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Hanging Out The Blatter it | The History of The World Cup (Part 4/4)
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Fin and Horatio close out their four-part World Cup series with a moment of genuine reflection: doing the research has been comforting, because it confirms that corruption was never an aberration — the World Cup has always been this way. Horatio delivers the episode's sharpest satirical line, noting that Sepp Blatter now looks like a high point in FIFA's anti-corruption history. The hosts pour one out for Chuck Blazer (dead at around 70), Mark Fuhrman (recently deceased at time of recording), and the rest of their assembled Mount Rushmore of toxic white dads. The final note is Fin's sign-off — 'It's beginning to look a little Christmassy' — a direct callback to Gary Lineker's Qatar World Cup pun, delivered with exactly the same level of commitment.
The Guardian estimated 6,500 migrant worker deaths during Qatar World Cup construction, while the Qatari government claimed only 37.
Qatar had agreed with FIFA's $75 million Budweiser sponsorship deal to allow beer sales at the 2022 World Cup. Then, 48 hours before the opening match, they simply cancelled it. When your net wealth is $765 billion, FIFA's contract means nothing.
Qatar reversed its agreement with FIFA's $75 million sponsor Budweiser to allow beer sales just 48 hours before the opening match of the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar's net wealth is approximately $765 billion, giving it the financial power to ignore FIFA's sponsorship agreements and ban alcohol 48 hours before the tournament.
Jordan Henderson was one of football's most prominent LGBTQ allies during the height of woke football culture. Then he signed for a Saudi club as soon as the money came in. The hosts note: if the moral bastion of Jordan Henderson can fall, what hope is there?
