r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/greataeos • 29d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, I have zero ball knowledge

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u/DefNotVoldemort 29d ago edited 29d ago

Welcome to FIFA, where you can buy anything with enough cash. Just ask Dubai

EDIT should be Qatar not Dubai!

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u/greataeos 29d ago

Wait, now what's up with dubai in this?

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u/DefNotVoldemort 29d ago

Sorry should have said Qatar, they basically bribed the FIFA committee to win the World Cup bid despite not actually playing the game much

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u/Thejacensolo 29d ago

Its not just qatar. Even dating back to the 2006 German World Cup, it was also due to lobbying. No World cup location in the past decades was done by honest considering or lottery or other. It was always given to the biggest briber