How FIFA corrupted the World Cup

And how Russia and Qatar took advantage of it.
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On December 2, 2010, FIFA announced the 2022 World Cup would take place in a surprising country, Qatar. At that same meeting, they also announced that the 2018 World Cup would take place in Russia. These selections set off a new chapter in FIFA’s history, one where the public would have a greater sense on how bribery and corruption have a huge role in who gets to host this international sporting event.
The last 14 World Cup locations were decided by a group of 24 powerful men within FIFA called the executive committee. Their votes meant a lot to bidding nations and allegations on bidders bribing members of the committee lingered for decades. These allegations reached a new level when criminal investigations were launched nearly five years after that FIFA announcement. The fallout of these investigations nearly broke FIFA and tainted the World Cup.
Watch the latest episode of Vox Atlas to understand how FIFA corrupted the World Cup host selection process.
Sources:
We found this book written and edited by dozens of football experts very helpful for understanding the financial history of FIFA and the World Cup:
The Business of the FIFA World Cup edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Daniel Parnell
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e...
We used this research article to create charts showing the World Cup’s financial success in it’s early days:
Financing World Football. A Business History of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) by Heidrun Homburg
www.jstor.org/stable/40696431
This book by one of our experts in the video is a great primer to understanding how both Russia and Qatar won their World Cup bids in 2010:
Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Way by Bonita Mersiades
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au...
We used these FIFA financial reports to determine World Cup revenue since 2002:
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This table helped us keep track of the number of votes each bid winner received:
digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5f5dbf7...
We based our promised stadium maps off locations listed in these bid evaluations:
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For more context on why football is important to the Middle East, we recommending checking out this book:
Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and The Beautiful Game by Abdullah Al-Arian
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/...

[@stevegracious3787]

I really appreciate Vox calling the game 'football' instead of 'soccer'!

[@miss42310]

I know right!

[@gthakur17]

and temperature in Celsius

[@brianherrera1390]

Thats your only POINT??? THe fifa is corrupt and youre probably a soccer fan. TRASH if thats all you focused on.

[@miguelalvesmiguel7688]

Yeah they value science and non-retardnesss more than patriotism and tradition I guess

[@clarke4400]

I was smiling from ear to ear

[@rayj.4527]

For FIFA it's NOT about the sport. It's about making money and filling their pockets.

[@Pfyzer]

but for us Football fans it really doesn't matter where it's going to be held,

[@Fischerrrrrrrr]

@@Pfyzer that's why they get away with the corruption

[@deyanfreedom231]

Isn’t that what the whole is doing 🤔

[@slothman9731]

EA approves.

[@justawyrm]

@@Fischerrrrrrrr i think hes talking abt football, like the american one

[@alex10high]

A lot of people and apparently Vox have forgotten that Mexico, who is in North America and not South America, hosted the world cup twice in 1970 and 1986. Which would mean that the first time Fifa hosted the world cup outside of South America and Europe was in 1970.

[@ropsyso6940]

The West, the West... anything that does not suit the West is bad, corrupt etc. We have sanctions against any non-European country that does not tow the line.

[@georgiosioannispappas6311]

I want to believe that Vox is referring to the Americas in general.

[@alex10high]

@@georgiosioannispappas6311 in the video they say that they began to accept bids outside of Europe and South America, with the 1994 and 2002. And if they were talking about the Americas in general then the US has to be put in that category as well.

[@martyfleckson3104]

Mexico is Central America

[@alex10high]

@@martyfleckson3104 you obviously failed geography. México is in North America, go ahead and look it up because it is the only way you would believe me. By the way, the countries we say are located in central America are actually still in North America. Because Central America is not a continent.

[@v1nceskid771]

I feel that every person in power is corrupt wether it be in a sporting event or in a political sense

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

There are exceptions.

[@aimansuriaprakash2380]

So if you have power, will you be corrupted as well? Or are you suddenly an exception?

[@thecouncil8973]

This is hasty overgeneralization. Yes, corruption is widespread but it's not the case for every leader, lawmaker, or politician to have ever lived.

[@FerdyTheGreat]

This is the dumbest take I've ever heard. Learn to think logically mate.

[@placeholerwav]

i feel that you dont know anything about politics or corruption

[@slavestanchev1518]

Lets be real, when someone says "Lobbying" it usually means bribing... especially when we are talking about politicians.

[@Pfyzer]

politicians and global corporations play a different game than the rest of us... Superbowl, FIFA, UFC, F1, owning a sports team, Media broadcasts, weapon manufacturing, and individual influencers are shopping baskets for them. However, sporting decision doesn't have any impact on ordinary citizens, however, things like media and weapon manufacturing do.

[@AnonymousReader-er4eg]

No, it's only referred to as "bribery", when it happens in the Global South. In the Global North, it's lobbying.

[@LaurensHouweling]

lobbying is just legal bribing

[@jesusofnazareth3507]

Qatar learned Lobbying from the US politicians.

[@lukaz3336]

@@jesusofnazareth3507 They didn't learn it from anyone. They'd do it regardless of what the US does.

“Lobbying” was a term created for no purpose other than normalizing bribery.

[@botsareeverywhere]

Yep, #1 issue with many political systems

[@casedistorted]

Good way to put it

[@dardoura]

Germany

[@muslimcel4581]

Israel is no 1 in lobbying

[@Squintis]

All countries have this issue. Also why no country outlaws it. They all take about “change” and “fixing corruption” but they won’t make it illegal to accept bribes.

[@atiquekhan5543]

I find it funny how they just admitted that literally every world cup bid since the beginning had been illicit but still kept on talking about only Russia and Qatar :3

[@mcleetambe9026]

True. Football is not even that popular in USA but they wanted to be involved and control everything.

[@SpeedKing..]

Yes because Qatar against the 'country' that shall not be named

[@NegaTive337]

Yeah they only noticed this time 😂

[@blackray2003]

This is western's hypocrisy in glory.

[@miassimohammedaymen9168]

Yes, double standards nothing new.

[@joser51o]

Anywhere there's alot of money there is corruption somewhere

[@ro21cy]

like fr every country is corrupt some are just more secretive about it

[@nasserhalasa395]

@@ro21cy the more sophisticated, a country is the better they can hide it, and the more they blame other people for the wrongdoings

[@neilwaldock6272]

The Australian taxpayers are still waiting for the return of $50million from FIFA, considering there was zero chance Australia could actually win the bid.

