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[Chariot]

Fuck off, Sony (and Adidas and VISA). Now that the public opinion is veering against the World Cup in Qatar it's easy to jump on the bandwagon.

It does not matter why they're pulling out, only that they do. It's like giving rich people shit for giving money to the poor for PR purpose. Just let them do the right thing, when they do it.

 

[KevinRo]

lol

Sponsors mad they didn't get some of that bribe money.

Come on guys. You gotta spread the wealth.

 

[BronsonLee]

lol

Sponsors mad they didn't get some of that bribe money.

Come on guys. You gotta spread the wealth.

The pittance FIFA got ain't shit to these conglomerates

 

[Jonnax]

The six main partners would get replaced by competitors in a flash

Sony = Samsung or Microsoft
Adidas = Nike
Visa = Mastercard
Coca-Cola = Pepsi or Red Bull
Emirates = Qatar Airways or Etihad
Hyundai/Kia = I'm sure there are plenty of car companies that would be interested

Over a thousand people are dead making the stadiums. You think companies will line up to be a sponsor?

 

[Syriel]

What's wrong with the 3rd person? No shoulders or knees exposed. Does she need a Burka?

Muffin top not allowed.

Goes against Qatari traditional values you know.

SUCK THAT SHIT IN!

 

[Salvadora]

You think Sony wants their brand to be associated with an event that has this much negativity around it?

tbf, think Sony's current deal is over after Brazil.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Adidas joins Sony in voicing concerns

EDIT: Also VISA

World Cup 2022 special report: No legal action for Qatar if Fifa strips country of tournament

Qatar will not be able to mount a legal challenge to Fifa if football's governing body strips it of the right to stage the 2022 World Cup. As controversy continues to rage over allegations of corruption surrounding the bid process, it has emerged that Qatar agreed to sign away its right to take any form of legal action against Fifa when it made its original tender for the tournament in 2010.

The Independent on Sunday can also reveal that a mechanism is available to football's governing body to order a new vote whereby infringements of its code of ethics are cited.

Qatar, which denies all corruption allegations, is now facing a major fight to hang on to the World Cup, and the subject is certain to feature strongly when Fifa holds its congress in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, one day before the 2014 World Cup opens.

It had been assumed that one reason Fifa might fail to order a revote for 2012 was fear of legal action by Qatar. But the legal officer of one of the bidding nations told The IoS: "All the bidding countries had to sign a registration document in which they agreed to be bound by Fifa's code of ethics. In a normal contract with an organisation based in Zurich, you would expect the agreement to be subject to Swiss law.

But Fifa's code makes it clear that all disputes are decided by the appeals committee of Fifa's ethics committee. The appeals committee can be taken to the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration in Sport. But this is a special arbitration body for sport, not a court of law.

''So should Fifa decide to have a revote, Qatar cannot take Fifa to a Swiss court. All bidding countries knew they were giving up their legal rights when bidding for the World Cup. But so keen are countries to get the World Cup, they happily agreed to do so."

This did not seem to matter at the time of the bidding as nobody expected to Qatar to win. Since then, the decision has proved so controversial that Fifa hired former US attorney Michael Garcia to investigate both the 2022 vote and the 2018 vote in which Russia beat England. Mr Garcia will complete his report tomorrow, although it will not be submitted to Fifa until next month.

 

[Woffls]

Wow, guess people won't need to worry about hiding their elbows in the desert after all.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Hyundai demand Qatar probe

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...calls-for-probe-into-sunday-times-allegations

Hyundai have become the latest top-tier sponsor to demand a "thorough investigation" into corruption allegations over Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid.

Sony, adidas and Visa all spoke out over the weekend to say they expect the allegations - made by the Sunday Times - to be probed.

Hyundai are one of the six 'partner' sponsors of FIFA along with adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Visa and Sony.

So that's four of the six largest FIFA sponsors, leaving only Coca-Cola and Emirates (unlikely given that Dubai would benefit from a Qatar World Cup)...

 

[figadapaura]

The six main partners would get replaced by competitors in a flash

Sony = Samsung or Microsoft
Adidas = Nike
Visa = Mastercard
Coca-Cola = Pepsi or Red Bull
Emirates = Qatar Airways or Etihad
Hyundai/Kia = I'm sure there are plenty of car companies that would be interested

Why are you so sure these other companies wouldn't have the same issues? At the very least, jumping at the chance to sponsor would be bad PR.

 

[Monty Mole]

Sony is against the Qatar dress code for foreigners

Can't imagine the outcry if there was a poster like this in the UK!

 

[jelly]

While it's good sponsors are reacting, it didn't seem to matter a 1000 plus workers died so far. Maybe it does but articles are using the bribe allegations from what I've read.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Hyundai demand Qatar probe

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...calls-for-probe-into-sunday-times-allegations



So that's four of the six largest FIFA sponsors, leaving only Coca-Cola and Emirates (unlikely given that Dubai would benefit from a Qatar World Cup)...

