http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/richard-tomlinson/ Richard Tomlinson is Chair, Urban Planning, in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. He recently co-edited a book called ‘Development & Dreams: The Urban Legacy of the World Cup’ about the recent South African version of the event. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hosting-the-world-cup-would-have-been-like-a-bad-divorce/ Hosting the World Cup is like a bad divorce and FIFA’s lawyers are better than yours. After the fun you’re left with the costs and a sour relationship. Never mind the demands in the lead up, even during the event you realise that something is wrong. Construction activities have to stop for a month. The construction site has to be beautified. There is no compensation for the companies and the workers. Worse still, you have to drink Budweiser. No more VB. Budweiser paid all those millions in sponsorship and FIFA requires that no Australian beers are drunk in areas associated with the event. There too, you are required to eat McDonald’s burgers. McDonald’s is also a sponsor and it is an offence to sell local in the same areas. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Richard Tomlinson) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hosting-the-world-cup-would-have-been-like-a-bad-divorce/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hosting-the-world-cup-would-have-been-like-a-bad-divorce/#item4646 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:44:59 +0000 Richard Tomlinson | Author bios | The Punch