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2022 World Cup revote?

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The United States could still host the 2022 World Cup after soccer’s governing body continued to be plagued by a deep-rooted bribery scandal that has rocked the sport to its core.

The American bid to host the tournament ended in disappointment in December, when members of governing body FIFA’s executive committee made the shocking decision to award the event to Qatar, a tiny Arab state with a population of fewer than two million people.

However, a storm of controversy has erupted around FIFA in the past week, reaching a head when it was revealed that general secretary Jerome Valcke wrote in an email that Qatar had “bought the World Cup.”

Suspicions about how Qatar had gathered the necessary support and outwitted the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea immediately flared up, and were raised again in May when Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper presented evidence that claimed to show bribes had been paid in exchange for votes.

Influential FIFA member Theo Zwanziger, president of the German Football Federation, demanded on Wednesday that Qatar be stripped of its hosting rights pending a full investigation – and that a new vote should be taken if any corrupt activity is unearthed.

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ro-rogers_usa_could_still_host_2022_world_cup_060111

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FIFA is corrupt and honestly if they chose the best host the World Cup would only be held in the US, Canada, Western Europe, South Korea, China or Japan.

I'd probably let Russia have it too just so they don't get upset and nuke anyone.

Anyone else is just getting a handout or they paid someone to let them host it. From what I read South Africa actually lost money from hosting the World Cup so I say let them have it somewhere else.

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