The Qatari bid was corrupt for sure. We know that. From the very beginning Western media was ticked off from very beginning finding every way possible to attack the bid. Yet when Salt Lake City and Atlanta bribed Olympic officials no one bothered to stop them from hosting their events.
We would have pursued a traditionally white dominated Western country with the same vigor as we attacked Qatar?
Today I was listening to American sports radio host Colin Cowherd. His argument was that Fifa is corrupt because non-Westerners can participate. He also made the dumb assertion that because America doesn't run the sport then we have to accept its corruption. Apparently he was living under a rock during the Congressional hearings on the American MLB.
Soccer is rife with racism. For a sport that is so global the Western white countries tend to be condescending and feel entitled. Qatar should lose their bid if everything is true but the next time a Western white dominated country is embroiled in scandal to bid an event, I want to see same bashing of the country and the same scrutiny of their bid.
We would have pursued a traditionally white dominated Western country with the same vigor as we attacked Qatar?
Today I was listening to American sports radio host Colin Cowherd. His argument was that Fifa is corrupt because non-Westerners can participate. He also made the dumb assertion that because America doesn't run the sport then we have to accept its corruption. Apparently he was living under a rock during the Congressional hearings on the American MLB.
Soccer is rife with racism. For a sport that is so global the Western white countries tend to be condescending and feel entitled. Qatar should lose their bid if everything is true but the next time a Western white dominated country is embroiled in scandal to bid an event, I want to see same bashing of the country and the same scrutiny of their bid.