FIFA’s double standards
africasacountry.com
While FIFA swiftly banned Russia from competition, it continues to delay action on Israel—revealing the politics behind football’s so-called neutrality.
  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    It’s not about standards. It’s about money. If it was about standards or principles or whatever, no worldcup would have been hold by Saudi Arabia. FIFA it’s just about money. Banning Russia was simply more economically convenient than not banning them. And with Israel is the opposite, banning them would be more costly than not doing it.

    Let’s stop pretending FIFA cares about anything besides money, it doesn’t.