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LinekersLegs · February 13, 2015

ESPN did a great job with the World Cup last summer and NBC's coverage of the Premier league is excellent. FOX are awful in their coverage of CL and EL....so guess who will be showing the next three World Cups in the US?!

http://www.businessinsider.com/fifa-2026-world-cup-tv-rights-fox-2015-2
In an unexpected announcement, FIFA awarded Fox Sports and Telemundo the broadcast rights to 2026 World Cup on Thursday

It's not a surprise that Fox will broadcast the tournament. But it's a shock that FIFA awarded them the rights 11 years in advance without a bidding war with ESPN and NBC.

kithnou · February 13, 2015

LinekersLegs said:
ESPN did a great job with the World Cup last summer and NBC's coverage of the Premier league is excellent. FOX are awful in their coverage of CL and EL....so guess who will be showing the next three World Cups in the US?!

http://www.businessinsider.com/fifa-2026-world-cup-tv-rights-fox-2015-2
In an unexpected announcement, FIFA awarded Fox Sports and Telemundo the broadcast rights to 2026 World Cup on Thursday

It's not a surprise that Fox will broadcast the tournament. But it's a shock that FIFA awarded them the rights 11 years in advance without a bidding war with ESPN and NBC.

lol....does anything that FIFA do make any sense these days?

LinekersLegs · February 13, 2015

kithnou said:
lol....does anything that FIFA do make any sense these days?

One thing they could be relied on was to get the most possible money out of any situation.

But ffs can't even rely on them for that now - they didn't even put it out to bid!

kithnou · February 13, 2015

LinekersLegs said:
One thing they could be relied on was to get the most possible money out of any situation.

But ffs can't even rely on them for that now - they didn't even put it out to bid!

They are a sham...

moyeslovechild · February 13, 2015

LinekersLegs said:
One thing they could be relied on was to get the most possible money out of any situation.

But ffs can't even rely on them for that now - they didn't even put it out to bid!

no doubt somebody is getting the most money from it in fairness....

RaleighBlue · February 18, 2015

LinekersLegs said:
ESPN did a great job with the World Cup last summer and NBC's coverage of the Premier league is excellent. FOX are awful in their coverage of CL and EL....so guess who will be showing the next three World Cups in the US?!

http://www.businessinsider.com/fifa-2026-world-cup-tv-rights-fox-2015-2
In an unexpected announcement, FIFA awarded Fox Sports and Telemundo the broadcast rights to 2026 World Cup on Thursday

It's not a surprise that Fox will broadcast the tournament. But it's a shock that FIFA awarded them the rights 11 years in advance without a bidding war with ESPN and NBC.

http://screamer.deadspin.com/what-the-hell-is-fifa-doing-with-the-2026-world-cup-med-1685841819

But if we assume that FIFA awarded the rights via this convoluted process for some reason, and not because they are 100 percent incompetent, what is that explanation? The current theory being bandied about is that this presages an announcement that the 2022 Qatar World Cup will be moved to the winter. The average summer temperature in Doha is around 95 degrees, with highs regularly hitting 120. While the Qatar bid promised the construction of stadiums with fancy air conditioning technology, FIFA put together a task force to study possible alternative dates.

Seems reasonably corrupt enough for FIFA for this to be realistic.

ilikecheese · February 18, 2015

Hmm...makes no sense at all.

We should probably bomb them and invade.

LinekersLegs · February 18, 2015

RaleighBlue said:
http://screamer.deadspin.com/what-the-hell-is-fifa-doing-with-the-2026-world-cup-med-1685841819

Seems reasonably corrupt enough for FIFA for this to be realistic.

FIFA logic - one huge Qatar bribe in the hand is better than an unknown TV deal in the future.