Fifa and their cheek

[jimbolala]

Fifa have told Brazil they must sell beer in the football stadiums at the world cup. At the minute there is a ban on this. Now i for one would like to have a beer watching a match but in no way should Fifa or any other sports agency be forcing a country to change their laws in order to sell beer, especially the crappy beer who sponsor the whole shebang

[Epic Swindle]

The WC is finished, the last few have been awful. Throw in the blatant corruption of FIFA and I hope it falls on its a***. The euros is better.

[Benzo-13]

Anheuser-Busch own Brahma by the way.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

surely this is a police/government decision?

 

Then again, Brasil is corrupt as f***

[Gambit]

The incredible thing is that FIFA immediately ban any national team that is influenced by the team's government yet here are FIFA demanding national laws be changed just to please one of their sponsors. Their audacity is amazing, such a corrupt organisation that answers to no one.

[Florist Cinema Pond Goal]

The WC is finished, the last few have been awful. Throw in the blatant corruption of FIFA and I hope it falls on its a***. The euros is better.

 

2010 was s*** but I enjoyed 2006. 2002 was average but 98 was excellent. 94 was alright but I loved italia 90 as it was the first one I saw. Morale: European World Cups are the way forward.

[Random Bird]

Are they going to insist in forcing this in future World Cups too? Might cause a few issues in 2022 in Qatar.

[Nebraska Red]

Are they going to insist in forcing this in future World Cups too? Might cause a few issues in 2022 in Qatar.

 

 

Beer will have been banned worldwide by then

[Epic Swindle]

2010 was s*** but I enjoyed 2006. 2002 was average but 98 was excellent. 94 was alright but I loved italia 90 as it was the first one I saw.

 

Italia 90 was brilliant. 98 was probably the last good one. The rest generally have one or two classic matches but the novelty wears off now after a week. Defensive tactics haven't helped.

[Nebraska Red]

Italia 90 was brilliant. 98 was probably the last good one. The rest generally have one or two classic matches but the novelty wears off now after a week. Defensive tactics haven't helped.

 

 

too many games involving naff teams haven't helped either.

 

get it back to 16 teams and give teams some incentives to score goals.

[Zoob]

The incredible thing is that FIFA immediately ban any national team that is influenced by the team's government yet here are FIFA demanding national laws be changed just to please one of their sponsors. Their audacity is amazing, such a corrupt organisation that answers to no one.

 

Was absolutely staggered to read about this. It's like an April Fools joke.

 

FIFA gimp says "Alcoholic drinks are part of the Fifa World Cup, so we're going to have them". ?! Obviously Budweiser are a big sponsor, so it would be less of a piss take [no Budweiser / piss pun intended] if they came out and were honest about their reasoning.

 

The fact that the ban on alcohol at grounds hasn't really impacted hooliganism is completely irrelevant imo.

 

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[Stevie H]

they made south africa break its own tax and retail laws so i think beer is a drop in the ocean.

[Zoob]

they made south africa break its own tax and retail laws so i think beer is a drop in the ocean.

 

wow - never heard about that... what did they do?

[Stevie H]

wow - never heard about that... what did they do?

all fifa revenues generated via a world cup are not subject to local income taxes, whatever country it is hosted in. and they impose fifa official merchandise partner sales on host countries too - in the 2006 world cup in germany, german fans used to having a nice german beer and a decent sausage while watching matches in their stadia could only get budweiser and mcdonald's filth etc.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Its a commercial animal. Its the governing body of the biggest sport in the world so when it comes to the biggest tournament in the biggest sport, it comes as no surprise that multinationals are all over them like a rash. Furthermore, host countries stand to gain massively from hosting it.

 

With all that considered, there is absolutely no reason to think bribes would be entertained never mind accepted .............

[cymrococh]

all fifa revenues generated via a world cup are not subject to local income taxes, whatever country it is hosted in. and they impose fifa official merchandise partner sales on host countries too - in the 2006 world cup in germany, german fans used to having a nice german beer and a decent sausage while watching matches in their stadia could only get budweiser and mcdonald's filth etc.

The Olympics is just as mental. It's been announced that only Olympic sponsors are allowed to adertise within 500 metres of a venue during the games.