I expect coke to be next within a day or two and Emirates never.

 

[ymmv]

Hyundai demand Qatar probe

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...calls-for-probe-into-sunday-times-allegations

So that's four of the six largest FIFA sponsors, leaving only Coca-Cola and Emirates (unlikely given that Dubai would benefit from a Qatar World Cup)...

Five of the six sponsors have spoken up now.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27751265

Fifa is under growing pressure from a number of high-profile sponsors following its controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Sony, Adidas, Coca-Cola, Visa and Hyundai/Kia want the governing body to conduct an investigation into claims of wrongdoing in the bidding process. In total, five of Fifa's six main sponsors have issued statements relating to the Qatar bid. Only airline Emirates has so far declined to comment.

Since money is the only language that FIFA understands, this must be the real wake up call for those corrupt money hounds. It's one thing to get a beating in the press, but the money flow should never ever stop.

 

[Derp1na]

It's hilarious how Emirates is the only one who hasn't said anything.

What a shocker.

 

[figadapaura]

Five of the six sponsors have spoken up now.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27751265

Since money is the only language that FIFA understands, this must be the real wake up call for those corrupt money hounds. It's one thing to get a beating in the press, but the money flow should never ever stop.

That's it, then. It's over.

Emirates was never gonna say anything. Probably have friends in Qatar.

 

[xbhaskarx]

It's hilarious how Emirates is the only one who hasn't said anything.

What a shocker.

If Emirates are smart, they will join the other sponsors. It's not like 5/6 vs 6/6 will change what FIFA does, so why not be on the good guy side for PR purposes, even if you secretly want it to remain in Qatar. Dubai has extensive interests in the western world, aside from businesses with reputations to care about, in soccer they own Manchester City, New York City FC, and Melbourne City (formerly Hearts)... that's three countries where the public opinion is firmly against the FIFA corruption and the Qatar bid.

 

[velociraptor]

No muffin tops allowed.

To be fair muffin tops look revolting. Nothing is unsightly as seeing an overweight person wear one, and seeing all their flab and folds.

 

[Derp1na]

If Emirates are smart, they will join the other sponsors. It's not like 5/6 vs 6/6 will change what FIFA does, so why not be on the good guy side for PR purposes, even if you secretly want it to remain in Qatar. Dubai has extensive interests in the western world, aside from businesses with reputations to care about, in soccer they own Manchester City, New York City FC, and Melbourne City (formerly Hearts)... that's three countries where the public opinion is firmly against the FIFA corruption and the Qatar bid.

Abu Dhabi owns those teams but I agree that Dubai is the one place that is making attempts to westernise, moving into business and tourism for when the oil eventually runs dry. It would make a lot of sense for them to speak out, but at the same time it'd be hypocritical as fuck so I can't see it.

 

[mrklaw]

World Cup 2022 special report: No legal action for Qatar if Fifa strips country of tournament

but why would Fifa investigate bribery if it was FIFA that was bribed? Although if it was just a few members they can play the sacrificial lamb card and still pretend to be above reproach centrally.

This would also give them an out from the backlash against the general fucked up logistics (December fucking up lots of league and cup schedules, heat issues etc).

 

[Woffls]

Can't imagine the outcry if there was a poster like this in the UK!

Shorts MUST be worn if it's over 16°C.
Socks may be worn with sandals.
Wearing red trousers at football match is asking for trouble.
Baseball caps are frowned upon; be vigilant.

[edit] I doubt anyone will take the place of these marketing partners if they bail out. Publicity isn't always good any more.

 

[PdotMichael]

The six main partners would get replaced by competitors in a flash

Sony = Samsung or Microsoft
Adidas = Nike
Visa = Mastercard
Coca-Cola = Pepsi or Red Bull
Emirates = Qatar Airways or Etihad
Hyundai/Kia = I'm sure there are plenty of car companies that would be interested

Why should they be interessted in damaging their brand values?

 

[Oersted]

While it's good sponsors are reacting, it didn't seem to matter a 1000 plus workers died so far. Maybe it does but articles are using the bribe allegations from what I've read.

Yep. But huge corporations caring about that? I guess we will never see that day.

 

[Chariot]

Yeah, I think the other big companies will take the chance and announce loud and clear that they will not take a sponsor slot because their company don't make business with criminals. FIFA is on wonky ground rightnow.

 

[Oersted]

Yeah, I think the other big companies will take the chance and announce loud and clear that they will not take a sponsor slot because their company don't make business with criminals. FIFA is on wonky ground rightnow.

Its funny how we never cared about the other blatant bribery.

 

[Korey]

Vote: Do you think something will actually come out of all this?

