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ajmurmannyesterday at 7:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

To be fair, if FIFA wanted to maximize profits, they should auction tickets off instead of allowing scalpers to eat the delta between sales price and real value.


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InitialLastNameyesterday at 8:13 PM

To be fair, GP said that FIFA is corrupt, not that FIFA is either profit-maximizing nor out to light the goose that lays the golden egg on fire.

I know it's hard to imagine in the US, what with our quarterly-profit-maximizing corruption, but it is possible to be corrupt and still have to balance long-term concerns like "keep the graft flowing".

inigyouyesterday at 10:08 PM

To be fair, most of the scalpers are FIFA.