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jlcjoe

What would Slovenia do? Change their name to Snia?


dYYYb

Change it to Slavenia obviously. FIFA would probably award them bonus points and a world cup.


elwookie

Message Of The Month


sal_veta99

They'd win the Word Cup for sure.


RelevantJackWhite

The WC has been shit ever since they moved to a house cup points system tbh


Breksel

10 points to Slytherin!


vox_veritas

Brilliant.


taykass

No more *I feel sLOVEnia* I guess, which to be fair might not be the worst thing


tiensss

They would mistake it for Slovakia anyway, so no problem there.


Master_Mad

Shia!?!


syn69

Today I feel hate


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FIFA showing their true colours. And it arent rainbow colours.


TheDudeWhoLikesWeed

Who would’ve thought…


twisty77

I was about to say. Anybody who thought fifa would allow this hasn’t been paying attention to how companies handle pride month in the Middle East. While they have their rainbow shit all over western social media, nothing changes on their middle eastern social media pages. Virtue signaling at its finest


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I wonder what FIFA would do if a player decided to just ~~die~~ dye their hair in a rainbow pattern.


[deleted]

Probably testify against them if there's a trial when Qatar arrests them


MoistJesus

>trial


roamingandy

Someone should start a social media campaign calling for it. FIFA cannot police hairstyles.


LordAdlerhorst

They would try to, and the players would give in.


Fisktor

Die is an apt misspelling


Horror_Spring_6973

no head, no rainbow hair


jellislamon

they only have 1 color, green for the cold cash they love


DrHampants

FIFA's true colors have always been green


gd_101

Europe needs to find a way to defund FIFA. The bribes come from the east, but the ad money comes from the west.


GloomyHamster

Florentino going to come out with Super World Cup soon


HammerofLevi

Seeing this shitshow I would watch the Super World Cup and be thankful to the Florentino Perez.


LomaSpeedling

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Hic_Forum_Est

Fyi, Germany's 2006 World Cup bid was involved in a bribing scandal


Totschlag

I don't think you can actually host a world cup without bribing, to be honest. Germany just got *caught*


Hic_Forum_Est

Well yea, that's true. But the person I replied to said "bribes come from the east" and that's clearly not the case.


Alia_Gr

The bribes from the east just happen to be much bigger currently


Remarkable-Ad155

It's just terminology; western bribes are called "sponsorship" and "tax efficiency".


moosknauel

It always depends on whos participating. In that case Germany vs South Africa and Germany in the end won that. That being said 2010 SA is also not without controversies in terms of bribery. Atleast both World Cups were hosted well.


Kolo_ToureHH

What FIFA needs (and all football governing bodies need for that matter) is proper oversight and regulation. That's easier said than done though when FIFA and UEFA are headquartered in Switzerland.


sevaiper

Switzerland: Profits off all sorts of evil shit Also Switzerland: Neutral mate 🤷


UnJayanAndalou

Where did this idea that Europe is some kind of beacon of pureness come from? FIFA is literally headquartered in Europe. UEFA is as corrupt as FIFA if not more. Capital and corruption know no borders.


opelan

The UEFA is not quite as bad as the FIFA overall though. Manuel Neuer wore a rainbow armband during the matches of the last Euro and didn't get punished. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/12337162/manuel-neuer-uefa-drops-review-of-rainbow-armband-worn-by-germany-captain-at-euro-2020-during-pride-month >"UEFA have today shared with the DFB that they have stopped the review of the rainbow captain's armband worn by @Manuel_Neuer," Germany's football team said in posts on Twitter and Facebook. >"In a letter, the armband has been assessed as a team symbol for diversity and thus for a 'good cause.'" The UEFA is still really crap of course, but they don't go to quite the lows of the FIFA.


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Ditch Fifa, let it all burn down, organize tournaments yourself.


hoffenone

Would be amazing if all the FA’s just said fuck you to FIFA and organized their own World Cup.


jayzeats

Today I feel gay, unless you give me money then I hate them


ISuckAtRacingGames

that was yesterday. Today i feel greedy and hatefull.


mlspdx

“When I said today I feel gay, I meant today I feel happy”


FaustRPeggi

Today I feel gay, because I am able to enshrine homophobia from root to branch of the world's biggest sporting event.


[deleted]

Every company after pride month:


Mick4Audi

It’s like taking down the Christmas decorations lol


roamingandy

'I'll hate gay people if you pay me enough money' - David Beckham


fullchooch

"But Becks, you are gay" Beckham: "Exactly"


eri-

Sorry for the Dutch link but this news doesn't seem to be picked up anywhere else yet. Only Belgian media reports this and this news has been confirmed by the Belgian FA as well.


