stand for president of FIFA."
The LAD Bible
1 hr ·
"Hello, my name is Chep Slatter, and I would like to stand for president of FIFA."
Two people having a different emotional response to something? Never heard of that one before.Hilarious
Can't see the Russia world cup being scrapped now. Qatar is possible and hopefully whoever takes over will put measures in place to avoid murkiness in future world cup bids.Blatter going doesn't change anything for me, it'll be just like Kim Jong-Un resigning and being replaced by Kum Tu-Soon - it'll be the same shit just a different name.
Fifa is institutionally corrupt and needs to be replaced entirely and for the World Cups in Russia and Qatar to be scrapped and a new bidding process done.
Gave you a funny, but it is slightly ironic that the country who gives avout the fewest fucks about football had to be the ones to start the fire
Still call it soccerBut we actually love the sport. It's just that nobody wants to admit it.
#3 in participation behind gridiron and basketball
#3 in attendance at professional level (yes the MLS gets more per game than the NBA and NHL with 90% capacity)
#3 in television viewership. Baseball is a dying sport and the NBA and NHL have limited markets, so the combination of Liga Mx, Champions League and EPL (and even some MLS) has sawker ahead of three of the big four.
#2 big ticket event. The US games at the last World Cup had better numbers than everything other than the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, the BCS Championship game and NFL playoffs. They beat regular Olympic broadcasts and the World Series, NBA Finals, NCAA Championship and Stanley Cup. But Guess what? The most popular World Cup game didn't involve the US and was the 13th most watched program in US TV for that year.
#2 with the kids. Not just playing it but watching it.
That was brilliant.
Well ESPN is hammering it home because FIFA gave Fox the contracts for the 2022 and 2026 WC's without even opening up the bidding so ESPN is pissed. Conveniently, Fox Sports is choosing to not cover the FIFA investigations much. I'd much rather ESPN cover this then what Lebron ate 10 minutes ago.Very true. This is such a huge story yet people over here in the States don't even understand the scope and impact of it. In fact, I hear quite a bit of complaining that the major sports and news networks are covering it as much as they are and even more complaining that tax payer money and resources is being used on this investigation.
That's weird I can in France you'd think Europe would all be the sameCan't view it in the UK, any extension i try i still can't view it Hurrrumph why can't i have nice things?
Clearly 2022 should go to the United States as a token of our services in the removal of Blatter. Had to do all of the dirty work for the rest of you.