The messaging has not been visible during the opening round of fixtures at the tournament in stadiums or on social media platforms.
  • Naich@lemmings.worldEnglish
    11 months

    So either racism has gone away or FIFA is A-OK with it now.

  • Decq@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11 months

    Ah yes FIFA. Happy to talk about inclusivity while it’s good for pr and ad revenue. But as soon as it inconveniences their corrupt buddies suddenly it will get you a fine or ban. Can an organization be more blatantly corrupt? Maybe the IOC?

  • P1k1e@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11 months

    I mean FIFA kinda thrives on, if not racism, nationalism. I mean sports in general tend to gear thinking in that way. Not always to a problematic level but anyone with family or friends who super into sports knows what I’m saying here

  • BenjiRenji@feddit.orgEnglish
    11 months

    Obviously it’s for the US where everything “DEI” is evil. They’re just adapting to the WC guest country.

  • klu9@piefed.socialEnglish
    11 months

    From “No racism” to “No “no racism””: America’s great again!!!

    • Airowird@lemm.eeEnglish
      11 months

      Please, learn from Lionel Hutz, it’s supposed to be “No, racism!”

  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
    11 months

    Flashback: Once upon the time, 2014, the DFB (German football association) required the FC St. Pauli to “neutralise” their grounds as they were having the national team as guests for training before their friendly against Poland. As far as the club understood the thing, that meant obscuring all the sponsor ads, fair enough. The DFB interpreted it differently: Also any and all political slogans shall be obscured, and St. Pauli, famously, sports a big “Kein Fußball den Faschisten” in the stadium, installed permanently. (“No football for fascists” – as in they’re not supposed to have any at all, not this football isn’t for them). The DFB then improvised and, with limited means, covered the slogan to read “no football”. It was a draw, nil nil. Uninspired, one might say.

  • Phen@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    11 months

    For comparison: Brazil had to suspend its law that forbids alcohol on stadiums for the 2014 World Cup.

    • jjpamsterdam@feddit.orgEnglish
      11 months

      As it turns out, it really didn’t have to. Brazil simply respected agreements instead of unilaterally reneging on them at short notice. If the World Cup ever comes to Brazil again, I’d recommend pulling a Qatar and just nodding along until two weeks before the tournament starts and then just changing the rules according to what you believe is correct.

  • hexagon@lemmy.mldeleted by creatorEnglish
    11 months

    I’d argue, money were spent, teams traveled, fans spent money, and it’d have been hard to tell everyone that the show was cancelled, it is not duty of fifa to solve racism and discrimination when Americans can’t even get up their asses to go to vote to don’t put a undeveloped idiot at the helm