[@whaleofdarkness]

Man, I'm so sorry for you. A world cup down under would have been so great. Aussies brought so much positive energy in all games I've seen.

[@Pfyzer]

if you don't believe your own country to win, then it shalt not

[@the.villan]

@@Pfyzer They didn't say that they didn't believe in their country to win, they meant that they didn't believe in FIFA to deliver a fair result. I'm from the UK and we had exactly the same problem with our 2018 bid.

[@Acidfunkish]

@@Pfyzer This is an embarrassing comment.

[@ablecdn1565]

Didn't you win Olympics in Brisbane?

[@glichjthebicycle384]

Great example for how power and lots of money ALWAYS corrupt people.

[@69Solo]

So if it was held in west then it wouldn't be called as corruption. But since its against in the interest of US its corruption? I am still looking for Saddam's WMD's.

[@nurlagrande]

It’s more like people corrupt power and money it’s not the money and power forcing them to become corrupt. They’re just disgusting people

[@francookie9353]

Power and money reveal. If the people turn out corrupt, then they always were, they just couldn't afford to show it.

[@Racko.]

Money just shows ppl true colors, that’s it

[@FA-rn1nc]

Qatar was actually colonized by the British. Qataris were brutally suppressed every time they wanted freedom. Their resources were plundered. To this day, no apology has been issued.

[@ibrahimmohamed3009]

Why don't you talk about the first time when Italy hosted the world cup under the pressure of their government before the second world war and they paid money to the referee 😊

[@work90]

Because that's so obvious. Everyone already knows it's rigged

[@bluecloudd4144]

Because they’re arrogant they cant bare the thought of a middle eastern country hosting a sporting event

[@bluecloudd4144]

Because they’re arrogant they cant bare the thought of a middle eastern country hosting a sporting event

[@nathaneddy502]

This was something made blatant to me when Rio/brazil won the bid for the Olympics for 2016 and the world cup in 2014. A city and country notorious for decimating human rights. They destroyed entire favelas for stadiums without any new emergency housing construction and now their stadiums are literally derelict. Considering the Olympics IOC is also an organisation based in Switzerland and it works eerily similar to the FIFA exec board. Corruption in sport is blatant.

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

Wasn’t Brazil the only host after Colombia withdrew?

[@fuadhassanfaruk4540]

First rule of Western media: If it’s not Russia, China or Middle Eastern, then it's ok

[@DeficiencyProduction]

The media criticized the Brazil hosting the games, what are you talking about. Even in this video they allege that Germany hosting the world cup was due to corruption. They are criticizing everything. What makes this hypocritical?

[@FallenLight0]

The head of Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil went to jail here in Brazil. But the "decimating human rights" was not even close to what happened in Qatar.

[@nathaneddy502]

@@FallenLight0 my guy what is this what aboutism. We aren't seeing who is the worst at disobeying human rights 😂

[@jaywhangmakes]

This goes into the history of FIFA better than FIFA's own United Passion.

[@jesusofnazareth3507]

The 2026 FIFA world cup will be held in the US. The same US that ended thousands of Children's future in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan.

[@leeweesquee]

And will keep calling is the S word

[@aldee8333]

@@jesusofnazareth3507 every county has killed people to get in the place they are now

[@Tiago-]

Unsurprisingly

[@Tiago-]

@@jesusofnazareth3507, shut up, Jesus.

[@FelipeKana1]

Very strange to not even mention 2014 cup here in Brazil... altough I can imagine it would derail the conversation to other topics equally bad, like useless infrastructure abandoned after the event or forcefully moving away communities to build stadiums. Not to mention that we're in a very hot time politically over here

[@kingofallworlds]

A lot of that was covered by Olympics reports

[@jennanferguson]

I’m pretty sure they have a video on the 2014 World Cup alone

[@versev0]

2014 world cup most likely Brazilian Government have more corruption then Fifa itself

[@mooseears9849]

When was Brazil ever NOT in a hot time politically?

[@bluerefr]

Because no other country put a bid in for 2014, so there was no bribing required

[@MonkeyDLuffy-nj2px]

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 were shady as well. They even investigated against Franz Beckenbauer for the World Cup in Germany. "mysteriously" nothing came out of it and now he is too sick for a year long trial anyways

[@faramund9865]

They don't just corrupt the event, but also the matches. As long as their pockets are lined they will continue this shameless practice.

[@uki5259]

I feel real sorry for Ronaldo

[@enchantedsooya]

@@uki5259 why

[@Shane-cu1mj]

100% agreed

[@hotmike505]

@@enchantedsooya because fifa corrupted the 2022 tournament for Argentina to win

[@CHr0N1CP4N1C]

cut back on the copium bruh

[@reddy272]

This was an absolutely fascinating breakdown of FIFA, I knew it was corrupt but this is on a whole other level.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

you all have no one but yourselves to blame for blindly supporting every bread and circus crumb the elites allow you

[@vladyslavdiumin4124]

@@MajorMlgNoob Thank you for the hint! Really appreciate your advise to watch this series! Just found it and looking forward to watch it asap!

[@ihsan1328]

@J N facts they don't like the idea of middle eastern and religious countries hosting it however it is interesting how qatar do stand up to the critics from the west.

[@hamidabrar]

802 likes and 5 comment? Lemme fix that :)

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

@@ihsan1328 and yet for some reason, the people who didn’t want Qatar hosting the tournament would be ok with Morocco hosting it

[@funglegunk]

I think the public were willing to overlook Russia as they have a healthy domestic league with good teams that can compete in Europe, a real football culture, and a strong international team with some well known players who play for prestigious clubs. Just from a football perspective, it makes sense that Russia could host a World Cup. Qatar being awarded the World Cup is just so obviously ridiculous on its face, even to people unaware of the backdoor shenanigans.

[@zaphod4245]

It's also worth remembering that in 2010 when the WC was awarded to Russia, there were no glaring issues, they didn't invade Crimea until 2014 for example, and Russia appeared to be progressing and becoming less authoritarian, so people were more willing to accept it. That isn't the case with Qatar, FIFA has no excuse for that.

[@miss42310]

@@zaphod4245 so Putin is ok with you? And you know the world cup took place in 2018 and so the 2014 invasion is somehow excused? Hypocrisy at its best.

[@Darkcamera45]

@@miss42310 bro read properly he said from the perspective of someone in 2010 and after a place for the cup is chosen IT CANNOT BE CHANged.

[@jonahjerryson4913]

@@miss42310 nah bro back in 2010 Russia was a pretty good country for europe so it wasn't that bad but imagine the surprise of the citizens who at the time probably would have never hear of Qatar their entire lives. They must have been shocked.