Yes
No

 

[i_am_ben]

No way in hell Qatar loses the world cup.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Vote: Do you think something will actually come out of all this?

Yes
No

Yes.

No.

 

[jorma]

It's been a long while since this was done fair and square. I don't see what makes Quatar different. And it's not like the process would have been any cleaner had one of the other candidates won.

 

[Abounder]

It'll be interesting to see what happens although the FIFA machine will probably just keep chugging along. The cynic in me says that Qatar officials forgot to bribe more people. But maybe sponsors and people across the world are starting to care more like what the NBA vs Sterling fiasco previewed especially after the loss of life.

 

[Cormano]

Take it out of Qatar and be done with it.

Qatar was a huge mistake to start with, i was really hoping for the USA to host the 2022 world cup, I hope they find out that there was bidding corruption and we can a have a propper world cup somewhere else.

 

[Joeki11a]

I saw a report on this and I say leave it there!

their planned designs for the whole event

literally looked like year 3000 futuristic stuff!

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Vote: Do you think something will actually come out of all this?

Yes
No

Too cynical to believe it can change

I saw a report on this and I say leave it there!

their planned designs for the whole event

literally looked like year 3000 futuristic stuff!

Thing is, they've already benched or proven not to be possible. Especially not on the deaths of migrant workers......

 

[foxuzamaki]

Why would sony be involved in this?

 

[glaringradio]

Part of me wants them to keep it, but then for every team/fan/sponsor to basically not show up, making it all look like the most embarrassingly costly mistake ever made in human history.

Then I think about people dying and want it all to stop immediately before any more people are killed.

Fucking ridiculous.

 

[Tapiozona]

Why would sony be involved in this?

Tag quote.

Are you unable to read OPs or is that your shtick now to get laughs?

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I saw a report on this and I say leave it there!

their planned designs for the whole event

literally looked like year 3000 futuristic stuff!

Have you looked into the construction process?

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Why would sony be involved in this?

Because this: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/partners/

ain't cheap.

 

[Joni]

It's been a long while since this was done fair and square. I don't see what makes Quatar different. And it's not like the process would have been any cleaner had one of the other candidates won.

The deaths and the slavery. Companies don't like to be associated with slave labour.

 

[cruets]

If we want change at fifa and we really are upset by thousands dying or going to die because of construction of the stadiums in Qatar , why don't we just start a boycot of the sponsors?

 

[Don't Laugh]

why am i not surprised that coca-cola is last to voice their discontent with fifa.

 

[BronsonLee]

Yes.

No.

After being in Doha Airport in Qatar during my trip to Japan, this gif is doubly hilarious to me now...

Since I realize that the Qatar Riyal (which I would guess that is) goes to about 4 to 1 USD.

So 4 of those bills=1 dollar. No wonder she's no selling him!

 

[BassForever]

Why would sony be involved in this?

Foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own

Wah wah wah waaaaaaaaah

 

[ConfusingJazz]

why am i not surprised that coca-cola is last to voice their discontent with fifa.

Because Emirate Air won't say shit.

 

[Bold One]

Sony is against the Qatar dress code for foreigners

So, no cross-dressing?

 

[Deleted member 20920]

So, no cross-dressing?

Cross dressing is ok if you cover yourself entirely!

 

[Raistlin]

The six main partners would get replaced by competitors in a flash

Sony = Samsung or Microsoft
Adidas = Nike
Visa = Mastercard
Coca-Cola = Pepsi or Red Bull
Emirates = Qatar Airways or Etihad
Hyundai/Kia = I'm sure there are plenty of car companies that would be interested

yeah no

 

[JohnsonUT]

The six main partners would get replaced by competitors in a flash

Sony = Samsung or Microsoft
Adidas = Nike
Visa = Mastercard
Coca-Cola = Pepsi or Red Bull
Emirates = Qatar Airways or Etihad
Hyundai/Kia = I'm sure there are plenty of car companies that would be interested

Assuming Fifa could switch partners easily, the new partners would get much sweeter deals. If Visa dropped out, Mastercard would be negotiating from a position of strength. Who would be Mastercard's competition for that spot? Same with Pepsi and Samsung. This would hurt Fifa's one and only goal of extracting as much money as humanly possible.

 

[BronsonLee]

Assuming Fifa could switch partners easily, the new partners would get much sweeter deals. If Visa dropped out, Mastercard would be negotiating from a position of strength. Who would be Mastercard's competition for that spot? Same with Pepsi and Samsung. This would hurt Fifa's one and only goal of extracting as much money as humanly possible.

Exactly. Basically, if they don't cave to sponsors, the millions they got in a bribe will look like a toy compared to the hundreds of millions they could lose.

This...could be interesting

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

decision in the autumn

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27762435

guess this is going to roll on for a while