Ed Ranks Things Associated with the FIFA World Cup

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Is it World Cup time already? SWEET! Now let's talk about all the things associated with this grand sporting event!

7. Norm from Cheers - Pretty simple, right? Obviously now that it's FIFA World Cup, we're all thinking about Norm from Cheers.  I'm pretty sure 100% of you got this connection, but just in case for those slow people out there:

• FIFA is Soccer
• Soccer is associated with David Beckham
• David Beckham is married to Victoria Beckham
• Victoria Beckham was in the Spice Girls
• Spice Girls starred in Spice World
• Spice World also featured George Wendt
• George Wendt played Norm from Cheers 

Soooo obvious. 

6. Football (Soccer) - This is the sixth most commonly associated thing with the World Cup. Sometimes, on occasion, people think about the sport of football when thinking about this tournament. If they don't immediately skip over that and go right to Norm.

5. Filing False Tax Returns - Yep, people think about this a lot too.

4. Tax Evasion - Fabio Tordin, the former CEO of Traffic Sports USA Inc, thinks about this a lot when he thinks of the World Cup.  The U.S. Department of Justice made sure of that.

3. Wire Fraud - Who doesn't hear "World Cup" and immediately go, "AH YES! That wholly corrupt institution that is completely funded via illicit wire fraud! Good times!"

2. Racketeering - I'm not sure that there is a single person in FIFA that hasn't pleaded guilty to some sort of racketeering charge. Looks like these shitheads better look into RICO law before they start engaging in illegal rackets using U.S. currency that can potentially put them in prison for 20 years.

1. Money Laundering - "FIFA World Cup" and "Money Laundering" to together like peanut butter and jelly, Sonny and Cher, fish and chips, bread and butter, salt and pepper, and mental illness with comorbid substance abuse problems.

Let's go Spain! 

(update: Spain sucks)