[@rosskrt]

@@miss42310 “so Putin is ok with you?” ..he didn’t.. write that?

[@the_real_idoit8166]

Funny how Russia and Qatar are the only countries talked about when corruption in fifa is talked about I get it it’s basically the popular thing rn to hate on those two countries but come on did we really forget about 2002

[@xBornChampionx]

What happened in 2002?

[@georgiosioannispappas6311]

At least in 2002, the World Cup was held into two western-like democratic states. In the past two World Cups, this hasn't been the case.

[@qGods]

@@georgiosioannispappas6311 yet western countries are the biggest terrorists the world has ever seen, so where is this double standard coming from?

[@hello-bg9hp]

@@georgiosioannispappas6311 Lol, why the World Cup should take place into "western-like" states?

[@nekopop8159]

@@xBornChampionx Worker’s abuse in Qatar and Russians being suppressed in Russia.

[@zazzyzzz]

You said it only now. It happens for a long time. Mainly the players that are connected with all kinds of messed up things. The Brazilian 2014 world cup was one of the most corrupt. Panis et circenses. It is all a big show for the herd.

[@demonver87]

Corruption has always been a feature not a bug in this system. Has there ever been a time when FIFA has not been accused of corrupt practices?

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

you all have no one but yourselves to blame for blindly supporting every bread and circus crumb the elites allow you

[@vladyslavdiumin4124]

Maybe it was but a really loooong time ago. 😅😁

[@mro9466]

Yes, but when it involves Russia its worse apparently 🤣 The US never corrupted anything🤞

[@FSUSean2112]

back before WW2

[@DickCheney205]

@@FSUSean2112not even then 1930 Uruguay was accused of stealing hosting rights from England and they were also accused of forcing Argentine players to lose on purpose. 1934 Italy was accused of cheating their way to win the World Cup.

[@TherconJair]

Don't forget, FIFA has the tax status of a "Verein" (Association) in Switzerland which means they get taxed like a local jodel club, 4.25% tax rate on the federal, 4% on the cantonal level.

[@RedStarKB]

If you have a problem with that, I would mind FIFA and UEFA paying 4.25% tax in my country.

[@TherconJair]

@@RedStarKB don't worry, the next country over will take only 3%. And the next 2.5%. And another one even less. Let's race to the bottom faster!

[@mattpet7913]

Isn't fifa registered as a non profit. I think they've literally never had to pay taxes to the country hosting the wc

[@nathaneddy502]

The IOC is the same it's a registered Swiss association.

[@DanielNeves90]

In 2026 it will be in the US, does that mean that there was honesty in that choice? No corruptions for being in the US?

[@rexsybimatrimawahyu3292]

There will be "no corruption" in Fifa decision for chosing US for the 2026 world cup 😁. Imma bet the western media will try justify the US's host in 2026 world cup to be fair and share with zero corruption at all

[@francibrahollari4106]

Its called the world cup, it should be played in different countries not the same countries....

[@fandefoot3511]

Facts

[@lewissthompson2005]

Would love if fifa made it that if you have hosted you cannot host again for 50 years, But they cant just do it anywhere unfortunately As not alot of countries (Especially non-football obsessed nations) have the infrastructure to support the world cup, let alone the thousands that attend.

[@Azact]

Yeah but still they were bribed into letting russia and qatar so it

[@Azact]

That doesn’t justify corruption

[@lewissthompson2005]

@@Azact No one said it does

[@pluribus_unum]

I don't think you can show Beckham as a booster of England anymore, he's owned and operated by Qatar now.

[@skp8748]

Oh shut up

[@Aussie-boi]

Similarly for Australia Tim Cahill is also owned by the highest bidder and in this case it has been Qatar. He was trying to encourage Australians to go over to Qatar to support our team.

[@Michaelengelmann]

How so? Idk.

[@Pfyzer]

@@Aussie-boi showing support to AU? chad move

[@nakenmil]

​@@Michaelengelmannhe was hired to do several promotional fluff pieces for qatar

[@Mr.Septon]

Now if only we could get sports fans to care more about the political consequences than their enjoyment of sports, as this whole system has gone off the rails. I feel the same way about the Olympics. We spend so much money internationally on these things, and nations do this for political capital, with a willingness to take major fiscal losses.

[@skp8748]

Boo keep your hypocrisy and politics to yourself

[@mochalo4912]

is the usa or France any better ? two imperialist lying countries , the truth is :no country in this world is morale or clean

[@c.herman8281]

@@mochalo4912 That's right! Not to mention "a major country"'s intervene in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, led to over 7000 of civilians death in Iraq in the name of finding "a weapon of mass destruction" which they didn't find any after aerial bombing the whole country of Iraq~ Calling for human rights and justice

[@Mr.Septon]

Are you guys saying these things like it counters anything I am saying? I am not saying that America is all-deserving of, anything. I'm not American on top of that. Just because no nation is perfect that means that this unusually high level of corruption is okay? Laws are neat in your mind. I don't expect host nations to be perfect, far from it. I think it reasonable to set a base level of "well that's too much corruption", but hey, defend wrongdoings because America went to war in Iraq... Absolute top notch logic 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@hansklok3564]

Idc about fiscal losses, the cost on the climate for a useless prestige program however…

[@bushidotestu1997]

It is disgusting of just how much power a bunch of football nerds was able to acquire and how much they’ve abused it since

[@OedipusVonFaust]

Nerds? they are out there making money whilst you sit here and comment on a dying channel. who is really the "nerd" here really?

[@sneaky3384]

@@OedipusVonFaustthe football nerds

[@connorpark2452]

@@OedipusVonFaust the football nerds

[@justinskrzelowski9448]

@@OedipusVonFaust why are you in such a rush to defend a bunch of corrupt millionaires

[@Adam-mv4fw]

@@OedipusVonFaust the football nerds

[@BalboaBaggins]

You're not even addressing the bribery around Argentina. They just HAD to win.

[@Yhsprs711]

You still think Argentina payed refs to win in 2022? Or are you talking about 1978? Or something else? Just curious

[@BalboaBaggins]

@@Yhsprs711 Both are very suspicious.

[@Yhsprs711]

@@BalboaBaggins 1978 is 100% rigged, but the myth about 2022 being rigged is just pure nonsense.

[@Mecofmecs]

@@Yhsprs711time to wake up bro and admit it you know it was just look at his head coach rn

[@likeastrike1]

Sepp Blatter and his crew. Those people should be jailed, but instead they used their bribe money to eventually sweep their scandals under the Fifa rug and avoid any harsh punishment.

[@QuestionsAnswerz]

That’s what Maradona has been saying for a long time, now ppl are starting to recognize.

[@Jack-lo3ky]

Lol when you realize literally every world cup was corrupt and not voted for at all 🤗😂 Thank you guys for the likes etc, I wasn't really expecting anything my comment, it goes to show how strong people's thoughts are on corruption 👍

[@wetguavass]

How USA corrupted FIFA. ...slowly, FIFA will make changes that favor the USA...

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718]

But people are angry at Qatar suddenly

[@shadowcaster7294]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718 The media pick and choose what they want people to consume hence why people have only started to hate on Quatar and not the previous countries. It's annoying.

[@Nipiniponipi]

every single one!

[@kate-he6xt]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718 this

[@lord9490]

Fifa will not be called corrupt if wc was held in europe and america

[@patrickkirby6580]

Russia World Cup 2018:- *CORRUPTION* America World Cup 2026:- *DEMOCRACY*

[@adly__]

It seems that when the World Cup isn't hosted in a Western country, there's a tendency to cry foul and label it as corruption. It's as if some people in the West are ignorant of the fact that it's called the World Cup for a reason. Perhaps they're just upset about missing out on the profits it's very clear atp

[@marcoschagas9646]

FIFA President even said recently that he is open to the idea of North Korea hosting a World Cup.

[@whoopsies305]

This would legit be the funniest thing ever for me

[@potato88872]

Finaly, north korea can use that 200.000 stadium for something then cannobal execution

[@asha8443]

Would depend if North Korea had enough money to bribe

[@potato88872]

@@asha8443 they could donate a nuke to them

[@astronotics531]

This is misinformation... the FIFA President has submitted the idea of an organization with North and South Korea to unite the countries under the emblem of football.

[@Tiger_Woo_dds]

With respect to your research, i can say two things with high certainty: 1 it's because of the money. 2 look into f1, Olympics, or ANY organization. Our downfall is our greed.

[@Pfyzer]

but does it affect ordinary watchers?

[@portuenglish1]

"For the love of money is the root of all evil"

[@iansteelmatheson]

sure, but FIFA is much, much more corrupt than even the Olympics or the NFL or whatever. it's been very well-documented.

[@analcommando1124]

out of curiosity when was the last time you at IOC's process? 20 years ago?

[@kentozapater8972]

Its our fault, fans, that these things happens

[@lvpfan91]

If england and us ware picked, then fifa is not corrupted, right

[@user-vf2ge2lc5i]

6 countries hosting a world cup it's not good I mean, Portugal, Morocco, Spain it's better

[@MuhammadAmin-ov4uv]

Although corruption was there we can admit that both tournaments both 2018 and 2022 were full of amazing moments

[@Recatonyllaer]

Me as a german objects

[@MuhammadAmin-ov4uv]

​@Recatonyllaer yes because as we know germany flopped both those tournaments 🤪

[@moshoodbakare1210]

The World Cup isn't corrupt when the host is a western nation but when the countries you don't like get to host it, it becomes corrupt. If you want to have a separate World Cup, maybe you guys should organize your own World Cup filled with your own teams while the "corrupt" countries that are left out host their own World cup. 32 countries play in the World Cup. Europe gets 13 slots, which is almost half of the available slots and half of the number of countries in Europe. Meanwhile, Africa, which has 54 countries (the most in the world), gets just 5 slots. If that isn’t corruption, then tell me what is.

[@dannychamberlain6244]

Genocidal maniaca

[@BasedHSVdude]

Fax, 5 in AFC as well, CONCACAF has 4, CONMEBOL has 4 as well

[@xnrq]

Ur slow

[@glacousxx]

I know im late but i was trying to look back into the world cup allegations and your comment should be much higher.

[@willwhite636]

What's next? Are corporations going to be allowed to make bids? "The 2026 World Cup will be hosted by Amazon" -Brought to you by Raid Shadow Legends

[@mejsjalv]

I assume you say it half joking, but I can actually see such thing happening.

[@asterphyll]

Please delete this comment. This is inception level

[@mystorey]

underrated

[@mystorey]

Hosted by facebook in metaverse would be better

[@speeder3235]

considering Amazon kinda is global, I feel like they'd do a better job than Fifa themselves (I might be wrong though)

[@eitanfrankowitz6992]

It’s really wrong; yet I imagine that if I was in the same spot as the EXCO members and had a 5 million dollar check sitting right in front of me, I’d think about all the ways the world is unjust, and cash that check. There’s shadiness everywhere, and it’s hard to make it in this world. Sometimes the cards play right into your hands, but more often than not, they don’t. I would have taken it too. Just a thought.

[@effortmatters6980]

Nah dude , it’s the principles. Those corrupted EXCO have no proper principles to live the life no matter how unjust the world is. If they are a good man, they wouldn’t bend to that. Not to mention as someone who’s sitting at one of the most powerful positions, the proper principles are more important for them, yet they bent.

[@RevengeBCN]

To be honest Qatar has been one of the most fun to watch world cups in 2000's

[@MrBeklager]

Why?

[@pedrosalazar6310]

@@MrBeklager Upsets on upsets

[@work90]

@@pedrosalazar6310 nah 2010 was the best so far, Followed by 2014 and then 2002

[@pedrosalazar6310]

@@work90 I never said this World Cup was the best or better than any other previous World Cups. I just stated why the original commenter said this has been one of the most fun World Cups

[@austinvalentine6126]

Yeah, thanks to the teams in it

[@Bum_Hip]

Just because FIFA took the bribes, is no excuse for countries like The USA, France, and The UK, to accept the invitation to play. If the developed world was as outraged by the corruption as they pretended to be, they would simply not go. Their presence at this event speaks volumes. The corruption is accepted, if not endorsed by all countries attending.

[@humptydumpty1481]

Exactly

[@thwalesproductions]

Thing about UK is that it's made up of 4 national teams, Wales obviously wouldn't deny the chance to go to the world cup because of the 64 year wait, England on other hand could of

[@framegrace1]

I tend to think the same, bu this is all way too complex for a country to decide... is like boycottig Olympics. Most players, for example, would go no matter what... they whole careers depend on this sort of things. And this is why being corrupt in this sort of organizations is so miserable....

[@AshrakAhmed]

Qatar has a lot of investment in all the of the countries mentioned, Do you really think Western politicians will bite the hand that feeds?

