Larry Williams Drive

Let’s see if the outraged in football are going to back up their outrage with actual actions this time around. Once again, FIFA has proved it doesn’t care what anyone thinks and it’s chosen money over morals. It’s signed Saudi Arabia on as a sponsor of this Women’s Football World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Without telling Football Australia and New Zealand Football that they’ve done it. And needless to say, neither of them are happy about it. Because of course, Saudi Arabia has a shocker of a record when it comes to the treatment of women. Women still need permission from a guardian to get married or leave prison, and even get some forms of sexual and reproductive healthcare. Football Australia is “very disappointed”. New Zealand Football is "shocked and disappointed". And so they’ve written a letter to FIFA that’s somehow become public. Warning that they “cannot express strongly enough the potential repercussions and fallout that could result [from] this decision".  So let’s see what those repercussio