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Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YankeeFan, Oct 3, 2013.

  1. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    They're talking about women.
     
  2. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    When we start seeing the "Hotties of the 2014 World Cup" web pages...Qatar is screwed.
     
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  3. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    Let's see ... they don't eat bacon, they don't drink beer, they think women should wear more clothes and not less .... mmmmmm, yeah.
     
  4. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Different culture. If you go in thinking you're going to westernize people who live a certain way, you're in for disappointment.
     
  5. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    Not interested in changing Qatar, just calling out the people who took the bribes to award that country the WC.
     
  6. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    They'll get what's coming to them.
     
  7. DeskMonkey1

    DeskMonkey1 Active Member

    At this rate, they may have to. Reportedly down to four offers and only two are feasible.
     
  8. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    My guess is Norway will get its bid together as a viable candidate. Winter sports have always been a big deal there and their last Games were very successful.

    The IOC is going to have to get a grip on reality and either settle for a little less extravagance or go back to some previous sites with existing facilities. One of the main reasons the Sochi Games were so expensive was that virtually everything had to be built from scratch. When you build something new, of course, it provides the chance to build the fanciest things ever.... at a price. But there's no reason Salt Lake City, Torino, Vancouver or any of the past 10 host cities couldn't do it again with many of the same facilities.

    Of course, as long as the IOC can find suckers willing to shell out billions, well, more power to them. But it seems that era may be drawing to an end.

    And, yes, the same is true for the World Cup, too. How many of the stadiums in Brazil are new and how many have already been in use?
     
  9. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    How many countries/co-hosts could pull off a WC without actually having to do much in terms of stadia and infrastructure?
    Let's see:
    USA
    England
    Germany
    Spain
    France
    Italy
    Holland/Belgium

    There are probably a few others that could do it with a little bit of lead time and a few dollars spent, but that list - I believe - could host tomorrow with little more effort than lining the fields and selling the tickets.

    Brazil is in the conversation of biggest soccer country in the world, but it has shown that outside of a couple of cities/stadiums, it's a white elephant for the country. The same would have to be said for Argentina and Mexico. Australia could probably host with available stadiums and infrastructure, but that's just a guess.
     
  10. RubberSoul1979

    RubberSoul1979 Active Member

    Workers are dying -- by the hundreds -- as Qatar builds stadiums in anticipation of the 2022 World Cup.

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/01/qatar-world-cup-workers-deaths-migrant
     
  11. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Yeah, Joe, I agree. Most of the European countries where there are regular leagues that draw large crowds could host with little additional expense.

    I understand the notion of wanting to make a political statement: WC in South Africa and Qatar, Olympics in China and Brazil, etc. But at some point that has to be tempered with reality and the cost of staging the event at the level to which the big shots have become accustomed in the more developed countries.
     
  12. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    What is the political statement of holding the WC in Qatar?
     
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