The Zetterberg Era
Ball Hockey Sucks
Problem with Russia is that it is 3 years away, so only a few countries could have enough stadiums ready(England, Germany, France, and the United States. I could be missing another country). France is hosting the Euro's next year and Germany hosted in 2006. My guess is that England would get it if it were to be moved. Though I doubt 2018 is changed.
Russia as a bid was fairly attractive to begin with. Yes maybe they did some shady things, but on the surface Russia made sense in terms of a destination. I don't think anything will happen to that particular destination.
It didn't allow the amount of clear lying that the Qatar bid did. They were never going to play that in the summer, they haven't kept up at all with their promises in terms of the work force and safety issues. It could be stripped on a lot of merits.
If I was the US, I wouldn't even bid, say they will bid on future games. This wasn't what this was about and it wasn't.
These guys laundered money and broke laws in the United States. The fact they thought it was a good idea to do that here is rather staggering. But that is their undoing and the involvement in my opinion. Now maybe people could argue the loss of the bid kicked up the fervor with which this was pursued. I sort of doubt that, they caught a bunch of people doing illegal things within their jurisdiction and are going after them. That is to be expected really, now where else that leads I don't know. But the crux of the issue is nothing to do with the World Cup. It is why a substantial portion of their case to date is dealing with the Copa America being played in 2016 on US soil. They won't tolerate that and the mountain of evidence they have left behind and rolled over in providing is a massive problem for the future of Fifa at least as we have known it.
Not soon enough, but glad this is falling apart on them.
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