Metalartin
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The people behind this are nothing to do with FIFA, they're just a bunch of nobodies using FIFA's name to make themselves sound important by the looks of it. They did a poor job of justifying their scoring and they haven't even been consistent with it.
City get docked points for being sponsored by an airline, yet no mention of that for Arsenal or any other club. No mention of City being top or joint top in two different surveys completed in 2019 either: edie.net and Sport Positive Summit both found City to be one of if not the greenest club in the PL operationally.
That pretty much leaves them trying to claim City have connections to a country's regime, even though they conceded(surprising they got that right) City aren't owned by Abu Dhabi to start out with. Surely they should be looking at the way the club is run and behaves towards these groups instead, or is that just too sensible for them?
It's a bullshit table from top to bottom,what's ethical about Iranian "blood money" launderers sponsoring your club? Or condoning illegal acts such as hacking? How about no stadium bans made by the club in response to their fans attacking an opposition team bus? Or the cheating scandals that FSG have in their other sports teams? They're obviously pretty selective on their ethics in this "study".
Wasn't John Henry looking for investment in the middle east in 2014, into his Liverpool project? Did we find out who he ended up doing a deal with? It would make so much sense, if there are strong links with Qatar found at some point. I don't think it's a coincidence, that while the bid to make the UAE and City, football's number 1 enemies has intensified in the past 2 years. At the same time, the criticism on Qatar's regime and their world cup bid seem an afterthought, if not forgotten about. Clear and organised, you could say, or paid for.
How are Chelsea treated so much more leniently, when they've broke more FIFA regulations in recent years as far as I know and they are owned by a Russian "oil billionaire". Is his Leiston Holdings company and their dealings revealed in the FinCEN Files Leaks not deemed unethical enough to affect their score much?
The report judged that the club’s connections to the regime meant it scored low for women’s rights, LGBTQ+ issues, religious and political rights, as well as losing points in the environmental category for its sponsorship by the Etihad airline.
City get docked points for being sponsored by an airline, yet no mention of that for Arsenal or any other club. No mention of City being top or joint top in two different surveys completed in 2019 either: edie.net and Sport Positive Summit both found City to be one of if not the greenest club in the PL operationally.
That pretty much leaves them trying to claim City have connections to a country's regime, even though they conceded(surprising they got that right) City aren't owned by Abu Dhabi to start out with. Surely they should be looking at the way the club is run and behaves towards these groups instead, or is that just too sensible for them?
It's a bullshit table from top to bottom,what's ethical about Iranian "blood money" launderers sponsoring your club? Or condoning illegal acts such as hacking? How about no stadium bans made by the club in response to their fans attacking an opposition team bus? Or the cheating scandals that FSG have in their other sports teams? They're obviously pretty selective on their ethics in this "study".
Wasn't John Henry looking for investment in the middle east in 2014, into his Liverpool project? Did we find out who he ended up doing a deal with? It would make so much sense, if there are strong links with Qatar found at some point. I don't think it's a coincidence, that while the bid to make the UAE and City, football's number 1 enemies has intensified in the past 2 years. At the same time, the criticism on Qatar's regime and their world cup bid seem an afterthought, if not forgotten about. Clear and organised, you could say, or paid for.
How are Chelsea treated so much more leniently, when they've broke more FIFA regulations in recent years as far as I know and they are owned by a Russian "oil billionaire". Is his Leiston Holdings company and their dealings revealed in the FinCEN Files Leaks not deemed unethical enough to affect their score much?
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