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06-10-2014, 12:05 AM
John Oliver Goes Off on FIFA (But He's Still Excited for the World Cup)
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He's baaaaaaack.
One week after his diatribe (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/john-oliver-net-neutrality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on net neutrality went viral, John Oliver (http://mashable.com/category/john-oliver/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) lambasted FIFA for its ugly business practices.
In particular, the Last Week Tonight host slammed the soccer organization for parasitically acquiring World Cup proceeds, overriding Brazilian laws banning ******* in stadiums, and for its decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to the social and physical climate.
See also: Six Apps to Fuel Your World Cup Fever (http://mashable.com/2014/06/07/world-cup-2014-apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
A few highlights from the 13-minute rant:
On FIFA taking most of the money generated from the World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss): "Somewhere, Wesley Snipes is going, 'So soccer was the answer.'"
On Brazil's laws against selling ******* in stadiums due to high death rates, which FIFA overruled because it's sponsored by Budweiser: "You can either be horrified by that or relieved that FIFA isn't also sponsored by cocaine and chainsaws."
On a commentator's **te that FIFA and bribery go together like peanut butter and jelly: "Peanut butter and jelly are supposed to go together. FIFA and bribery should go together like peanut butter and a child with a deadly nut allergy." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/john-oliver-tells-us-whats-wrong-with-fifa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Soccer (http://mashable.com/category/soccer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Fifa (http://mashable.com/category/fifa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Entertainment (http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tv (http://mashable.com/category/tv/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1402344056 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1402344056)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/M8yOeY93Hfc
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He's baaaaaaack.
One week after his diatribe (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/john-oliver-net-neutrality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) on net neutrality went viral, John Oliver (http://mashable.com/category/john-oliver/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) lambasted FIFA for its ugly business practices.
In particular, the Last Week Tonight host slammed the soccer organization for parasitically acquiring World Cup proceeds, overriding Brazilian laws banning ******* in stadiums, and for its decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to the social and physical climate.
See also: Six Apps to Fuel Your World Cup Fever (http://mashable.com/2014/06/07/world-cup-2014-apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
A few highlights from the 13-minute rant:
On FIFA taking most of the money generated from the World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss): "Somewhere, Wesley Snipes is going, 'So soccer was the answer.'"
On Brazil's laws against selling ******* in stadiums due to high death rates, which FIFA overruled because it's sponsored by Budweiser: "You can either be horrified by that or relieved that FIFA isn't also sponsored by cocaine and chainsaws."
On a commentator's **te that FIFA and bribery go together like peanut butter and jelly: "Peanut butter and jelly are supposed to go together. FIFA and bribery should go together like peanut butter and a child with a deadly nut allergy." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/john-oliver-tells-us-whats-wrong-with-fifa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Soccer (http://mashable.com/category/soccer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Fifa (http://mashable.com/category/fifa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Entertainment (http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Tv (http://mashable.com/category/tv/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1402344056 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1402344056)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/M8yOeY93Hfc