• dhork@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Doubtful. Embarassment requires feeling shame, and neither the givers nor the recipient of the FIFA “Peace Prize” are capable of that.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Growing?

    I’d say that was 100% embarrassing right from the moment they did it. Never have I seen such blatant corruption on display and all those involved at Fifa should be jailed

    Meh, the entire Fifa top should be jailed anyway because Fifa is corruption come to life, but here we are

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    There was unease within Fifa at the time of Trump receiving the award with the governing body not disclosing any details of the selection process. Now, though, that has shifted to “deep embarrassment”, according to one senior Fifa source. Multiple officials have expressed their unease of the way it was handled.

    “Selection process”? Come on! Are they taking themselves a little too seriously maybe? It was farce right from the start. Most of the world had a good laugh. It’s only FIFA