FIFA

[horlock07]

Expected timeline:

Today - Arrests Made, Blatter Stalls.
Tomorrow - Blatter Outraged
Friday - Blatter re-elected
            Blatter states this is a mandate in showing FIFA members confidence on his ability to clean up FIFA. Investigation launched immeadiately
6 months - Edited report released
8 months - Still not fully published unedited
N Months - Goto 8 months.


Heads will probably roll, Blatter will survive (unless he snuffs it).

It ridiculous, either Blatter is corrupt, or Blatter is incapable of running a clean FIFA.

 

Similar happened in the UCI (cycling world body) but in that case delegates decided enough is enough and voted the incumbent out - fingers crossed for football.

[Red Frog]

Similar happened in the UCI (cycling world body) but in that case delegates decided enough is enough and voted the incumbent out - fingers crossed for football.

Won't happen. The current structure won't clean FIFA up until you take corruption out of African politics. Our only hope is they've got something on Blatter. I'd love to see him die in prison.

[Batch]

Hypothetically speaking, as it will never happen for many reasons, but say the major European and American countries formed a new world body.

Do FIFA have any legal recourse for blocking the new body from playing exactly the same game of football as FIFA does? i.e. are the laws under some sort of for want of another word, copyright ?

[Summerof69]

Hypothetically speaking, as it will never happen for many reasons, but say the major European and American countries formed a new world body.

This is been my argument.

Without the TV money FIFA get from the Europe and the US, they would be buggered. If those countries left to form their own World Cup, with the South American countries, FIFA would not survive. The only problem there are people in UEFA who are not 'whiter than white' themselves (Platini, who voted for Qatar, as they bought PSG, and employed his son), so you need a clearout at FIFA also.

[Reg Smeeton]

This is been my argument.

Without the TV money FIFA get from the Europe and the US, they would be buggered. If those countries left to form their own World Cup, with the South American countries, FIFA would not survive. The only problem there are people in UEFA who are not 'whiter than white' themselves (Platini, who voted for Qatar, as they bought PSG, and employed his son), so you need a clearout at FIFA also.

The corruption goes right through football....although some are more corrupt and syphon off bigger bucks, than others.

For example why did the FA play a meaningless England friendly in Trinidad and Tobago?   Wine and dine Warner, in grand style to try and get his vote.  No different to Putin or Qatar, just our lot couldn't even do that properly.

Did Dyke give his 16K watch back in the end?

[Summerof69]

Did Dyke give his 16K watch back in the end?

Yes...eventually.

[Ticker45]

Surely Blatter has to tender his resignation with immediate effect, hasn't he? The top man running an allegedly corrupt empire staying in his position would be unethical wouldn't it?

I am certainly not holding my breath.

A new World Football organisation is necessary with fixed term appointments so no-one like Blatter can carry on into their dotage as happens now.

[ghanimah]

Hypothetically speaking, as it will never happen for many reasons, but say the major European and American countries formed a new world body.

Do FIFA have any legal recourse for blocking the new body from playing exactly the same game of football as FIFA does? i.e. are the laws under some sort of for want of another word, copyright ?

As always it comes down to money and de facto rather than de jure. Should the European Associations withdraw en masse from FIFA then FIFA is fucked regardless of the rules. This is where the FA has been seen wanting, it criticises but still wants to participate in the bidding process while knowing the whole system is corrupt.

[Summerof69]

Having a read on the BBC website, that the US Attorney says that 'this is just the start of the investigation.'

I'm sure the press boys, who did the Sunday Times expose prior to the World Cup plus authors like Andrew Jennings and David Yallop, who wrote books on the corruption of FIFA will have plenty of ammunition to give the US authorities.

[pauld]

Surely Blatter has to tender his resignation with immediate effect, hasn't he? The top man running an allegedly corrupt empire staying in his position would be unethical wouldn't it?

Yes it would. So, obviously, no he won't

[ghanimah]

Apparently Blatter "is not dancing in his office:

[Summerof69]

Here's the blog of Andrew Jennings on what he told the FBI 2 years ago :

https://transparencyinsportblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/what-i-told-the-fbi-about-the-fifa-crooks/

[Summerof69]

Apparently, investigators have told all Swiss nationals working for FIFA, which includes Blatter, that they are not allowed to leave the country until further notice.

[Flashheart]

BREAKING: Sepp Blatter releases statement, says FIFA "welcome the actions and the investigations by the US and Swiss authorities.." (1/2) Blatter (cont): "...and believe that it will help to reinforce measures that FIFA has already taken to root out any wrongdoing in football."

What a god almighty cunt he really is. (As is we didn't know that already)

[Batch]

Fifa ethics committee, perhaps the only thing less useful in football than the Fit and Proper Persons Test.