NFR - No World Cup for Chicago

xtomx · Mar 16, 2018

lethargytartare said: ↑

in other words, FIFA's reaction to getting caught on the grift is to baldly state the grift in the contract terms and pretend that makes it okay.

are there any hurling clubs around Chicago? maybe I'll just give up on soccer.
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Yes, the Hurling finals are held at Gaelic Park on 147th St. in Oak Forest.
I used to go, but haven't gone in years.

Check out Chicago GAA.
https://www.chicagogaa.com/
http://chicagogaelicpark.org/

firefan2001 · Mar 16, 2018

This is SAD, to not have games played in Chicago.

lethargytartare · Mar 17, 2018

xtomx said: ↑

Yes, the Hurling finals are held at Gaelic Park on 147th St. in Oak Forest.
I used to go, but haven't gone in years.

Check out Chicago GAA.
https://www.chicagogaa.com/
http://chicagogaelicpark.org/
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I went once years ago with my dad. they play gaelic football there too, right?

60 year old irish guys drinking guiness at 10am. I still have a broken hurlee from a guy from a club from California.

xtomx · Mar 17, 2018

lethargytartare said: ↑

I went once years ago with my dad. they play gaelic football there too, right?

60 year old irish guys drinking guiness at 10am. I still have a broken hurlee from a guy from a club from California.
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Yep. The great sport of gaelic football, way better than rugby or "American" football.

willydonc · Mar 17, 2018

lncolnpk said: ↑

I am glad they passed just look at the demands.

theBreaker has obtained a copy of FIFA’s requirements for governments bidding for 2026. The Swiss-based organization, still reeling from the FBI’s 2015 crackdown on FIFA’s massive bribery and kickbacks, requires host governments agree to grant it huge tax breaks for an entire decade and allow it to import and export unlimited amounts of foreign currency. FIFA also requires host taxpayers pick up the full bill for safety and security and assume liability should there be any security incident of any size…

For its workforce, FIFA wants a visa-free environment where work permits are issued “unconditionally and without any restriction or discrimination of any kind.”

“It is also requested to grant exemptions from labour law and other legislation for companies and personnel directly involved with the competition, provided that these exemptions do not undermine or compromise the government’s commitment to respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights.”

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2018/...-than-grant-fifa-a-decade-long-tax-exemption/
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In so many words FIFA wants to turn a sporting event into the Mos Eisley Cantina. Whatever you think of our government institutions no way any elected official in this country agrees to these terms. FIFA is quite OK with passing up the lucre from this country to operate in a country where they can launder money as they please and not fear arrest.

CMeszt · Mar 20, 2018

I mean, it looks well and good that the city is holding the line with FIFA, but it's probably more a case of no one at FIFA sending the donation to the appropriate 5th-floor-connected people.

moleman · Mar 20, 2018

As a fan I’m saddened by the news. As a taxpayer I’m overjoyed. FIFA leadership has hardly improved since the corruption revelations, and it doesn’t look to be changing anytime soon.