Following upon the latest revelations of bribery by a Quatari to some African members of FIFA, of which according to the latest revelations in The Sunday Times, Seb Blatter was aware, the latest revelations concerning Quatar relate to the newly released Taliban hostage exchange.
In an interview on the World service I heard an American interviewee saying that the reason that the freed Taliban were sent to Quatar as part of the deal because Quatar supports the Taliban!
In fact they were generous donors at the start of its campaign and provided them with money to buy arms and, presumably have continued their support as they are now showing.
Is it not time that the Augean stable which is FIFA is not thoroughly cleaned out, never mind waiting for the term of Seb Blatter to end?
Surely, all football fans will repudiate this award, never mind their wives.
In this case it is surely right that politics and human decency should triumph over so called sport.
Obviously, even then they had the foresight to know we’d never be any good (came close with Archie Gemmel in 78) but not a lot since.
As for financing, for half the price, I’d let then have my garden and the neighbour’s field so they could have a decent kick about in the true name of sport.
Personally I think that football should be banned as it would solve an awful lot of problems. The Scots had the right idea when they banned it in 1457 by an Act of Parliament:-
" It is ordained and the decreed that the lords and barons both spiritual and temporal should organise archery displays four times in the year. And that football and golf should be utterly condemned and stopped. And that a pair of targets should be made up at all parish churches and shooting should be practised each Sunday ... And concerning football and golf, we ordain that [those found playing these games] be punished by the local barons and, failing them, by the King's officers."
As an (ex) golfer I'm not sure I agree with banning this as golf must help the hand/eye coordination required for archery, whereas football. ?????????