Europäische Nationen diskutieren über den Boykott der Weltmeisterschaft, nachdem der FIFA-Chef den Verkauf von Anteilen an einem Spin-off-Unternehmen auf den Weg gebracht hat
https://news.sky.com/story/uefa-fury-as-fifa-boss-wants-to-sell-shares-in-world-cup-spin-off-venture-13567834
Von Nepridiprav16
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> European nations are discussing boycotting the World Cup if Gianni Infantino pushes ahead with plans to sell off part of FIFA to private investors, Sky News can reveal.
> UEFA nations will hold an emergency meeting virtually this week to discuss their opposition to FIFA’s attempt to launch a new commercial company with external investment, a source said.
> We understand that there is a willingness for European nations to use the ultimate threat of boycotting the World Cup if Infantino does not back down.
> The next World Cup is the women’s tournament in Brazil next year.
European nations should starting growing some balls now, at a minimum talk against Infantino, like our Lise Klaveness has done. There’s even cowards in the other Nordic football federations.
Spoiler alert; Europeans nations won’t do anything
Probably a letter with strong words will suffice…
As they should! What an insanely stupid plan. They are going to ruin football this way. They are already halfway there because of what happened during this year’s World Cup.
UEFA should demand reforms, particularly around voting rights. FIFA leadership controlling the purse gives corrupt leaders like infantino too much sway and loyalty from smaller poorer, or corrupt football nations.
Failure to achieve the necessary reforms should result in UEFA withdrawing from FIFA. That will effectively kill any commercial interest on FIFA products.
UEFA should also hold an open European championship the same summer as the FIFA World Cup is to be held. The only demands are that participating countries do not take part in the FIFA World Cup.
UEFA, some central and South American countries alongside some African nations would effectively make a World Cup style competition.
If they further want to be a bitch they will sell the commercial rights to FIFA’s sponsors and TV rights holders for the cost of arranging the with the caveat that they (if possible) do not partake in the FIFA World Cup.
As for hosting, do it based on large diversity stadiums, champions league venues, hell even offer to host some games in Africa, Turkey and so forth.
UEFA holds practically all the cards if they decide to go nuclear.
Just do it. See how much money Fifa makes if the European teams are not involved and they don’t broadcast it in Europe.
Why not just throw out FIFA completely?
There is a huge demand for football, not like FIFA had anything that cannot be reestablished.
Netflix just released a documentary o FIFA corruption and those crooks are already producing the season 2
And I thought it can’t get worse with this guy. Oh boy, I was so wrong…
Would that be another Infantino grift, increasing the risk of the, now well established, corruption in the World Cup? The sooner he and the US are distanced from the WC, the better…
Who keeps electing these POS to be boss of FIFA?
So when does FIFA start openly selling penalty decisions or red cards? Gotta be the next step, I’m sure you could monetize the shit out of that.
Not into football but from the little I have heard:
Fuck em?
FIFA coin anyone? 🤣
The Finnish national team will boycott the FIFA World Cup for the rest of eternity.
Built up in generations, and a few greedy people have found a way to monetize it for themselves
There can’t even be a compromise of this, Infantino must be thrown out
This mofo is completely Trumped out of his tiny mind!
Let’s see how much money they’ll earn without the majority of top teams.
FIFA confirmed that the lead investor group is proposed to be Thrive Eternal. Its CEO is Josh Kushner, whose brother, Jared, is Trump’s son-in-law.
Back in the day, boycotting events (like the Olympics) used to be a regular event.
Maybe time to bring that energy to the World Cup and then see how much this spin off idea is worth when the wealthiest countries aren’t participating or more importantly watching. See how much the advertising is worth then
I refused to watch any games already during the World Cup. My very small contribution to a boycott
If UEFA pull out of FIFA and start our own system the rest of the world would be goosed.
There will be no transfer or compensation fee’s for club. The academies in Africa (which are basically just agents) would be worthless overnight. UEFA can just rework it with their own Registered Agents.
In Cricket they have full members of the ICC and associate members. UEFA countries can be full members and non-UEFA can be associate members. They don’t get full voting rights and funding.
Make them grovel for their status.
A Euros every 4 years and a World Championships every 4 years. The World Championships will be majority European but the others will have a separate qualification.
If we can’t take a stand with something like Football. We’ve actually no hope at all.
This entire world is just sitting waiting for Trump to finish fucking everything up like they did in 2016.
Infuriating. There is no justice.
Yes please!! Other countries will follow. Tell FIFA and the IOC to fuck off. Start over.
Uefa could justvstart a defacto org
Italy will be boycotting the 2030 World Cup!
FIFA is beyond repair. That is why UEFA must gro a pair and leave.
Will it realistically happen? Probably not, but what we all need to do is talk about the possibility, turning that into a narrative that the ides may not seem so far off in a few months‘ time.
It would totally work if Europe would boycott fifa. It’s the most important market. It’s always just European country’s in the upper brackets and Argentina. They should just host their own World Cup
Man, considering that the eufa is practically a mini world cup, boycotting it shouldn’t be a big deal. Heck, a world cup without the European nations would be a joke tbh.
Just leave with the UEFA, found a new World Cup and invite everybody.
Leave Fifa and start a new world cup
UEFA should leave FIFA and form an alternative. FIFA’s corruption and pandering to autocratic regimes and paedophiles at the expense of football is beyond repair. Invite the other federations to join the alternative by all means but it has to be about the football with football, fairness and transparency at the forefront.
No more world cups in deserts where no one plays football.
Why Don’t they just sell it to some arab prince so we can just drop the whole facade and they can rig it in public?
Just dump FIFA and make a new world cup governing body. Easy. Europe is the soccer superpower.
Infantino needs to get fired. There’s no way anyone would let this happen. If this does happen and European nationals boycott the World Cup there will be a new type of World Cup competition because the European nations are a majority in the World Cup and some of the biggest teams in the World Cup.
YES Please
aren’t about 70% of the „news“ on this sub **“European nations discussing…“**
that’s all that ever happens. We can make a Coalition of the Willing football associations, and just have meetings every two months for the next three years that come up with new „weak sauce“ communiques and then finally quietly acquiesce in the dark. Just like we do with with everything in the world.
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FIFA doesn’t own football, just start a new federation.
If we exist early we have a chance to build something better.
These people would sell their mothers to epstein for a profit.
Pfft… Italy has been boycotting them for years.