FIFA’s appetite for risk
Posted on Dec 15, 2010 at 09:05 AM in Herding Cats by David Mackay. 84 Comments
The recent decision by FIFA to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively has triggered an outpouring of emotion, largely in the form of anger from unsuccessful bidders in what they see as a flawed process. Much criticism has been based upon the technical reports prepared by FIFA on each of the bidding nations, in which Russia was listed as a “medium” risk while Qatar was listed as a “high risk”. All other bidding nations were listed as “low risk”.
