Originally Posted by
lardy
That would be the nice outcome, but also years of lawsuits from sponsors, stadiums, whoever. One long and unpleasant civil war with probably not much organised football being played while everyone jockeys for a power grab in a vacuum.
I'm not saying this as defence of FIFA, as the Qatar decision was appalling at the time and seems even more so now that so many have died in slavery conditions. It's awful and I'd be amazed if it's not criminal. The oil-rich state didn't win the bid on footballing terms
Glancing at the FIFA council list, I clicked on David Martin who is a member and also the president of the Irish FA. I imagine there is a lot of personnel crossover between FIFA and individual FAs, so it doesn't surprised me that the FAs haven't quit FIFA in protest at it.