Well with the new guy at FIFA (who reminds me heavily of "The Hood" from
cult 60s kids TV puppet show Thunderbirds), is now said to be thinking
quite urgently about the 2026 finals because, well, they're only ten years'
away! Cynical sports media hacks I follow on Twitter would bet heavily on
the
> In fact, FIFA and/or an agency deliver a complete feed anyway for these
> sorts of things, so from a production perspective it's not too onerous to
> carry.
Thanks for the clarification, Adam. Sending out a live feed of their
standard bloviation sounds like exactly the kind of egotistic thing
In the UK Murdoch has "Sky Sports News HQ" - a 24 hour sports news channel
- which will have covered it extensively. But I doubt even they ran ten
hours straight though! In fact many hours were carried live by the domestic
BBC News channel - I'm not sure if its sister BBC World News channel
> I don't recall the WORLDwide Leader take such interest in the goings-on at
> FIFA. (Of course, how exciting have FIFA Congresses - Ordinary or not -
been
> otherwise?)
Your point about this meeting being more interesting than usual is
important. It's probably also the case that other Murdoch
