Andrew Warshaw: A tricky day for 2014 public relations, but the tickets are selling even if the security stories aren’t
Whoever is being economical with the truth about the reasons for the Soccerex global football convention in Rio being cancelled, the news was timed with a shambolic attempt at promoting Brazil’s World Cup. What started out as a good idea and looked like smart timing for a push to get people to travel to the 2014 party, rapidly went downhill.
When Thierry Weil, FIFA’s marketing director, and Ricardo Trade, head of the local organising committee,