Uefa nations have agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments if the global governing body continues with its plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup

European nations have unanimously agreed to boycott all Fifa competitions until football’s global governing body drops plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup.

In an emergency meeting on Thursday, Uefa member associations voted 55-0 to boycott.

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
    672·
    2 days ago

    This is the most credible call to boycott FIFA I think I’ve ever seen, and a boycott is the most credible solution to FIFA’s rampant corruption I think anyone has proposed, and we definitely do need to fix FIFA’s rampant corruption, but boy does it suck that we’re punishing the women for men’s bad behavior (I am biased because the women’s World Cup is my favorite World Cup)

    Along the lines spelled out by Uefa, the proposed boycott would begin with next year’s Women’s World Cup.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      42·
      1 day ago

      This entire thread here (not just to post I’m replying to but most posts under it) is a wonderful illustration of how the “fans” will always find an excuse to delay doing anything.

      No wonder shit got this far.

      • iglou@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        No, we’re just saying it sucks that the women’s world cup is the one that’ll actually get boycotted. No one is saying the boycott should be delayed.

    • mbp@slrpnk.netEnglish
      23·
      2 days ago

      Based as fuck of UEFA to take on FIFA. I agree this is the best chance at actually making a difference in the sport but fuck I’m really into women’s soccer right now and was really looking forward to the Women’s World Cup. Punished again.

    • cute_astronaut@feddit.dkEnglish
      102·
      2 days ago

      I totally agree, the Danish women team qualified and I was actually looking forward to see them play the world cup, but I also said to my wife that they would most likely be the ones to suffer from this because it’s “cheaper” to boycott the women’s world cup than boycotting the men which sucks on many levels.