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David Rowe

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92 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

They're both presidents, so clearly of, I mean, large organisations.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

FIFA is a global organisation, very powerful, little like...

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

like the International Olympic Committee, the IOC.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

Obviously, Trump is the president of the United States.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

And they have formed this unholy alliance, I would say.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

Infantino, you might recall, famously dreamt up a FIFA Peace Prize and gave it to Donald Trump last December as some kind of compensation for not winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

Yeah, this is the big cash cow for FIFA.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

It makes a lot of money, but something new is happening here, which is for the first time, FIFA has set up its own resale of ticket venue, facility.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

And that means that, let's say, you buy a World Cup ticket for $1,000.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

You take it to the FIFA resale site.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

You sell it to me for $2,000.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

FIFA takes 15% off you as the seller and 15% of me as the buyer.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

So it's a resale site for the ticket, okay?

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

So you've bought the ticket for, say, $1,000 legitimately.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

You then put it on the site.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

You say, I want to sell this for $2,000.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

I say, I'll buy it from you because I really want to go to the World Cup.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

And then FIFA clips the ticket for you, takes 15% of your selling price, and me, 15% off my buying price.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

And it goes to FIFA.

The Briefing
Trump's FIFA World Cup scandals + Coalition opens door for One Nation deal

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