<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Reports Suggest Bribery Was Rampant During 2018 and 2022 World Cup Voting</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:50:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: Wally's World</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296905</link> <dc:creator>Wally's World</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 21:06:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296905</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here&#039;s hoping that last comment doesn&#039;t get lost since no one is coming to this post anymore.  I&#039;m proud of that one!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s hoping that last comment doesn&#8217;t get lost since no one is coming to this post anymore.  I&#8217;m proud of that one!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Wally's World</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296904</link> <dc:creator>Wally's World</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 21:06:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296904</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Sepp Blatter is the biggest piece of shit in the sporting world. He makes Don King, Gary Bettman, and Dana White look like saints.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I won&#039;t call the others saints.  I will say that if we all give them thievery titles, then it would look like this:King is the Caddy thief who graduated from stealing hubcaps.  It took some craftiness, but he had no imagination to get bigger.White is the thug that beat people up for their money.  No imagination, just pure power to get what he wanted.Bettman is the meth addict that sticks up 7-11&#039;s - and leaves 3/4 of the money on the counter because he thought that was the right thing to do.Blatter is the Pink Panther.  He is a world class jewel thief who heists everyone, but still manages to get invites to all the cool parties and never gets caught.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Sepp Blatter is the biggest piece of shit in the sporting world. He makes Don King, Gary Bettman, and Dana White look like saints.</p></blockquote><p>I won&#8217;t call the others saints.  I will say that if we all give them thievery titles, then it would look like this:</p><p>King is the Caddy thief who graduated from stealing hubcaps.  It took some craftiness, but he had no imagination to get bigger.</p><p>White is the thug that beat people up for their money.  No imagination, just pure power to get what he wanted.</p><p>Bettman is the meth addict that sticks up 7-11&#8242;s &#8211; and leaves 3/4 of the money on the counter because he thought that was the right thing to do.</p><p>Blatter is the Pink Panther.  He is a world class jewel thief who heists everyone, but still manages to get invites to all the cool parties and never gets caught.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: dodgecitydave</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296874</link> <dc:creator>dodgecitydave</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 20:38:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296874</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sepp Blatter is the biggest piece of shit in the sporting world. He makes Don King, Gary Bettman, and Dana White look like saints.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sepp Blatter is the biggest piece of shit in the sporting world. He makes Don King, Gary Bettman, and Dana White look like saints.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sousedbergin</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296792</link> <dc:creator>sousedbergin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:24:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296792</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s nice to have the details though to confirm exactly what everyone was thinking when Qatar was announced.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s nice to have the details though to confirm exactly what everyone was thinking when Qatar was announced.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: captain_spalding</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296786</link> <dc:creator>captain_spalding</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:20:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296786</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gambling at Ricks?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gambling at Ricks?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: phillymantis915</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296779</link> <dc:creator>phillymantis915</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:16:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296779</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Dollar signs.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Should be Euro signs seeing as they are sissy Europeans.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Dollar signs.</p></blockquote><p>Should be Euro signs seeing as they are sissy Europeans.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rittyrich</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296769</link> <dc:creator>rittyrich</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:13:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296769</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Auburn got it’s hands on the World Cup too? &lt;/blockquote&gt;Nope.  It was the execs of the Fiesta Bowl.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Auburn got it’s hands on the World Cup too?</p></blockquote><p>Nope.  It was the execs of the Fiesta Bowl.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296766</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:11:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296766</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Dollar signs.&lt;/em&gt;Yeah, but between FIFA, the IOC (Utah 2002), and the UN (Oil for Food Program), it seems like international bodies are especially susceptible and uncaring about corruption.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Dollar signs.</em></p><p>Yeah, but between FIFA, the IOC (Utah 2002), and the UN (Oil for Food Program), it seems like international bodies are especially susceptible and uncaring about corruption.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Geeezeus</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296765</link> <dc:creator>Geeezeus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:11:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296765</guid> <description><![CDATA[Post really needs the OUTRAGE tag.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Post really needs the OUTRAGE tag.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: jaywashere</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296743</link> <dc:creator>jaywashere</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:05:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296743</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#039;m outraged!  Outraged I tell you.  Now what do I need to do to become a member of the selection committee?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m outraged!  Outraged I tell you.  Now what do I need to do to become a member of the selection committee?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Barnaby Jones</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296741</link> <dc:creator>Barnaby Jones</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:04:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296741</guid> <description><![CDATA[#obvious]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#obvious</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: KC Resident</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296738</link> <dc:creator>KC Resident</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:03:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296738</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;What is it about international organizations that invites rampant, obvious, and nonchalant corruption?&lt;/em&gt;Dollar signs.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>What is it about international organizations that invites rampant, obvious, and nonchalant corruption?</em></p><p>Dollar signs.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ms621</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296733</link> <dc:creator>ms621</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:02:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296733</guid> <description><![CDATA[Grass=green, water=wet.What is it about international organizations that invites rampant, obvious, and nonchalant corruption?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grass=green, water=wet.</p><p>What is it about international organizations that invites rampant, obvious, and nonchalant corruption?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mizerle06 asks for the autoplay to be turned off</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296721</link> <dc:creator>mizerle06 asks for the autoplay to be turned off</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:58:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296721</guid> <description><![CDATA[Auburn got it&#039;s hands on the World Cup too?/haven&#039;t read post yet //hope some incarnation of that joke isn&#039;t in there]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Auburn got it&#8217;s hands on the World Cup too?</p><p>/haven&#8217;t read post yet<br /> //hope some incarnation of that joke isn&#8217;t in there</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: BFFredo</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296720</link> <dc:creator>BFFredo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:57:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296720</guid> <description><![CDATA[File under &quot;No shit&quot;.It&#039;s a question of who is more corrupt for me: FIFA or the IOC.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>File under &#8220;No shit&#8221;.</p><p>It&#8217;s a question of who is more corrupt for me: FIFA or the IOC.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sportsdork</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296702</link> <dc:creator>sportsdork</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:53:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296702</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;FIFA will pledge to look into this and wait for the public attention to drift elsewhere.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I mean, did you see what Rick Carlisle said about Dirk being a top 10 player?  I am fucking beside myself.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>FIFA will pledge to look into this and wait for the public attention to drift elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p>I mean, did you see what Rick Carlisle said about Dirk being a top 10 player?  I am fucking beside myself.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: irishmafia</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296701</link> <dc:creator>irishmafia</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:53:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296701</guid> <description><![CDATA[2-3-5]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2-3-5</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Stephen Douglas (CRM!)</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296689</link> <dc:creator>Stephen Douglas (CRM!)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:50:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296689</guid> <description><![CDATA[WHAT!?You&#039;re implying Qatar is a less than deserving WC host? How dare you sir!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WHAT!?</p><p>You&#8217;re implying Qatar is a less than deserving WC host? How dare you sir!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ATL_Badger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/05/10/reports-suggest-bribery-was-rampant-during-2018-and-2022-world-cup-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-1296674</link> <dc:creator>ATL_Badger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:47:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=94546#comment-1296674</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#039;m shocked! Shocked! That it took bribes to lure the worlds biggest sporting event to a country that has a landscape that consists solely of desert.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m shocked! Shocked! That it took bribes to lure the worlds biggest sporting event to a country that has a landscape that consists solely of desert.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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