• ValueSubtracted@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    I’m not completely opposed to hosting these mega-events, or subsidizing them to a degree. Whatever you might think about the “prestige” factor, they can be a good excuse to ram through valuable infrastructure projects.

    But the devil’s in the details (and FIFA in this instance is a literal devil), and it’s madness to expect an actual profit.

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    FIFA should have to pay for EVERYTHING related to hosting a world cup. The fact that they get to be massive leeches and suck money from these places without spending a dime for their own money is so greedy and gross.

  • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    And is anyone watching this shit on tv either? Some of my local stations have completely halted regular programming to air this shit all day long.