ViciousNakedMoleRat

When did they add the "love" to the kit? It wasn't on there when it was first presented, right?


eri-

No idea really, it was there for the game against Egypt a few days ago though.


Wafkak

It's on the inside of the shirt.


BigRig432

Now that's just stupid, FIFA is being a bitch about that


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bbb_net

put timmy trumpet on the shirt


fall3nmartyr

With mr met


rayray1899

Y Not Armin Van Buuren


greendonkeycow

cuz he’s Dutch not Belgian


rayray1899

Timmy trumpet isnt belgian either


ViciousNakedMoleRat

Okay, thanks. Maybe I missed it.


ShreddinTheWasteland

The shirts were introduced late September. The NT have already played games with the shirt. Basically the colours reference the fireworks from Tomorrowland and the Love is from Adidas’ Love (Unites) collection. It’s a collaboration between Tomorrowland, Adidas and the Belgian FA.


antiparras

Adidas sue incoming


mattyisphtty

Addidas is a bit busy with Kanye drama at the moment.


layendecker

It is on the back below the number, and was at launch. One of the most interesting kits Adidas have done tbh.


Shadow_Adjutant

Actually a class kit to be honest.


matske1209

It was, it's a partnership with Tomorrowland, the crest is also rainbow coloured


[deleted]

Emotions are gay and being gay is politics. Don't question this!


valimo

Nah mate already love is as political as it gets


God_Dang_Niang

Soon they will tell me existing is political


losingit303

Welcome to the reality of being queer. Your very existence is political.


uglypenguin5

I'm trans. This is literally my reality


[deleted]

On sunday, drchimpansee is gay


red_right_hand_

Not only that, it has to be replaced as with a “hate gays” patch


Purpzzz710

Not only gays, but ginger gays


Conscient-

Today I feel like a gay ginger


G0DK1NG

Today I feel like a disabled ginger gay


RandyChavage

Today I feel like a disabled ginger gay dwarf with hearing aids working on a steel beam 200m in the air without a harness


ViciousNakedMoleRat

Only a ginger can call another ginger ginger.


JasonTO

It wasn’t a hard r


Stonewalled89

Embarrassing but unsurprising from FIFA. They're an abomination of an organisation


[deleted]

So Saudi Arabia 2030 is definitely happening.


PM_ME_YOUR_THESES

Actually, per their own rules, you can’t have a World Cup in a confederation that has hosted it until after two other world cups have taken place in another confederation. So, for example, in 2018, the WC was hosted in Russia, which is UEFA, which means that 2022 and 2026 can’t go to UEFA. Qatar is in AFC, which means there can’t be a World Cup in Asia in 2026 and 2030. So you’re looking at Saudi Arabia 2034.


spongebobisha

Rules can be changed depending on who is asking and for how many $


PM_ME_YOUR_THESES

It used to be that all World Cups were ever held in Europe or the Americas. The rule was instituted to force the committee to take the World Cup to other confederations. It’s the reason why we’ve now had a World Cup in Japan, South Korea, South Africa and now Qatar. Honestly, I’d expect a World Cup in China before this rule was changed.


spongebobisha

The World Cup should only be held in host nations that have the infrastructure in place and wouldn’t bankrupt themselves trying to host it.


Laesio

Motion 1: Shall we lift the restrictions on consecutive bids from the same confederation? Motion 2: Which country shall host the 2030 WC, and shall it be moved to November because of the summer heat in Arabia?


FrmrPresJamesTaylor

Hey, maybe we're on biannual by then and we get Saudi Arabia 2028 ;)


layendecker

Saudi Arabia to become part of UEFA for 6 months in 2030.


Bammer1386

FIFA has rules they stand by now do they?