[@Bum_Hip]

@@AshrakAhmed absolutely not. That is why I say the aforementioned countries are complicit in the corruption.

[@00mimir]

Why Brazil's Cup wasn't mentioned? We built a lot of stadiums that there is no team to maintain it and was one of the most expensive WC in history.

[@rodrigobiguelini]

Thats what I thought! I guess it because LULA was in chage and the world press dont want to expose him right now

[@PopTartNeko]

Just curious. But doesnt FIFA provide funds for stadium building/preparation?

[@vitormascarenhas4884]

Of course not. But Brazil decided to build these stadiums far away (Amazon, West, etc) to show the entire country to the world. It's like the US deciding that Alaska should host a game in the 2026 WC. Total absurd.

[@doniramdoni3884]

How much exactly

[@MajorMlgNoob]

FIFA Declared that 2014 be a South American Tournament so only those nations could bid and in the end it was just Brazil who had their bid so no need to buy votes when Brazil was the only candidate

[@the180degreerule3]

It's only corrupted when it's the Russians and Arab's turn 😂😂😂😂😂😂 yeah they were angels before these two editions

[@ryanadams0922]

1:25 "How did FIFA go from organizing one of the most beloved sporting events in the world ...to corrupting it?" I can tell you in ONE WORD! GREED

[@erinpilla]

they def watched Gordon Gekko's speech

[@yfitzgodbless6573]

The same thing could be said about any government in the world

[@ryanmclaren8570]

yeah basically money

[@MJ-jf7zw]

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

[@pieterrossouw8596]

As a South African, the 2010 was a hard loss for the country's economy.

[@ghosty0612]

Brazil also feels with you

[@scrambaba]

Nobody cares about that, since there is no accountability on anyone’s part for the after-effects.

[@ghosty0612]

@@scrambaba I don't know about South Africa but Brazil definitely cared lol

[@scrambaba]

@@ghosty0612 Right, I meant more that nobody cares at the time the palms are greased and the decisions are made. The losses and harm suffered as a consequence do make people who care about such things angry, I agree. The crooks almost never pay the price, nor do the greedy organizers who are driven by money and power as well.

[@khietnguyen9505]

@@ghosty0612 But whole world knew about Brazil culture after that, just bad accountants

[@longbeach13]

So for USA 2026 its not corruption 😂i see

[@Heat_t]

Why would it be

[@glacousxx]

​​@@Heat_t if im being absolutely honest even though america is gigantic with lots of money football isnt their thing their version is different and quite changed . Well its not like my opinion matters much but its just doesn't sit with me quite right . Theres amazing people on all sides of the world . It just seems unexpected. I thought they would do south america or europe. Well lets see what happens 2 years to go.

[@Heat_t]

@@glacousxx it’s called the World Cup for a reason

[@Socomhunter]

this is what happens when one organisation has a monopoly on something this lucrative. It's why the super league should've happened. A competing organisation is a must. Now it unfortunately will never happen.

[@wazzup233]

I hope Vox should also make a video about the corruption on the Olympics as well.

[@iansteelmatheson]

sure, but they'll do it when the Olympics are happening. also it's not anywhere close to being as corrupt as FIFA.

[@Technoplane]

Ye North Korea wasn’t too bad of a olympics

[@FS-me8mj]

Yeah they'll do if it is hosted by a muslim country

[@AzelVonAzrael]

They will... When it's a muslim country

[@thomaskennedy5728]

@@FS-me8mj no

[@Mitjitsu]

The fact that only a couple of dozen people get to decide where the tournament is held is what leads to the situation.

[@BenusFolk]

qatar wc was probably the best

[@prabhavvenkatesh9247]

it is best nor probably

[@antoniomenjivar6556]

The construction workers died

[@keyboardroaster7147]

Qatar world cup was going to be a super flop!!So, later they designed it for messi.

[@fandefoot3511]

Facts and people still think the finale was a real game lol 🤣

[@eee2228]

@@fandefoot3511 And people still believe in echo Chambers, eh?

[@MSeaNP]

I still absolutely love Sepp Blatter's face being thumped with wads of cash.😂

[@wetguavass]

How USA corrupted FIFA. ...slowly, FIFA will make changes that favor the USA...

[@breakaleg10]

"Today I feel hypocritical" - Gianni Infantino

[@Pfyzer]

man woke up and choose violence

[@jyhan1q94]

You can't spell his name without "infant". At this point, that's the reason why I don't trust him.

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@jyhan1q94 he's not that bad

[@GibroniJones]

It’s hard to put into words just how much of a disservice it is, to the billions of football fans around the world, that the sports largest governing body is so incredibly corrupt. It’s a total racket.

[@nothingness863]

no

[@hamad.b4370]

Qatar wc was one of the best tbh

[@prabhavvenkatesh9247]

the best. not one of best

[@re1ic]

Thanks for the use of football and Celsius! As a European I truly appreciate it!

[@achyuththouta6957]

I call it soccer and I'm not from the America. Only Europe calls it football. In rest of the world it's called soccer.

[@re1ic]

@Achyuth Thouta no, only people who haven't been influenced by America do. Imagine your country/continent invents a sport, another country changes the name of that sport, has no further interest in it, then the rest of the world is just like "sounds good to me". Oh, and it's called football bc you use your feet, it's not rocket science

[@international_fraud]

@@achyuththouta6957 uy from Africa?

[@14hm83]

Nobody asked

[@re1ic]

@@14hm83 iladies did

[@TheNizoubizou]

The only reason FIFA got exposed is because USA wasn't choosen as a host for 2018 or 2022.

[@waso778]

We all seen it in Qatar, Argentina needed be WC. Otherwise Netherlands won it

[@fandefoot3511]

Or France even the final was planned for Argentina to win so obvious. It's so planned penalties with the Netherlands and another penalties with France. None of their games are won with a normal game.

[@thiyamrobertson8043]

No 1 US sponsor channel

[@harikaushikpradhapkumar3024]

Funny how when Germany does it, it barely has a reaction, but when Qatar or Russia do it, everyone loses their mind.

[@joccerca9051]

Probably because workers in Qatar and unpopular opinions on Russia

[@Elver_Galarga816]

Because Hollywood tells me they are evil

[@haneef4189]

@@joccerca9051 What about workers in Qatar?