 

Not so much a problem for London where they're mostly purpose built, but a bit of an issue for Cardiff where the Millenium stadium is smack bang in the middle of a capital city. Shops within 500 metres are going to have to apply for the right to have their existing signage up.

[Stevie H]

Its a commercial animal.

and yet a registered charity which is sitting on assets somewhere between 600m and a billion euros apparently.

 

 

The Olympics is just as mental. It's been announced that only Olympic sponsors are allowed to adertise within 500 metres of a venue during the games.

 

Not so much a problem for London where they're mostly purpose built, but a bit of an issue for Cardiff where the Millenium stadium is smack bang in the middle of a capital city. Shops within 500 metres are going to have to apply for the right to have their existing signage up.

wasn't some bloke running a greasy spoon caff in stratford forced to reprint his menus after he was told he couldn't call something 'the olympic breakfast'? fifa also had all those dutch women arrested last world cup for wearing those orange minidresses with the bavaria beer name on or whatever it was.

[cymrococh]

wasn't some bloke running a greasy spoon caff in stratford forced to reprint his menus after he was told he couldn't call something 'the olympic breakfast'? fifa also had all those dutch women arrested last world cup for wearing those orange minidresses with the bavaria beer name on or whatever it was.

Down to Brighty touting his compos that was, wasn't it?

[Stevie H]

Down to Brighty touting his compos that was, wasn't it?

 

robbie earle wasn't it? wish it had been brighty.

[Zoob]

all fifa revenues generated via a world cup are not subject to local income taxes, whatever country it is hosted in. and they impose fifa official merchandise partner sales on host countries too - in the 2006 world cup in germany, german fans used to having a nice german beer and a decent sausage while watching matches in their stadia could only get budweiser and mcdonald's filth etc.

 

Excellent stuff. Unbelievably how awful the domestic and international bodies running the game are.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Its a commercial animal. Its the governing body of the biggest sport in the world so when it comes to the biggest tournament in the biggest sport, it comes as no surprise that multinationals are all over them like a rash. Furthermore, host countries stand to gain massively from hosting it.

 

With all that considered, there is absolutely no reason to think bribes would be entertained never mind accepted .............

that's not the case though, usually FIFA does well, but the Olympics for e.g. are by & large a commercial disaster for host countries; they lose a s*** load of cash. WCs & stuff, I'm not as sure about

[Florist Cinema Pond Goal]

Italia 90 was brilliant. 98 was probably the last good one. The rest generally have one or two classic matches but the novelty wears off now after a week. Defensive tactics haven't helped.

 

Argentina 6-0 Serbia and Montenegro including a classic World Cup goal

The Portugal - Holland, who cares about football let's just f*** each other up

Maxi's sensational winner against Mexico

England getting their hopes up then getting outclassed (OK that happens every time)

Germany beating Argentina on pens

Italy beating the hosts in extra time in a good game

Most dramatic final I've seen, essentially a sequel of 98 with Zidane, an all time great, bowing out from the game and possibly costing his country the World Cup

 

Yeah was s*** that, Euros have been much better.

 

KYWCS

[Zoob]

Argentina 6-0 Serbia and Montenegro including a classic World Cup goal

The Portugal - Holland, who cares about football let's just f*** each other up

Maxi's sensational winner against Mexico

England getting their hopes up then getting outclassed (OK that happens every time)

Germany beating Argentina on pens

Italy beating the hosts in extra time in a good game

Most dramatic final I've seen, essentially a sequel of 98 with Zidane, an all time great, bowing out from the game and possibly costing his country the World Cup

 

Yeah was s*** that, Euros have been much better.

 

KYWCS

 

In a way though, this backs up the post you quoted - out of 64 matches, there are a few great games (the 6-0 featuring the superb Cambiaso goal) and the 'Holland Portugal game (a classic for it's insanity rather than great football), but overall I do think there are fewer great games, and I think there have been less goals scored as the games have become more defensive. in 2006, once the group games were finished, only 4 of the remaining 16 games had more than 2 goals scored...

[John am Rhein]

only 4 of the remaining 16 games had more than 2 goals scored...

 

but that will only get you so far