jordo212000;584988 wrote:Yikes, who wants to go to Qatar?

mucalum49;584974 wrote:I'm not happy about Qatar either but if these stadiums look like they do in the video then it may be a great success. Granted RSA is having issues with the fees to maintain the stadiums after this past World Cup but I think the Emirate could handle the cost to maintain them after they are used in the cup.

DeyDurkie5;585069 wrote:worst decisions ever...Hasn't Russia been losing people, something like 150 million over the last 30 years, to other countries? Not to mention playing every game in 125 degree heat is going to destroy their endurance. I mean shit, we might actually see a death from the heat.

DeyDurkie5;585069 wrote:worst decisions ever...Hasn't Russia been losing people, something like 150 million over the last 30 years, to other countries? Not to mention playing every game in 125 degree heat is going to destroy their endurance. I mean shit, we might actually see a death from the heat.

Art Modell;585096 wrote:Espn said that Qatar promised to have air condition in every stadium.

like_that;585110 wrote:How much cooler can AC help with an outdoor stadium while its 130 degrees? It is hard to believe it really is going to make that much of a difference.

mucalum49;585116 wrote:Wow all the information after my post made me dislike this decision to hating it. FIFA is screwed up. How will letting a country buy the World Cup get you a nobel peace prize?

like_that;585127 wrote:The Nobel Prize lost its credibility when Obama won it. So you can't be that surprsied if Blatter wins it.

The big knock on the U.S. bid, according to a report filed by FIFA's inspectors who briefly toured the country in September, was a lack of government guarantees. FIFA is accustomed to getting the combination to the vault when it awards a country a World Cup. It makes far-reaching demands and takes financial and fiscal liberties. The bid evaluators weren't convinced they would get all of that in the U.S.