[@joccerca9051]

@@haneef4189 They are saying that workers are being mistreated because of Qatari law and workers dying making the stadiums for the world cup

[@just_me_1044]

There was quite a reaction in the media here in Germany, a big public discussion and people involved were disgraced publicly

[@stevenfoster9402]

Couldn't help but think of the similarities between FIFA and the U.S. congress with its "lobbyists"

[@aycc-nbh7289]

At least the Senate isn’t the only chamber with the power to pass legislation. And I do believe that this sort of lobbying will inevitably be common to all countries that aren’t either direct democracies or absolute monarchies or dictatorships.

[@johnathanasiou9284]

Bullseye Steven!. When FIFA does it, it's "corruption". When US congress & democrat politicians do it, it's "democracy in action" lol

[@adilprimaputra2001]

U.S is just salty cuz Qatar is lucky to have massive oil reserve, envy at play here

[@dannychamberlain6244]

Qatar bribed FIFA.

[@Jade-tf5kb]

@@aycc-nbh7289 the senate can’t pass anything without it going through congress so you should of used congress as an example not the senate

[@49Shadow]

After watching this i am thinking again my Friend's conspiracy theory about Qatar Final between Argentina and France..

[@warinspruit7428]

You noticed all the penalty’s given to Argentina ? Yellow cards hardly being given to Argentina throughout the tournament ? And Especially the match against The Netherlands where Messi should have got a yellow card for hands-ball and a yellow card for shooting the ball to the Dutch bench (if not red directly) When he cried & complained the referee blew his whistle..

[@fandefoot3511]

@@warinspruit7428 Facts penalties with the Netherlands and another penalties with France so obvious. They don't even hide it

[@ahmadhakim535]

@@warinspruit7428 exactly, the referee must've been paid millions, such desperate people, sheesh

[@TravelTheCraftyLife]

I would prefer a World Cup in Qatar or Russia than in England any day 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@abrahamlupis9354]

why not England?

[@geox8485]

England would be much better than Russia but politics aside Qatars stadiums and presentation for 2022 was fantastic

[@rodrigom3677]

Mexico is in North America, making it the First Nation outside of Europe and South America to host the World Cup in 1970.

[@lexezlao]

I mean it's still america also Mexico is so close to south America in football it really shouldn't count

[@lexezlao]

@@artemnoelgames nope

[@yeahyeahhhhh698]

Don't think people would be safe there with their mass $hooting.

[@lexezlao]

@@yeahyeahhhhh698 talking about the US of course

[@yeahyeahhhhh698]

@@lexezlao 😅 great guess

[@huzaifa8665]

FIFA hosts world cup in a non-western country: the entire western world suddenly realizes fifa is corrupt

[@souvikrc4499]

If that’s true, then they should’ve realized that back in 2018.

[@roccobln10]

We blame FIFA for corruption for decades. I never forget World Cup 2002 South Korea Vs Italy.

[@Inescapeium]

Apparently, only developed and Western countries get to host the World Cup, right?

[@alexanderkidonakis9185]

What sport isn’t corrupted these days 😢

[@sp6068]

Netflix released a documentary on FIFA too. You should watch it for in depth info on the level of corruption it brought to football.

[@martogambir]

Whats the title?

[@specsli8931]

@@martogambir FIFA Uncovered. ⚽

[@Pfyzer]

@@specsli8931 take Politcal Science... it'll uncover a lot of things and why FIFA is like this

[@GEliteG]

Many channels coordinated a same timed attack. Love it when they expose themselves

[@specsli8931]

@@GEliteG There's also a similar documentary released last year, available on HBO Max, called The Man Who Sold the World Cup. ⚽💵 It's definitely a hot topic!

[@rolandobaluja7504]

Questions people don't ask when it comes to hosting a World 1. If your country is in debt why would you say you want to host the world cup 2. If you previously hosted a World Cup and did not generate Revenue to stimulate your country's economy why would you be giving the opportunity again 3 what specific criteria did they need to host the World Cup other than winning the favor of the members of the board

[@whoamitodisagree1217]

Public sports events never generate profits for the countries. The Olympics are always a huge loss. It’s more about the soft power you gain. The whole world looks at your country.

[@lunayen]

1) The WC brings in tourists who also travel around the country, generating more views and word of mouth experiences. This is what brings in the revenue. 3) The main thing you need is to be able to sure you have or are willing to build the infrastructure necessary to allow the games to go smoothly.

[@rolandobaluja7504]

@@lunayen it's all about playing the long game and if you think about it the temporary stimulation of the economy is a short fix and won't have long lasting effect

[@nehalilisays]

Almost every country is in debt - especially all the big countries with big football culture.

[@rolandobaluja7504]

@@nehalilisays yes there is a great deal of countries in debt but from a logical standpoint if you're in a bad financial position you should not be living outside your means. If you can't invest in your people you should not be investing in the World Cup especially since it's not going to generate more income than you're going to spend

[@TheGeographyNerd]

The funny thing is that they call themselves a “non-profit organization”

[@AdamJay___]

Just finding this page and might be one of my new faves

[@aymanelkati3500]

So the Usa 2026 bid was fair and honest ??

[@PaulGuy]

Of course not, no bid is. It can't be, if someone is going to win. But your whataboutism doesn't change what has been happening for decades. This is a FIFA corruption problem, first and foremost. Try to stay on topic.

[@dropit7694]

@@PaulGuy How is it whataboutism that your country is as corrupt as those you accuse it of? When will you clean house? We all know FIFA is corrupt, but pointing out single countries for it is ludicrous

[@Asoka-great]

Yes.

[@CampusMania]

Of course it wasn't! Vox is a US media company so they will just say we are the civilized people who won't bribe FIFA and won the bid with honor lol

[@malhar073]

thats the purpose of video. To justify and glroify USAs bid

[@vmkunnari]

Why 2014 Brazil bid was skipped? Nothing shady in that one?

[@lamchunting856]

Western Nations need to be friends to with Brazil?

[@YujiroHanmaaaa]

@@lamchunting856 Brazil is a western Nation.

[@Gareth1892000]

They skipped the explanation that FIFA used to have a rule of one conferderation allow to bid in a World cup for 2010 and 2014. That's why Brazil won the hosting right since no other South American wants to host for 2014

[@Optidorf]

Imagine receiving one million dollar as a bribe only to learn later that another exco member received five million.

[@HWDragonborn]

EXCO play countries against each other for decades, now Russia play EXCO members against each other.

[@Celldweller97]

and people really argue with "don't make football politicial" it is actually more political then any other sport...

