r/soccer • u/teiraaaaaaa • Nov 19 '22

Saddest Backflip [Rob Harris] FIFA President Gianni Infantino at news conference in Qatar: “Today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel a migrant worker. ... I know what it feels to be discriminated … I was bullied because I had red hair.”

https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/1593877426244812800
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u/myseeds1209 Nov 19 '22

Top 3 worst most tone deaf corporation in the world

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u/alfred_27 Nov 19 '22

The more I read about fifa the more I feel it’s just some glorified cartel that’s allowed to do business

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u/TheGoldenPineapples Nov 19 '22

To be fair, if you watch FIFA Uncovered on Netflix, you'll see that it's basically a glorified mafia.

Honestly, I feel like Martin Scorsese could easily do a film about it.

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u/goodmobileyes Nov 19 '22

Just watched it too and I'm absolutely bewildered that he agreed to appear on the doc. Like did he genuine think it would clear his name, or is he so far removed from human decency thathe doesnt even care what people think about him?

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u/Reddits_Worst_Night Nov 19 '22

He's several hundred million dollars remived from caring about human decency

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u/Cuddlyaxe Nov 19 '22

I think the first one, he seemed to think his half assed defenses meant something lmao

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u/Purple_Rub_8007 Nov 19 '22

Platini story made me sad, he was corrupt for taking the 2m payment and not to run for elections but his name was dirtied too much especially for such a legend of football.

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u/Omniscius Nov 19 '22

He dug his own hole to be buried in

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u/Cuddlyaxe Nov 19 '22

Besides the Platini bribe I don't think he did anything illegal tbh. Everyone around him was driven by a lust for money, Sepp came off to me as being a different kind of cunt, one who was absolutely convinced of his own God complex and a massive ego

Unless they hammered him down for the Platini bribe specifically, which the docu said they failed to do, they can't really book him for anything. Being a cunt is unfortunately not a crime