$1 Million Incentive to Win World Cup Qualifier
January 3, 2008 by Jyle Dupuis
Filed under FIFA World Cup
The Chinese government has offered their national team a one million dollar incentive if they qualify for the World Cup. The players have already pledged to "defend their honor" by making it to the qualifying rounds.
"I pledge to advance to the World Cup, which is the professional goal that we strive for," the players recited on Tuesday, according to the paper.
"We swear by death to kill along the bloody road of defending the honour of the motherland and realise our youthful dreams."
I’m not so sure if bribary works in these situations. I mean it would a small miracle to see the Chinese National team in the finals or even semi-finals. We’ll just have to see. But one thing I do know is that a million dollars can go a long way in China. Cha-ching!
Source: AFP
