Gab Marcotti
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That's not the case in the US.
The daily allowance, I didn't know this, but in Qatar, it was $850 per player or per delegate, I guess.
Now it's down to $600.
That's FIFA who decided that.
I think that's the money that they give to the FAs to pay for the team costs.
And on top of that, the U.S.
is a really expensive country right now.
I mean, it's more expensive than Qatar, obviously, to begin with.
We've seen it through the fan lens as well.
So, yeah, they're telling FIFA.
I mean, one country.
I think it's France, but not confirmed.
We're going to lose money unless we reach the semifinal.
I don't know, again, who knows how you account for it and you can say, well, we gain in terms of image and sponsors, whatever.
But it just seems odd that you would be in this situation, especially when you, Gianni Fantino, have built your case to be president on the fact that, look, I generate so much money for FIFA.
Final point, UEFA, trolling FIFA, letting it be known that they're freezing tickets for the next Euros and making the points that you can go and watch...
the cheapest ticket categories at the Euros, which, by the way, will be here in England, you can go and watch two games for the... Sorry, you can buy two tickets to a game for less than the price of parking at a World Cup game.
How about that?