FIFA has taken bids for the U.S. English TV broadcast rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups from ESPN and NBC Universal into consideration – and have chosen the group which no one seemed to think would be able to win, FOX Sports. Unofficial reports have FOX Sports’ audacious bid listed between $450 and [...]
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FOX, Telemundo Receive Rights to 2018, 2022 World Cups: Now What?
Posted in FIFA, News, Television Rights, World Cup 2018, World Cup 2022, tagged Fox Sports, Telemundo on October 21, 2011 | 7 Comments »
“Reform” … I Do Not Think it Means What You Think it Means, Sepp.
Posted in FIFA, Corruption, World Cup 2022, tagged FIFA, Sepp Blatter, Rants, Georger being Georger, Corruption, Grandstanding, Simpsons references on June 1, 2011 | 11 Comments »
I happened to be up at five this morning (because I make outstanding life choices) and while I should have been asleep, I was looking at twitter, and realized that the FIFA speeches on the vote to postpone Blatter’s coronation were about to begin. So naturally I stayed up to follow those developments. Once the [...]
Guest Post: The Time for FIFA to Act Against Homophobia is Now, Not 2022
Posted in Guest Post, World Cup 2022, tagged FIFA, Homophobia, Hypocrisy, Qatar, Sepp Blatter, World Cup 2022 on December 31, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Following the decision to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup, I was one of those who kept losing their head about not only the issues surrounding gay rights in Qatar, but the mainstream media’s blatant ignorance of the issue. I’m still pissed off about it, and don’t see that changing at any point between now [...]
