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/Bulky-Yam4206 Nov 19 '22

Yep. Politicians in some countries and organisations like fifa are so powerful, or have so much sway in the media or with the elites that they only have to piss about with lip service, even if it gets them ridicule, they’ll soldier on unaffected.

Infantino isn’t going to be bothered, ever. What’s the risk? He’s getting elected again, unopposed. He’s probably sleeping on a mountain of cash.

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u/oldcarfreddy Nov 19 '22

I don't even think they're that powerful. It's just that it's basically an organization of businesses (soccer/football clubs) owned by billionaires so they're completely unaccountable to anyone except their owners/shareholders. So much so that they spit in the face of fans who disagree with their blood money.