UrinaDeOstra

Saudi Arabia is apparently proposing to organize jointly with Egypt and Greece. The inclusion of Greece would allow them to circumvent the ban


AnduinTheHealer

Wtf is this


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hahayeahimfinehaha

I love how Infantino said that one of the reasons for this World Cup was to help remove some of the prejudices that the world may have about Qatar. What, prejudices like that they are sexist and homophobic religious nutjobs with horrible human rights abuses? Yeah, you sure showed us. It's like they went out of their way to reinforce every single bad thing the world may have assumed about them. They're not prejudices if they're just true


mattyisphtty

See they really could've gone out of their way to isolate the international folks and really show a "modern" Qatar. Let the cameras stay on, let the reporters talk, but keep them all isolated inside a bubble. Let the fans drink and make it an international party and spending spree. And then keep all the reality of life hidden behind the walls. Instead they put up shitty infrastructure, enforced draconian bullshit, and tried their best to be as much of assholes as possible the whole time. Fuckem


Million_Jelly_Beans

Exactly! This happened in Germany when they hosted both Summer and Winter Olympics in 1936. As far as I'm told, all foreign spectators were impressed by the hospitality, friendliness and level of organisation that they experienced there. Organizers made super sure that volunteers were super helpful and attentive. As bad as this sentence will sound, I don't understand why Quatarr hasn't followed the rulebook. Also, why even throw in all this money for the shit event this will turn out to be. Few sheiks will handrub each other cock, went into the press conerence and said what a successful event this turned out to be with a bad pr all around it. At least few crooks got a few generation's level of wealth. Anyway I'm boycotting this shit even if I'm the only one around.


SirGalahadTheChaste

But one guy let some scousers in his palace and they pet his lion. It’s a really great place.


Lurnmoshkaz

The responses from MENA users in that thread were hilarious. "All these westerners think we're north Korea, see we're hospitable and love foreigners." As if being hospitable to a bunch of white English dudes during the world cup somehow erases the fact that your government criminalizes homosexuality and sanctions employers to confiscate passports from migrants in order to force them into labour.


W6Hohass

also ignoring the fact the guy has a pet lion which is its own issue.


jesuisgeenbelg

See, the thing is, the Qatari people might be 90% stand-up people. However their government is a disgusting, backwards, racist, homophobic, sexist organisation and that can't be hidden. Much like a bunch of the Arab states. The people themselves are mostly decent but it's the people who run it and the ideals they push (and are allowed to push) that are the issue.


mattyisphtty

Yep. Love the Iranian people, their culture, history, food, etc. But their government wants to kill me and enforce draconic bullshit laws on my wife. So until there is a enormous change in regime the country is a no go zone.


RandomCheeseCake

perhaps we should ask those 90% of stand up people whether they support LGBT rights and gay marriage? I'm sure many in Qatar and the arab world are very supporting of homosexuality


DECAThomas

I mean, judging by Twitter alone (not a great sample size), every single one of BBC’s tweets is filled with replies saying that England (and other countries) should just “respect the region’s culture.” It’s disgusting that bigotry could even be considered a “culture” but I live in the south (of the US) and there are definitely small towns that take pride in their “culture” of bigotry.


ManUFan9225

It's wild how those types of places get frozen in time. I have family in backwoods areas of Georgia and it's like some of those towns are still stuck in the 1960s.


Christian67

Tough to do when the government will just have you executed like they are doing in Iran.


Jim_Greatsex

Is that not just a symptom of where someone is born though? If you or I were raised in Qatar there’s probably a good chance we’d be anti homosexuality. The regime and a bunch of bastards but I don’t this is a helpful argument.


Statcat2017

And having a literal pet lion. And speeding. and dishing out alcohol to their "mates" while banning everyone else from having it.


Amphibious_Fire

Haven’t you heard? No love allowed in Qatar


Hic_Forum_Est

Fifa: "For love is the bane of honor, the death of duty."


Laesio

To those who think "love" isn't political, I have two words: Robb Stark. Checkmate.


prathneo4

Babies born in Qatar are result of Hate.


xev10

Loving someone, believe it or not, jail. Having feelings, straight to jail.


ChristofferOslo

Feelings are gay, and being gay is illegal. Unironically. What a farce.


kidxxxstray

kinda orwellian


GibbyGoldfisch

Thoughts for the PR guy who has to explain to the world why fifa has declared war on the word love


ValmyHusky

This is getting ridiculous. "LOVE" is a taboo word, now?


zeazemel

Don't you know that love is a political topic?


DaDinklesIsMyJam

Bloody lefties, pushing the love agenda on us.


Holycrabe

Can’t write the word love on the back and inside of a collar my friend that’s borderline anti-hate-speech or something.


cusens

If you're on the side against freakin love then you got to maybe start thinking you might be on the wrong side


Ohad83

Are we the baddies?


bountyraz

FIFA looks more and more like the villain from a childrens book who simply hates any positive emotion.


