Been reading alot about Brazil and their progress for the WC. I remember about 2 years back numerous experts on stadium design and construction were saying that the plans for building numerous stadiuns in Brazil was completely implausible. Brazil just did not have the infrastructure in place to host the WC and Olympics within 2 years of eachother, but of course FIFA being the complete, out of touch, crooked and narrow minded governing body of workd football ignored all the experts and downplayed the HUGE amount of evidence showing Brazil would not be able to get it finished. Now Brazil have 22 DAYS to complete 6 stadiums. Many which havent even had the roof supports in place, any seats and no pitch. After being told over and over and over that the stadiums will be finished, they now say that several of the stadiums will not be ready until March...One guy on BBC said he doesnt think the stadiums will be fully operational even for the Olympics in 2016. They have nowhere near enough hotel rooms. They have not finished the transit trains and road construction.
Today the Stadium which was to host the Opening ceremony and match had a crane collapse which crushed half of the main stand. 2 other stadiums are now closed because they failed structural inspections on the roofs.
Not to mention the huge protests and rioting about spending hundreds of millions in public money in a country lacking basics necesities as running water, electricity and proper medical care. I love Football and I LOVE THE WORLD CUP!!!! But, Brazil and its people would of been better suited to use the money for public ventures and to help the poor. Many who live in abysmal poverty in the same neighborhoods as these 400 million dollar new stadiums. As much as I want to see a WC in Brazil which deserves it, their love for Football and their players is inspiring, the protestors are right. Not one dollar of the WC revenue will make it to the poor neighborhoods or its people. It will go right into the coffers of FIFA and corporations like Budweiser, ADIDAS, Visa, Sony, Emirates, Coca Cola etc,etc.. All this bullshit from FIFA how the WC revitalizes the host cities is sh*t. It revitalizes it up to the last day of the match and they take all the money and piss off back to Switzerland.
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