Selling the world cup would give FIFA a one time payment and then less income forever. UEFA members have enough money to make themself work, so there is no need for that. The cup is also the biggest sporting even in a single sport. So more investment is not going to make more money.
The only one to really benefit from this is Gianni Infantino, as he probably gets paid a lot for that sale.
The only one to really benefit from this is Gianni Infantino, as he probably gets paid a lot for that sale.
I agree he will benefit. But Gianni Infantino wouldn’t likely be the only one to benefit, though.
The lead investor for the FIFA subsidiary is reportedly Joshua Kushner, the younger brother of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.
The two brothers are said to be close. Their father, property investor Charles Kushner, pleaded guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations, but was pardoned in 2020 by Trump, shortly before the end of Trump’s first term. Today, Charles Kushner is U.S. Ambassador to France.
An interesting detail here is that Joshua Kushner is known to donate high sums to politicians from the Democratic Party. His wife, the model Karlie Kloss, recently attended an event linked to former (Democratic) U.S. President Barack Obama, and she previously said that she never met and didn’t vote for Trump.
I’m not sure on this one. Ceferin seemed really pissed at the end of the world cup with the whole situation… Maybe because they aren’t getting enough of the pie?
But considerin UEFA managed to kill the “super league” a few years ago, I’d imagine this has a bit of weight to it… Let’s see.
Honestly, football isn’t my thing but from the little reporting I saw UEFA (and others) came out swinging against this but the next day the tone was already considerably different.
The single fact that Infantino seems to have widespread support, also in Europe, for a third term to me basically tells the whole story. From the countries that were awarded the tournament in recent history, to the ‘Today I am’ speech, the FIFA Peace Prize, the influence from Trump… somehow that’s acceptable.
FIFA was incredibly corrupt, people got charged and somehow the next guy is even more corrupt.
My guess:
Selling the world cup would give FIFA a one time payment and then less income forever. UEFA members have enough money to make themself work, so there is no need for that. The cup is also the biggest sporting even in a single sport. So more investment is not going to make more money.
The only one to really benefit from this is Gianni Infantino, as he probably gets paid a lot for that sale.
I agree he will benefit. But Gianni Infantino wouldn’t likely be the only one to benefit, though.
The lead investor for the FIFA subsidiary is reportedly Joshua Kushner, the younger brother of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.
The two brothers are said to be close. Their father, property investor Charles Kushner, pleaded guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations, but was pardoned in 2020 by Trump, shortly before the end of Trump’s first term. Today, Charles Kushner is U.S. Ambassador to France.
An interesting detail here is that Joshua Kushner is known to donate high sums to politicians from the Democratic Party. His wife, the model Karlie Kloss, recently attended an event linked to former (Democratic) U.S. President Barack Obama, and she previously said that she never met and didn’t vote for Trump.
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I’m not sure on this one. Ceferin seemed really pissed at the end of the world cup with the whole situation… Maybe because they aren’t getting enough of the pie?
But considerin UEFA managed to kill the “super league” a few years ago, I’d imagine this has a bit of weight to it… Let’s see.
Honestly, football isn’t my thing but from the little reporting I saw UEFA (and others) came out swinging against this but the next day the tone was already considerably different.
The single fact that Infantino seems to have widespread support, also in Europe, for a third term to me basically tells the whole story. From the countries that were awarded the tournament in recent history, to the ‘Today I am’ speech, the FIFA Peace Prize, the influence from Trump… somehow that’s acceptable.
FIFA was incredibly corrupt, people got charged and somehow the next guy is even more corrupt.
So yeah, I have little hope.
Fair!
I’m gonna say this, and I hope that I’m right, Ceferin is a wise guy, he wont say yes. fingers crossed.