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The Roar of the Crowd. By David P.
Barash Marx was wrong: The opiate of the masses isn't religion, but spectator sports. What else explains the astounding fact that millions of seemingly intelligent human beings feel that the athletic exertions of total strangers are somehow consequential for themselves? The real question we should be asking during the madness surrounding this month's collegiate basketball championship season is not who will win, but why anyone cares. Not that I would try to stop anyone from root, root, rooting to his or her heart's content. More than a decade ago, a baseball strike canceled the season and the World Series. But wait. Let me be clear: It is not the doughty doing of sports that is so ill-conceived, but the woeful watching, the ridiculous rooting, the silly spectating. I have no quarrel with vigorous participation, pursuing an activity for its own sake, for the exercise, the camaraderie, the joy of simply doing it.
"Say it ain't so, Joe. Come and sit here, they are told. Qatar World Cup 2022 investigation: former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and family paid millions. Although Qatar has repeatedly denied wrongdoing during the bidding process, it has long been suspected that the decision was flawed, and several members of the Fifa committee have faced corruption allegations.
It can be disclosed that a company owned by Mohamed Bin Hammam, the Fifa executive member for Qatar, appeared to pay $1.2 million (£720,000) to Mr Warner in 2011. A note from one of Mr Warner’s companies, Jamad, to Mr Bin Hammam’s firm, Kemco, requested $1.2 million in payment for work carried out between 2005 and 2010. Fifa president Sepp Blatter announces Qatar as the host country for the 2022 World Cup (AFP) The document is dated December 15, 2010, two weeks after Qatar won the right to host the tournament, and states that the money is “payable to Jack Warner”.
Mr Warner’s two sons and an employee were paid a further $1 million (£600,000) by the same Qatari company. ICSS International Centre For Sport Security. Organised crime estimated to launder over US$140 billion annually through sport betting. 80% of global sport betting is illegal Football and cricket proved to be most targeted sports by criminals.
Paris; 15th May 2014: The University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) today released the ground-breaking results of a two-year research programme into sport corruption. It includes startling figures on the scale and scope of the sport-betting market, which is identified as the primary purpose for match-fixing. The report also provides detailed analysis of current efforts to combat corruption and presents guiding principles including practical steps that can be taken by sport, governments and betting. Secretary of State for Sport, France, Thierry Braillard. Sepp Blatter says on-pitch racism can be resolved with handshake. 16 November 2011 Last updated at 19:19 GMT Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said football does not have a problem with racism on the field and any incidents should be settled by a handshake.
The Football Association is probing two cases of alleged racism in England. "There is no racism [on the field], but maybe there is a word or gesture that is not correct," Blatter told CNN. Did Qatar buy the 2022 World Cup? Sunday Times investigates. Brazilian police arrest 14 in anti-World Cup protest. BRASILIA Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:05am BST BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian police arrested 14 people on Monday during an anti-World Cup demonstration near the stadium where Nigeria and Iran played in southern Brazil, local security authorities said.
A group of protesters destroyed windows of banks and stores after an anti-World Cup march of about 200 people was dispersed by police near the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, a spokeswoman for the state's security command centre told Reuters. In another demonstration in the northern city of Natal, protesters burned a U.S. flag a few hours before the United States' first World Cup match against Ghana.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter plays racism card amid Qatar corruption allegations. Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images Sepp Blatter cries racism against his critics.
Unable to offer credible answers to growing concerns over accusations of corruption against Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has resorted to playing the racism card. Speaking in front of delegates from Africa and Asia - which, coincidentally, are two federations that reportedly benefited the most from Qatar's alleged bribery - Blatter dismissed the mounting evidence of foul play in the voting process as nothing more than the creation of hateful bigots out to destroy FIFA. "Once again there is a sort of storm against FIFA relating to the Qatar World Cup. Sadly there's a great deal of discrimination and racism and this hurts me," Blatter said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.