More corruption claims on 2022 WC bid
It just keeps getting worse. The latest are details of how African delegates' votes were bought by the Qatar bidding team.
Lots of articles out on the subject today in the world media (minus Qatar). Here is one:
From the Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234809/Son-African-Fifa-delegat...
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Doesn't every country do everything it can when bidding for the Olympics???
The IOC was caught red handed giving out the Olympics based on bribery and was forced to clean up its act. Which it did very well...
The difference is China was obviously capable of holding the Olympics without any problems. And they did a fantastic job and proved they should of won the bid..
Just imagine that the city of Birmingham (which is bigger than Doha) had bid for the World Cup and had unlimited funds to pay for it.
Of course it wouldn't win as everyone would say that it would be crazy to hold it one city of that size.
BUT Birmingham has FAR superior infrastructure than Doha and isn't 40c plus in the summer
Now you start to see why everyone is questioning this
So it's OK to cheat and bribe PoolsRUs?
China did everything to win the bid to host the 2008 olympic. Nothing's wrong here even if it's true. This will benefit Qatar in the long run anyway.
Excellent points limelemon.
Firstly, I support QDCLover's point absolutely. There is a second issue that other commenters have raised which is why should anyone worry about these claims, which should be addressed.
To be blunt, corruption is bad for society.
Economically, corruption doesn't mean that a country will have low economic growth, plenty of corrupt countries have high growth but it does have bad consequences. Some of these are that overall there will be lower investment in the economy, that prices paid will be higher for consumers, that talented workers will be drawn away from economically useful activity to corrupt rent-seeking activity (to maximize their income, that resources are devoted to uneconomic and unproductive activities, that public monies are wasted or revenue to the public coffers are reduced and that public welfare is put behind personal gain for public officials. This is no victimless crime, everyone suffers.
Then look at it from a personal perspective. Can you respect and trust someone you know to be corrupt? Do you want your children to know that corruption is okay? Do you want everyone else in society to receive a clear message that corruption is okay because the big fish openly get away with it? This signal means every other person with a little power feels comfortable to take their slice. Do you want justice to be based on who has the money? Do you want the life-saving treatment denied because you can't pay the doctor, nurse or pharmacist/ Do you want your child's academic progress to relate to their abilities or to the depth of your pockets? Do you want to see your kid come ten in their class when they are the best but you are as well off as others?
As responsible people we should strive for the best, support the good and oppose the bad. These matters should be investigated, the guilty punished and the innocent exonerated. This should happen in Qatar, because it involves Qatar, its future success and the esteem of the people for public officials.
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Only allegations currently. Nothing substantial.
there r millions of newspaper , don't read everyone only see main news papers which matters.....others just ignore.... No one can stop Qatar.....
this is part of the business of news paper makers raising the issue.
Leave Qatar alone why? All eyes are on them to see how they are developing and IF its true that they bought votes then as any other case of corruption Qatar should be punished and shamed for it.
Frankly speaking just having the MONEY to host world events is not enough if they are not gonna come out of their shell and get with the times. T
They wont stop eh.... I mean why not just leave Qatar alone & let them host the world cup....