June 03, 2015

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 4 comments

Way back in the day... (where "way back" still refers to a time AFTER 9/11).

posted by grum@work at 12:19 PM on June 03, 2015

Now that FIFA officials have begun admitting to taking bribes (Chuck Blazer's admission was announced today), perhaps the money flow can start being evaluated and expressed in terms of impact on the "donor" countries.

I'm not as interested in who the individual recipients of the bribes are as I am in the amount of the bribe, the country paying it, and the economic cost of the bribe relative to country size, population, GDP, poverty rate, etc. What was the effect of paying bribes on the smaller, poorer countries?

Not that we should be shocked if smaller, poorer countries spend money in such a way, given the other inappropriate expenditures that occur in some of those countries. Rather, I want to look at FIFA in terms of how many bribes from poor countries they facilitated and accepted, knowing what the economic impact of paying the bribes would be on those countries.

posted by beaverboard at 05:16 PM on June 03, 2015

Gerry Callahan, staying classy. If you ever want to see what a cesspool of humanity looks like, check out the replies to his tweet. What an asshole.

posted by yerfatma at 07:27 PM on June 03, 2015

posted by yerfatma at 07:54 PM on June 03, 2015

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