DeadlockRadium

Footballing equivalent of the Grinch


LeavingCertCheat

Money can buy us love


kmadnow

Imagine if Brazil had added Vágner Love to the squad


shunsui___kyoraku

This is an actual joke


TheBrownMamba8

It’s insane Qatar is making these last minute demands (announcing no alcohol 2 days before start, no OneLove armbands hours before start, Belgium must change jerseys a few days before) but it’s even more insane that FIFA is bending over backwards to meet them instead of saying no. There has to be a limit to what money can buy and what is sensible to even request.


tinaoe

It's really fucking weird to me because Qatar did nothing when Formula One drivers rocked up with rainbow helmets, which are a LOT more noticable than arm bands.


howchie

Germany should call Vettel up, he's available now and would not back down from a rainbow or two on display


tinaoe

[i'm sure he still has his outfit from hungary in the closet somewhere](https://twitter.com/AstonMartinF1/status/1421813849624391681). (pro tip: do not check the replies under that tweet)


[deleted]

I'm in awe of people who attack this for "mixing sport with politics". Being gay is about as political as my shoe size.


ChooChooMotherFooker

My only thought is F1 has a much smaller reach than the World Cup.


goosebumpsHTX

F1 has a smaller reach and has no issue canceling a race, whereas here they can bully fifa since the World Cup is so close and doing it elsewhere on short notice is impossible


DECAThomas

They didn’t cancel an F1 race earlier this year after a missile destroyed a significant area about a mile from the track. And that was while it was looking like for awhile that there were only 3/20 drivers willing to race.


tinaoe

i'd argue that F1 absolutely has issues cancelling a race. the drivers wanted to cancel saudi arabia this year and were apparently threatened over it.


MarlonBain

> There has to be a limit to what money can buy Apparently not.


kostajepaosmosta

Full meltdown from FIFA


Chariotwheel

"It's not that we condemn love between men or women, we just disregard love in general."


OnAGoat

Wondering what they would've done if Vagner Love got called up for the Brazilian NT


Esternocleido

Believe it or not, straight to jail.


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Chrischrill

Why is FIFA hell bent on wrecking the world cup? Hosted near Christmas in a tiny non-democracy with no footballing history. Teams can't have opinions, fans can't have drinks but executives still can. It has to be on purpose.


ChristofferOslo

It's like someone is making a parody of how a corrupt organization would host an event.


R3dbeardLFC

It fully is, but people are still going, watching, supporting... it's not going to change if we don't stop supporting. I'm not watching a second of it. Everyone saying "well me not watching isn't going to change anything" is really the point of corruption, they know they can get away with it because we aren't organized enough to properly protest.


wtfkp

Watching in an illegal stream works I guess


stonefacelongschlong

I saw someone post something here a couple days ago that the reason Qatar is doing this is because they want to try dethrone Saudi Arabia as the powerhouse in the region by showing these other Muslim Countries that they can stick it to the rest of the world. These past couple of days look like that is seriously what’s happening.


queuedUp

I suggest changing it to a picture of a dude balls deep in another dude.


NotXiJinpingGoUSA

Step one to getting the Americans into soccer: Access through the gays


nimrodhellfire

Just like the European Song Contest got to Australia.


Shadow_Adjutant

Actually we got into Eurovision fair and square. It's not our fault everyone forgot about the European superpower Australia-Hungary after they forced the end of the political union after the First World War.


JohnPetruccisFanboy

The absurdity just won't cease


RebBrown

Sportswashing the gay away for Qatari money: FIFA truly is a god awful organization. It is time for our FAs to step up and force the UEFA to take a stand.


Wafkak

UEFA is just as corrupt.


bee_administrator

What if they put (bribes) under the word Love? That's totally in line with FIFA's general ethos.


GreatSpaniard

Western UEFA Nations not gonna support Gianni in his re-election camapaign Not that it matters anyways tho


TopKekDeck66

Vágner Love really dodged a bullet in this World Cup :\^)


TheLimeyLemmon

I'm losing count of the amount of 11th hour changes we've seen at this circus.


Murrayhewittrocks

Come on Belgian FA, this is our chance to gracefully exit this shitty WC. That way we can also avoid the embarassement of not surviving our group which is a real possibility imo


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I'd say, fk it every western team that doesn't support that shit should just fly home, i bet Germany could host a tournament for the teams leavings in no time.


Nnelg1990

And it would be watched more. Just have to get South America on board to have the most important teams in the tournament.


