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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 90 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Doubtful. Embarassment requires feeling shame, and neither the givers nor the recipient of the FIFA "Peace Prize" are capable of that.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 70 points 1 month ago
[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

European teams should boycott the farce USA Soccer World Cup.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago

USA Soccer World Cup, but USA Sucker World Cup is also acceptable.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Whoever thought of the idea in the first place should be embarrassed.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

Growing?

I'd say that was 100% embarrassing right from the moment they did it. Never have I seen such blatant corruption on display and all those involved at Fifa should be jailed

Meh, the entire Fifa top should be jailed anyway because Fifa is corruption come to life, but here we are

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 23 points 1 month ago

There was unease within Fifa at the time of Trump receiving the award with the governing body not disclosing any details of the selection process. Now, though, that has shifted to “deep embarrassment”, according to one senior Fifa source. Multiple officials have expressed their unease of the way it was handled.

"Selection process"? Come on! Are they taking themselves a little too seriously maybe? It was farce right from the start. Most of the world had a good laugh. It's only FIFA

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

You need to work pretty hard to make FIFA embarrassed about anything.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

If this meaningless prize broke the camel's back ...
Just wait til these managers hear what FIFA actually did and responsible for.

[–] HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

Did FIFA sneak up on its (corporate decision making) self, have meetings, agree and implement a cunning plan, with structured publicity, and not tell itself until now?

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Growing? Haha, it was already the Mount Everest of embarrassment to start with, how could it grow. Corrupt boot licking fools.

[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Professional sports is a racket anyway though right? Billionaire owners and their playboys? No thanks, not interested in their idea of sport, entertainment, and even more so, their leadership.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

As my wife is fond of saying, professional sports has far too much money involved to leave the results up to the athletes.

Not always true, I'm sure, but not always far from the truth.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago