Maradona Criticises FIFA over Money Haiti had to pay for World Cup 2014 Broadcasting Rights
"They (FIFA) charged Haiti 2 million tp transmit the World Cup event to Haiti, a devastated country," Maradona said in an interview Saturday.
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President Martelly and his government had to dish out this $2 million U.S. if Haitians were to see the World Cup happening in Brazil.
According to news reports, FIFA will generate about 4 BILLION dollars from this World Cup, 60% of which will come from broadcasting rights.
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Fifa is a business organization.
Its goal is to make money.
It sold its products to whoever that could afford to pay the.
Maradona spoke as a sentimental person not like a
I dont even watch the world cup the fifa and their owner are suck some a**hole and they will die soon and their wives will f**k some other dudes every
We have to pay to something.
It is ashame as Haitian, After more than 200 yrs of independence we are asking for every thing.
Haitians have grow older not wiser.
What did you expected from FIFA! A mafia organization with no respect for human dignity.
All they care about is making money and the bell with poor people.
Look at what's going on with the Haitian federation! Same
What are you talking about?
Are you for real?
or you just don"t understand what Diego said?
L I atik lan bien ' si ou pa koprann li made explkasyon, cause you sounded very
Bfor u act up make sure u read wat is said really well so u dnt look or sound
What fifa did to haiti, this nothing new .The always pretend they helped haiti, but when they give something with right hand they took it again with the left
That's sorry!for a poor a country like Haiti.
FIFA should build some stadiums in Haiti with some of those billions they are going to make from the World Cup. Return those $2 millions back to Haiti, go
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