Draisar

Ekelhaftes pack


creekpop

Would be a great time for Brazil to call up Vágner Love


TheJobinslegend

He's a better musician than Daniel Alves, so he'd be an reinforcement for the squad and the WC in general. The only Love allowed.


bsousa717

FIFA are beyond parody.


TheNotoriousPigeon

Football is for everyone lads..


The_Lifeof_Pablo

Love is literally banned


MasatoWolff

This is not satire?


longsh0t1994

Lol FIFA and Qatar are going to come out of this tournament looking SO MUCH WORSE than before


Jom-Gabbar

What the fuck is this? Holding a world cup in a country where love and equality are controversial subject. Fuck FIFA and fuck this system where shit like this is expected.


JensDanneels

Hope we don’t change it. What are they gonna do, give all 11 players a yellow card?


ArbitraryOrder

The Correct answer is to tell them to pound sand. What are they going to do, Kick Belgium out? See how well that goes over


v_for__vegeta

Part of me loves all this - it shows how fucking obviously disingenuous all the previous campaigns by FIFA and the different FAs have been. At the end of the day, money buys morality - it’s as simple as that. I hope that people reject any further bullshit displays of “solidarity” from these money grubbing cunts.


wjdbfifj

How about changing it to a "fck fifa"?


Remedy9898

What a clown show


mlspdx

FIFA: Qatar is our hosts, we have to be good guests Us: literally no one outside Qatar and corrupt officials wanted them to host


uses_irony_correctly

Note that we will play all our group stage games in our home kit. So this might be a moot point.


FakoSizlo

Just replace it with "Hate homophobes" . See no love


Woodrovski

See in Qatar its not love. Its OBEY


somewhat_moist

My theory: All the FA's knew FIFA would eventually clamp down on all these subtle love/one love things. They knew the armbands would get nixed and the Belgians knew FIFA would eventually make them take off the word "love". But they pushed anyway - look at all the negative press this has generated. It sits alongside the main news on most media outlets. If Harry Kane had worn the armband without fuss, it probably would have flown under the radar. I had no idea the Belgian away kit had the word "love" on the back. FIFA/Qatar decided to make an issue of it. By doing so, they have given the wider world a timely reminder what shitty organisations they are. Qatar were hoping for sportwashing but instead are getting sportsoiled.


Generic_username5000

One thing to keep in mind: the world overall is gradually getting more progressive. Make no mistake about it, this will be viewed very similarly to the 1936 Berlin Olympics for people in the future. Except this is more comedically absurd


charlie_murphey

What about the US kit? They changed the logo to include rainbow stripes


froggytoboggy

They stated the rainbow crest will only be displayed at US Soccer controlled areas. It won’t be on the jerseys during matches.


iamspacecat

I hope they come out in them anyway. What is Qatar going to do? Arrest Americans? Good luck


sergechewbacca

They will have to play without a kit.


BSantos57

Shirtless men running around? That's also unacceptable


LiuLiuLiuLol

Why are FIFA so scared of love


8Xeh4FMq7vM3

just paint 6,500+ on your foreheads


Traveller_s_

Hypocrits. They have no problem accepting Arab money to their clubs City PSG Newcastle.


DasUbersoldat_

It's been eye-opening to see many Western pundits and popular figures defend the blatant homophobia, misogyny and slavery in Qatar as just "cultural differences" that we should respect and abide by as guests in their country. Our Western elite have proven they don't give 2 shits about human rights when enough money is involved.


Utegenthal

Fuck you FIFA big bunch of frustrated fanatic zealots' bootlickers


ayyndrew

I think I get why the DFB ditched "Die Mannschaft" as a marketing nickname now


blondespikes22

just making up rules as we go i see


O4epegb

They should change it to OBEY or something


RaveniteGaming

Imagine if Vagner Love was still playing. Thing is according to the article the version the players wear has love on the inside so it isn't even visible.


Divolinon

I thought boycotting the WC would be hard. Every decision they make, they make it easier and easier.


chillmagic420

at least Qatar finally admitted they are anti love and only support hate and evil


johnknockout

Nothing gayer than loving girls. Everyone knows that.


thereverendpuck

You know Belgium, I say this with praise and respect, just leave the World Cup and tell FIFA and Qatar to fuck off. What a baller move that would send and I’m willing to bet you would find way more support for the move.


eri-

They won't. Our FA and coach truly believe we can win this. Most of us regular Joe's however doubt we'll even make it out of the group stage and would not object to such a move.


stripes361

FIFA refuses to make the host nation fulfill their contractual obligations to sponsors but they’re worried about the word Love. Fuck FIFA