Qatar World Cup flop...

[Paul Marin]

4. There were widespread bribery allegations during the bidding process.
An English lord said that bribery was everywhere when FIFA was deciding between England and Russia for the 2018 World Cup and Qatar and the United States for the 2022 World Cup. He said that one FIFA member asked the English for a knighthood, and another wanted a $2.5 million school built in his native Trinidad & Tobago.

I wonder who that was...

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Okay Peter, come clean - it was you don't it?

[Peter R]

4. There were widespread bribery allegations during the bidding process.
An English lord said that bribery was everywhere when FIFA was deciding between England and Russia for the 2018 World Cup and Qatar and the United States for the 2022 World Cup. He said that one FIFA member asked the English for a knighthood, and another wanted a $2.5 million school built in his native Trinidad & Tobago.

I wonder who that was...

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[Paul Marin]

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I was willing to live with everything until this:

11. They probably won't sell beer in the stadiums.
There are select hotels and bars in Doha where you're allowed to drink. But you can't have alcohol or be drunk in public. It will be the most sober World Cup ever.

WTF!!! Sorry - no Qatar for me!!!

[Willi]

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