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Tarantula_Saurus_Rex t1_ix6f1g6 wrote

Reply to comment by Talidel in Match fixing, bribery claim rocks opening World Cup game between Qatar and Ecuador by fairlane35

I wonder if InBev had any contractual agreement with FIFA should Qatar renege on beer and alcohol sales. They had to know a conservative Muslim nation could decide to "nope" at the last minute.

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Psychological-Poet-4 t1_ix6kt0p wrote

I read they spent 75 million for the right to provide the beer, but I didn't see anything that said they could recoop anything

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Tarantula_Saurus_Rex t1_ix6t1rk wrote

I read that too, and I wonder if there is an insurance clause in the contract stating something like "if no beer/product is sold because of religious or other reasons then contract is null and void" $75 million is a lot of money. It's hard to imagine not having a mechanism in place for when things change suddenly.

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