Can’t wait for the World Cup and Olympics!!! - ThreadSky

noturtlesoup17.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Can’t wait for the World Cup and Olympics!!!

Five players, and thirteen staff members from the Senegalese basketball team have been denied visas to the US.

The team is here to prepare for the upcoming Afrobasket tournament.

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kariya33.bsky.social•5 days ago

I doubt they will happen in the U.S.

tarabradford.bsky.social•6 days ago

At this rate they’ll have to change the venue, as no athletes will want to risk travel to the US.

largesseadultson.bsky.social•6 days ago

The only thing that FIFA loves more than human rights abuses is money, so you’d think they’d be shitting right now. OTOH most of the bribes are probably already paid so maybe Infantino is just like “yeh I got mine, whatever happens happens 🤷”

metronorthcapital.bsky.social•6 days ago

Usually the dictatorships let the competitors into the country

largesseadultson.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh yeah this is definitely a new form of fuckery and really does put revenue at risk. But I also don’t trust FIFA to do the smart thing even if it is clearly in their own financial interest.

noturtlesoup17.bsky.social•6 days ago

i'm hoping someone writes an explainer for idiots (me) about how fifa contracts are done and who pays what and what the expectations generally are for making money back during the games.

largesseadultson.bsky.social•6 days ago

Couldn’t be me (literally, no expertise) but yeah that would be really good to have.

noturtlesoup17.bsky.social•6 days ago

overrated!! america only.

noturtlesoup17.bsky.social•6 days ago

Has anyone written an explainer about who has paid what, who owes who how much, what the projections are (or were, if they've changed) for revenue during the games, etc for FIFA or the Olympics? Please link if so.

richburroughs.dev•6 days ago

I haven’t seen anything like that.

One company that has qualified for the World Cup and is on the travel ban list: Iran.

noturtlesoup17.bsky.social•6 days ago

I assume someone is working on it but I am antsy waiting!!

icedbrew2.bsky.social•6 days ago

FIFA has recently released an economic impact report that claims this summer’s Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup will boost U.S. gross domestic output by $47bn and create nearly 300,000 jobs.

icedbrew2.bsky.social•6 days ago

The 2026 World Cup will be the most lucrative sports event ever staged, with FIFA’s revenues set to top $10billion (£7.4bn), according to a new report from London-based agency Pitch Marketing Group.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6417221/2025/06/11/fifa-2026-world-cup-revenue/

icedbrew2.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/152f754a8e1b3727/original/FIFA-World-Cup-2026-Socioeconomic-impact-analysis.pdf

The actual study.

noturtlesoup17.bsky.social•6 days ago

ty! I think I'm looking for a bit more like...."this county spent X dollars leveraging Y return" especially with the March date for update (memory is hazy bc time is flat now, but I don't think the immigration stuff was at the level then).

lino.io•6 days ago

if no one competes, no one can take the gold medals from american athletes. america first. /s

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