[@forevaschemin]

To be fair the world cup has never been hosted in the middle east and Russia before. It's a world cup so should be allowed all over the world. England and USA have hosted it already. It can't always go round to the same countries

[@doenietzo]

That's true and Russia was wierd but not the worst. Quatar was strange. I mean nobody is doing football in 50 degrees.

[@markwashington7731]

@@doenietzo Exactly no one is that's what it is in winter time with AC built in stadiums. Today for example during Wales vs England the temperature was 26 degrees outside and 21 degrees inside the stadium

[@Soosss]

Basically west countries bribing fifa = good, anyone else = bad 👍

[@Travelfit55]

Was waiting for VOX video on the controversy and here it is 👍🏻

[@kevinbarasa7955]

We are enjoying the world cup in Qatar

[@JuliusCeaser_]

So the US lost the bit and the fbi launched an investigation 😂😂😂

[@Mister73C]

Very well made and explained. Thank you

[@lildesderman8341]

I swear to god they would even let North Korea host if they were offered enough money

[@hydrohasspoken6227]

You jealous others have more money than you.

[@obito2262]

Could be a chance that this such a huge event help to relate North Korea people and whole other world,to realize to Korean people that other world isn't threaten to them and don't hate them and we colud live in piece and maybe Korea government would take off their Iron Curtain,can it somehow unite people?

[@andrewnotgonnatellya7019]

Gianni Infantiino actually said he'd be open to it

[@electrikpikachujm69]

probobaly lol

[@prabhavvenkatesh9247]

2022 was best WC ever. Anyone would prefer WC in Qatar and Russia rather than USA .

[@hus390]

It’s not safe in the USA. Let alone Mexico

[@Taylor-oq3gf]

qatar getting booted from the group stage was simply beautiful. absolute joke of a national team that was only accepted for the sake of 2022. back to irrelevance and flopping they go

[@Bean_Pablo]

They were the Worst Team 😂

[@darrenphoon5333]

Exco? More like ExCONMEN, am I right? In all seriousness though, this corruption needs to be dealt with. Billions of people watch and play football as part of their life, and FIFA's here throwing it's (and the host of their cup's) reputation in the trash with scandals left and right. At this point, FIFA only exists to benefit the wallets of those in control.

[@ahmedzain5720]

Are they not enjoying it now?

[@Ben-ix7cq]

minus the ex as well.

[@I_Am_Not_Rayyaan]

I mean, think about it, does it concern us? It doesn’t effect us at all, for me at the end of the day I’ll be watching the WC on a television on my couche wherever it is held at, football matches will still happen and that’s all that matters, this corruption thing rlly only effect businessmen and other rich ppl, basically rich people problem, for ppl like us it does nothing

[@Darkcamera45]

@@I_Am_Not_Rayyaan it could effect the fairness of the game let me explain some nations are more corrupt than others and in some nations it would be way easier to get away with doping your players making the playing feild unfair.

[@Darkcamera45]

@@ahmedzain5720 ​ it could effect the fairness of the game let me explain some nations are more corrupt than others and in some nations it would be way easier to get away with doping your players making the playing feild unfair. I don’t think anyone enjoys a unfair game.

[@beauwoods4560]

Such a shame the World Cup didn't come to Australia. We lead the technical proposal, have a burgeoning domestic league waiting to explode and a massive interest in sport, but just couldn't beat the Qatari money.

[@johnathanasiou9284]

Our heavy police presence slamming protesters heads into the ground whilst allowing BLM & climate groups to protest multiple times (despite us being under mandatory lockdown) hasn't helped our bids!

[@johnathanasiou9284]

Kicking out & ridiculing Djokovic in 2021 who won multiple court bids only to be overruled by the former Aussie immigration minister stank of corruption & didn't also help the Aussie bid & only attracted a negative view of our nation from other people overseas

[@kamakeii]

Qatar did not disappoint tho. Ask anyone who attented

[@kamakeii]

Attended*

[@jimrogers2390]

The world cup was never going to Australia anyways regardless. It only attracted one measly vote, that says it all. It was a naive bid which wasted a lot of taxpayers money that could of spent at the grassroots of football, now football gets a lot less money per player compared to AFL, Rugby League, Union and Cricket.

[@umu8934]

Lesson learned... Don't bid if you don't have funds for bribery and PR 😹😹😹

[@rage211ful]

well i was on derby match in Dinamo Zagreb,croatia there was one trasnsparent that said "fifa mafia" and "football invented by poor bought by rich"

[@waso778]

Diname Zagreb haha maffia club. Remember Ajax?

[@BlackWater_49]

6:45 If I remember correctly it wasn't Germany as a country but their football federation, the DFB who did it...

[@lunayen]

This is mentioned though, earlier in the video. Even so, that money still had to come out of Germany's coffers, so the government is also partially to blame.

[@BlackWater_49]

@@lunayen The money the DFB has singular control over isn't really.

[@framegrace1]

It wasn't Germany as a country, but their Foreign Minister. It wasn't Germany as a country, but the Parlament. It wasn't Germany as a country, but the Prime minister...... THe money comes from the same place.

[@BlackWater_49]

@@framegrace1 Which Prime Minister are you talking about?

[@philbertphettbart7930]

Actual German here. Blackwater 49 is correct and the commenters insinuating that the money used by the DFB to bribe FIFA officials was tax money or saying that "the money comes from the same place" are embarrassing themselves with their ignorance. If you don't know anything about the facts, why comment at all?

[@Xeonerable]

I'd like an explanation video on the FBI's international powers, because you hear in this video of them accusing and arresting FIFA people, but how do they have the jurisdiction to do that? Unless this is a different "FBI" at work here?

[@DaddyFatSzack]

Earth is Americas jurisdiction

[@valhallagalex]

when the US Government wants you, there is no Jurisdiction.

[@pedrocantovitz5247]

The FBI was pretty involved in the impeachment of President Dilma in Brasil and operation Lava Jato They act like the CIA

[@Luboman411]

The bribe-taking and bribe-giving I think happened in New York City. Under Interpol rules, if a crime happens in U.S. territory and there is strong evidence--video evidence, witness evidence, etc.--showing said crimes occurred within the U.S., then the FBI and other U.S. authorities can then call for those alleged criminals to be hailed back to the U.S. to be tried in U.S. courts. All signatories to Interpol are allowed this privilege. So if criminals commit crimes on Swiss soil, and those criminals then escape to the U.S., then Swiss police authorities can demand that the U.S. hail those criminals and send them to Switzerland to bring them to justice in Swiss courts.

[@bmabs35]

If I remember correctly, some of the deals involved were done through US banks and one of the big players at the time was Chuck Blazer.

[@jankopandza1072]

who is here after Argentina vs Croatia and Argentina awarded free penalty ? Got to love these fixed games . Amazing part is that there are still humans out there that think football matches are not fixed :) I am from Croatia and i know Croatia sold so far 2 games in history of world cups. We even know how much money was given to who and who made the deals .. France vs Croatia semi finals sold to France for 17 million euro and political help for Croatia during our post war time. France vs Croatia finals sold for 32 million euro and back up to entering EU community. My dears the world cup is nothing but a political market . what i find strange is that in 2022 after so many documentaries on how all world cups were fixed people still watch it and think something will change..

[@Frulara]

Ne bi me cudilo, ali me iskreno zanima odakle ti taj info?

[@brunonikolic8233]

Svaka cast svima govorim kako je utakmica jucer bila namjestena pa dovoljno je Lovrena vidit sto je cinio cijelu utakmicu pogotovo kod 3gola. Znaci nitko me ne moze razuvjerit da nasi bez bitke i puno zutih kartona i prekrsaja mogu onako olako izgubit ako nije u pitanju nesto drugo. Svi pricaju o penalu a to je samo paravan jer mi smo za poraz dobili vise love nego sto bi dobili za pobjedu. Ovo je svjetsko ruganje (nogomet opcenito) i nadam se da ce kad tad istina izac na vidjelo ! Svaka cast mislio sam da sam usamljen u svom razmisljanju.

[@directorsupremodelriodelap6422]

Te ganamos 3 a 0. No llores.

[@user-yp3tf8db4l]

Does it mean, if FIFA voted for 2018 England and 2022 - USA, it would not be a corruption?

[@loopzz5526]

i was searching for this comment, US considers anything beyond them and their control/vassal states as a corrupt place, the fact is US is the most corrupt that their ever can be

[@jcfiggy]

Yes, because England and USA didn’t bribe voters. At least that’s what I assume after watching the video.

[@user-yp3tf8db4l]

@@jcfiggy 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@trwygon]

Depends

[@user-yp3tf8db4l]

@@trwygon depends? Sure, I agree 😀 There are double standards. It's exactly what I wanted to say😀

[@raffiknyazyan5703]

It's interesting to see that, if Russia and Qatar organize the world cup, the system is corrupt... Isn't it a sporting event that needs to go beyond politics and, if we analyze the case of Qatar, develop the sport in that country. Of course the USA could host a great world cup, but let's not forget the 2nd and 3rd world countries, too...

[@yeetingat100subs9]

it is corrupt though. did you just ignore the facts from the video? Qatar doesn't deserve a world cup if they're paying and bribing to do it. especially a country that has no football culture does not need to be hosting a football event when their own people have no interest in football. hosting it in egypt or turkey or morocco for example would all make much more sense because they actually care about football and they even have a chance to get picked without corruption and bribing

[@strawberrykun6136]

Both Russia and Qatar are authoritarian nations which climbed their way via bribes and corruption. The comparison with US 🇺🇲 is nonsensical

[@schnitzelsemmel]

You forgot the Brazil bid which wasn't without problems either and that the vote for 2018 and 2022 was held on the same day which was not common before

[@gustavosoares9279]

They didnt forget, cannot go against your own narrative about the former president Lula and now elected for 3th time. Not to mention the Olympics which was hold in Brazil too. At the time with notices about over billed stadiums in a country with poor public health, schools and infrastructure Ronaldo said " We cannot host a Wold Cup with hospitals". Just the Lula government can make a full documentary.

[@MajorMlgNoob]

They only mentioned 2006 and 2010 due to the selection process having bribes There was 1 candidate for 2014

[@PokhrajRoy.]

As usual, Vox has beautifully summarised the situation.

[@scottbeaulieu8192]

They copied Johnny Harris who did a much better in depth version over two weeks ago…

[@maximevarde2406]

@@scottbeaulieu8192 didn't Johnny Harris use to work for Vox?

[@jeep0]

@@scottbeaulieu8192 Johnny Harris video is too long. He made two videos totalling 50 mins. Vox summarized it neatly

[@scottbeaulieu8192]

@@jeep0 just say you like simple things

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

@@scottbeaulieu8192 Quite agree. Jhonny Harris covered the Qatar situation extremely well. Amazing journalism.

[@Ibrahim-uy7sp]

its funny how nobody talks about coruption when russia held it but when qatar did everybody did argue about it

[@reginaldcopperbottom1738]

I didn't see modern day slavery in Russia tho

[@madlad2532]

@@reginaldcopperbottom1738 And I don't see modern day slavery on China either

[@reginaldcopperbottom1738]

@@madlad2532 it about uighurs muslims but they aren't kept as slaves

[@Sarah-nl5qi]

@@reginaldcopperbottom1738 they are tho. They’re forced to make clothing and products for brands like nike etc. That seems like slavery to me?

[@taha6871]

But south africa and germany both also bribed the fifa officials, and this video didnt focus on them at all negatively. It only focused on qatar and russia negatively due to them not suiting their agenda.

[@wiggz2254]

Thats the liberal way

[@flipcats]

This and Johnny Harris video explain the situation really well. Glad this topic is covered more.

[@axioms22]

Literally worst video about this tragedy that dude is so in love with himself lol

[@1998Cebola]

no, the good ones are by tifo and HITC sevens, two channels that acutally understand football and go in depth on the issue for a couple of hours truly exploring the topic instead of 10 minutes of infographics and buzzwords.

[@miss42310]

I think John Oliver did it better

[@Gbiese]

Tifo >>>

[@eusoueu5504]

@@1998Cebola this

[@mclovin156]

So the video is basically “If your Country is not from EU you bought your World Cup”

[@TheMickaelD]

Isn’t Germany in Europe?

[@RezetRoy]

@@TheMickaelD Germany are not flaming about it. UK does, always

[@mohammedrahoy3064]

Hahahah true 😅

[@AndorranStairway]

I know I'm told to hate Qatar, but the 2022 World Cup was the greatest World Cup I had the pleasure of spectating in my entire life. All that corruption and whatnot, but I can't deny my fond memories of the event

[@DougWIngate]

You're not told to hate anything here. You're just given the facts, do as you will with them

[@TheGeographyNerd]

I know people always talk about how Russia corrupted the World Cup, but at least they made it to the quarterfinals, like Qatar didn’t even score 3 goals 😂