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| ▲ | tverbeure 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| There are 200+ participating countries. Many of those are on his side, because they’re tiny and easy to bribe: a few million is significant for them and often that money can be siphoned into corrupt pockets. That said, a World Cup without any of the 55 UEFA countries wouldn’t make sense commercially. |
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| ▲ | jimbokun 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | But the USA men might finally do well! Depending on whether the South American teams show up… | | |
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| ▲ | walthamstow an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The heads of Football Associations of tiny countries who took enormous bungs to vote for him and then spent the money on some facilities but mostly themselves |
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| ▲ | steveBK123 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Kushner |
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| ▲ | haunter 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Trump and his family. His son in law is running the investment firm https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-fifa-investors-kushner-... In turn Trump wants to nominate Infantino for Secretary General of UN https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/22/trumps-pick-for-the-next... |
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| ▲ | DeRock 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | There is nothing this family does not see as an opportunity for corruption. Comically evil. | | |
| ▲ | an0malous 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | as an opportunity for profit* I think it’s important to clarify the incentives at play, people are rarely evil for the sake of being evil | | |
| ▲ | skygazer an hour ago | parent [-] | | I think the evil part is the [at any cost] part, the incentives are irrelevant. An AI that only wants to make paperclips isn't evil because of the paperclips. |
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| ▲ | hdgvhicv 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Sepp Blatter weighed in, writing on X: "The close relationship between the Fifa president and the US President [Donald Trump] has reached a financial dimension that is deeply damaging football. No-one has the right to sell our game." Sepp Blatter for crying out loud. |
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| ▲ | altmanaltman 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Blatter was corrupt to the core but cared about the actual sport if you look at his record. This new president is like a james bond villian caricature like he actually wants to destroy the sport. | |
| ▲ | dismalaf 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Who better to recognize corruption? | | |
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| ▲ | qzw 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The companies that want a piece of FIFA, I assume. Edit: I just realized you meant who here on hn, in which case I assume the hardcore capitalists/libertarians. But they can speak for themselves. |
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| ▲ | mrhottakes 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| On HN? The capitalist/libertarian/Elon posters, Meta employees, etc. |
