What does "stadium operations" mean, and why is it medium risk everywhere except the USA?
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2022 World Cup to begin in November
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What does "stadium operations" mean, and why is it medium risk everywhere except the USA?
MakeshiftChef
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I normally would watch the cup regardless of who's playing. The timetable puts this squarely into american football season (both professional and college). My viewing will likely be greatly diminished by this. Unless a particularly great match up is in the offering I'd rather watch american football.
SlickShoes
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Most of the countries you mention don't have the infrastructure to support holding the world cup, are you even remotely aware of how much it even costs to host the thing?
NekoFever
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The US was the only one not proposing to build or renovate any stadiums, so there was no risk of them being delayed or going over budget.
Good, hope everyone else follows suit, though I see Arsenal Wenger has already praised the decision.
World Cup final on Friday, the day before Christmas eve. Great, let's turn Christmas into a celebration of murdering slaves.
Freud's ghost just did a backflip.
They're going to run it alongside the World Cup.
Cameroon vs Germany at noon, then Cameroon vs Mali in the PM.
International teams have a squad of 23 players for a reason you know!
Just saw this on twitter
Disgusting.
Diprosalic
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can't do christmas shopping footy is on.
Just as a spectator i wouldn't mind it tbh, you are staying inside all day anyway and it's a quite time in my industry but if you look at the big picture it's very stupid.
gutter_trash
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security and accessibility. Europe is still behind in terms of accessibility for the disabled
manueldelalas
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Well, if they build the infrastructure, then what's the problem?
When the world cup was here in Chile, we didn't have infrastructure (or money), but all the people put their minds to do it, we built stadiums that we use to this day; and the world cup turned out fine.
The story is quite fun, the two options were Argentina and Chile (because Europe hosted two WCs in a row, so it was SA's turn), and before the election, the Argentine representative said something along the lines "we can host a World Cup tomorrow if you want, we have everything". The next day, the Chilean representative said "Because we don't have anything, we want to do it all"; Chile won the election.
In 1960, prior to the world cup, there was an earthquake in Chile, the biggest earthquake mankind has registered ever (9.5), more than 2,000 people died, but the country still wanted to host a world cup, and we did. Poor, devastated, in winter, with little infrastructure.
The end result was a party that no one in this country has forgotten, we know it's something that could possibly never be repeated; but it was absolutely awesome.
That's the spirit that a world cup should have IMO, and I know the countries I mentioned don't have the infrastructure. That doesn't mean they can't hold a world cup.
Squirrel Killer
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Right, it's not the World Cup or even the "world's" game, it's European's and don't you dirty non-Euros forget it.
Also, not to be an ass or anything, but...
Evilore said:
NYCmetsfan
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This says that the Euro leagues (la liga/premier) are opposed and still want it in May
http://www.marca.com/2015/02/24/futbol/1adivision/1424792362.html
what a disgrace. This will not only fuck the season the WC will interrupt but the one afterwards. Most players in the WC play in European leagues and they should seriously consider a boycott.
This just doesn't make sense. if the worldcup is from November to December that means that players will have to leave their club at the latest in October to train. Then when they come back they will need another month to relax and prevent injuries before starting the league again. that's at least a 4 months break in the regular season and champions league. Will they be expected to play in the summer? What's worse is that many tv networks bought the rights to the WC with the guarantee it would play in the summer. They can't be happy about this especially in the U.S. where the WC will have to compete with the other major sports.
This just doesn't make sense. if the worldcup is from November to December that means that players will have to leave their club at the latest in October to train. Then when they come back they will need another month to relax and prevent injuries before starting the league again. that's at least a 4 months break in the regular season and champions league. Will they be expected to play in the summer? What's worse is that many tv networks bought the rights to the WC with the guarantee it would play in the summer. They can't be happy about this especially in the U.S. where the WC will have to compete with the other major sports.
Vivalaraza
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What a looser
FlutterPuffs
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r u serious m8
Squirrel Killer
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Oh, so this thread is fine? My bad.
jts
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You don't think this is news worth discussing?
Squirrel Killer
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Of course it's news worth discussing. I apparently misread the admin's intent as though not even association football news worth discussing was permitted during the cooling off period.
Freewheelin'
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Guys no football discussion, we got locked for a reason. Come on, leave FIFA to it
Would be easier next time to ask a mod if you're concerned about a thread.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
m8 are you for real
FortuneFaded
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SteveWinwood
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leave it to the mods and pm them if you have a problem with anything
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Xpike
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do you know what happens to snitches
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
'footie-gaf threads in the off-topic forum that would normally be acceptable, like league final OTs, will not be allowed during this period.'
This doesn't fall under that, not in my eyes. It's not like a Champions League OT.
This is probably going to be the best world cup in a long time. I remember the same type of Anger, and resentment, when the Republic of Korea and Japan won their bid. Especially from European fans who complained that Japan had never even qualified for a cup. Outside from a few biased refs it ended up being a great tournament and I expect the same in 2022.
The Hermit
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He is so corrupt that made Ricardo Teixeira look like an amateur.
Squirrel Killer
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Given the energetic responses and lack of clarity over which footie threads are allowed and which aren't perhaps I should.
I think where my confusion is coming from is that I did not read that as an exhaustive list. Thanks for clarifying that for me.
I expect, if current rates continue, that world/domestic football will be bigger than the NFL.
Remember, the NFL in the early 80's freaked out and conspired to crush the NASL, which were killing NFL in ratings as ABC would have prime matches on weekends. Considering the MLS is, and will be, giving a much better product than the NASL all signs look good.
that's probably why they're doing it.
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Xpike
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I am glad more than 500 died so a country with absolutely no football history, a climate that is not appropiate for playing the sport, and with extremely homophobic and sexist laws can host the biggest tourney in sports. But hey, a completely different nation with different conditions in a completely different area managed to do it, so why not!
Arjen
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Japan and Korea was a horrible World Cup.
And hopefully this spotlight will be the catalyst to have things changed by 2022.
It was Fantastic.
So many great matches.
Brazil v England
Senegal v Uruguay
USA vs Mexico
Ronaldo redemption in the Final vs Germany
It was a great tournament that had a few instances of bad reefing. no different than any other world cup since in that regard though.
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