Comments on: Football Federation Australia budget contribution?

By: dd

dd — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:20:00 +0000

I think scapula was being sarcastic, and incidentally Samuel, he seems to agree with the thrust of your post.

By: Samuel J

Samuel J — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:49:29 +0000

Very amusing Scapula. I don’t think that athletes ‘fight and die for their nation’. I think you’re thinking of our soldiers, who get paid much less than athletes. Athletes don’t die for their nation (nor for themselves), but they do compete for their own glory.

By: Scapula

Scapula — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:23:36 +0000

We hand athletes small sums of money so we can project our prestige on the world stage. Its they who fight and die for their nation.

By: Ant

Ant — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:53:27 +0000

I’d support that idea. Straight after successful Olympic athletes tip in their endorsements until they’ve repaid the mega millions we’ve handed over to them.

By: Scapula

Scapula — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:21:48 +0000

Lowy simply played them for the mugs they are.

so who says no to Frank? certainly neither the labor nor the liberal party

All these civil society grouplings try to get a business or political grandee to head them so that they can negotiate taxpayer largesse whichever party is in power.

By: jumpnmcar

jumpnmcar — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:20:52 +0000

If anyone puts up that animated roo clip with gillard in it, I’m not clicking on it.OK!!.
I wish i never saw it in the first place.

By: kelly liddle

kelly liddle — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:12:45 +0000

At least the taxpayer would have had a chance of getting something back.

Samuel
What are you talking about the taxpayer would be guaranteed to get about half back or double their money it is actually quite a good bet. Casinos are still taxed you know and if they won the half the casino kept could be reinvested or distributed to shareholders. I advocate that we put at least 20% of the federal budget in the casinos on a few bets.

By: Rabz

Rabz — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:01:42 +0000

Although from Rudd’s point of view it was a small contribution from you all to get his mug on to the WC bid promo video.

Rudd was indeed in the ad, but it was lardarse who was PM by the time the official bid video package was produced. I also have it on good authority that our world cup bid went tits up pretty much from the time that Kate Ellis was moved on from the sports minister position. The FIFA grandees were none too interested in arbib's bog ugly mug, so our influence waned from that point on. But yes, given that the winning bids were a result of the sort of corruption the IOC would have blanched at, it certainly was an inexcusable waste of taxpayers' money. For which I blame frigging laybore. Lowy simply played them for the mugs they are.

By: H B Bear

H B Bear — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:27:08 +0000

Hey I think I agree with Scrappy @7.39pm. That’s a first.

By: H B Bear

H B Bear — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:25:08 +0000

The stakes were high, $45mil was a small investment.

Bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaa…. ….somebody has been watching too many tomwaterhouse.com.au ads. Pissing money up against a wall or into FIFA pockets is not an “investment” in any known sense of the word.

See also: co-investment; Holden, Ford and Toyota.