Comments on: For Pride of Country, Love of Money

By: Good Day Mate

Good Day Mate — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:32:01 +0000

So it is true that every team gets a 1.5 million from FIFA for every game played in the World Cup? Total coming out to 4.5 million if you get bounced during the first stage.

By: w o r d s » Blog Archive » Togo’s players earn respect back

w o r d s » Blog Archive » Togo’s players earn respect back — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:53:41 +0000

[...] It makes me mad when the media discuss the premiums of the players for Togo and they point to the average per-capita income for Togo as a comparison for the 155,000 Euro premiums promised to the players. That is such bogus. Most Togolese players live and work in Europe, and in that context that is not such an outrageous premium. Some of the other teams pay a lot more than that. Also, the FIFA contributes at least 4.5 Million Euros to every team in the finals. And the Gnassingé clan, who runs Togo, is worth Billions of Dollars. [...]

By: Germany Cup

Germany Cup — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:35:27 +0000

OGM.
Is this sport or business?

By: Raheel

Raheel — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:12:57 +0000

This is the age of globalisation and Capitalism . While Sponsors are vital for the staging of such grand tournaments , commercialisation of the Beautiful Game has its downside too . I recall Team Nigeria turning out for their quater-final clash against Sweden in the 1998 World Cup on the back of fierce squabbling with the Nigerian FA over monetary incentives for their impressive performances earlier in the tournament. I am also haunted by the Zombie-style performance of Ronaldo in the final against France in the same edition of the World Cup( a possible explanation being that Ronaldo was unfit to play but was forced to do so due to the threats made by the Nike Representatives to take back Sponsorship money paid to the Brazilian FA) . I am all in favour of rewards for players who produce outstanding feats of skill and finesse and help bring glory to their teams and countries , but the heart and soul of of the game must be protected against the ravages of crass commercialism.

By: MasterS

MasterS — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:15:24 +0000

Croatia is the team to beat, you never know what will happen, but they will first of all beat brazil because they play the best against the strongest teams and then in final with a littlbe bit of fortuna they are going all the way

By: JohnGalt

JohnGalt — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:24:04 +0000

Czech Republic at around 30 to 1 is an excellent long shot bet to win the 2006 World Cup. The Czech team has experience, speed, and tremendous team coordination. They can compete with the strongest teams and with some good fortune, have a reasonably good shot to win it all. Certainly, the odds offered make a bet on the Czechs an irresistible investment.

By: malik

malik — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:59:21 +0000

wow….angola is giving theyre players 5 thousand and a cell phone per goal?!?!?! LOL….and then theres UKRAINE….i have yet to visit that country, but if sex is the most important thing there, than……”see ya later, gotta go”