Tariq Panja
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632 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 24 Jun
Tariq Panja’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Why don't we do this?
Why don't we decide to have World Cup tickets for these 104 games dynamically priced?
So the idea was, depending on the demand, the prices would fluctuate lower if there isn't that great demand for those games, or spike if there is a lot of people wanting to do this dynamically.
So far, what we've seen is not much coming down because the prices started very expensive and prices then shooting up.
$800 for a group stage game, $1,000 for a group stage game.
Then you get into the knockouts.
And then fans are also confused as to where they're going to be sitting because FIFA keep changing the categories.
The seats are designated into pricing categories depending on where they are in the stadium.
And fans have now complained that, hang on, I paid for this category.
Why am I now in the nosebleeds?
And what is this new category that's emerged?
So there's a lot of confusion.
So much confusion, in fact, that the...
Attorney generals of New Jersey and New York have talked about starting legal proceedings against FIFA over this.
The fans are furious and disappointed and it doesn't matter where you go.
They feel exploited.
They feel their passions have been exploited and they feel kind of abused.
And to that point,
I decided to go to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, to try and put a human face to this.
Because in my experience, in the last three, four World Cups I've been to, one of the most eye-catching backdrops of these tournaments have been the sheer number of Argentines who...
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