FIFA Corruption Thread

[RichC]

Credible Bender, credible.

[Bender]

Credible Bender, credible.

[dom9]

Somewhat surprisingly, Ginola has pulled out.

[Keyser Soze]

Somewhat surprisingly, Ginola has pulled out.

Paddy Power obviously didn't offer a large enough bung to get the support of 5 football federations.

[baitman]

they have brought figo on as a sub.

[Muddled]

Figo wants a 48 team World Cup as well as ...

• Spreading half of Fifa's $2.5bn revenue over four years to associations to fund grassroots football.
• Redistributing $1bn of Fifa's $1.5bn cash reserves to the 209 national federations.
• Increased use of technology in the game, using sin-bins for unsporting behaviour.
• Reverting back to the previous interpretation of the offside rule, "where a player is judged offside whether directly involved in the play or not".

[meffin]

Figo wants a 48 team World Cup as well as ...

• Spreading half of Fifa's $2.5bn revenue over four years to associations to fund grassroots football.
• Redistributing $1bn of Fifa's $1.5bn cash reserves to the 209 national federations.
• Increased use of technology in the game, using sin-bins for unsporting behaviour.
• Reverting back to the previous interpretation of the offside rule, "where a player is judged offside whether directly involved in the play or not".

Im sure that will go down well with the boys club at FIFA.

All sounds good- apart from sin bins

[Muddled]

I'm undecided around the idea of sin-bins. I don't like yellow cards for kicking the ball away and removing your shirt in celebration, so something in between could be a positive. Would a five minute breather for heat-of-the-moment actions be a suitable deterrent instead of being one tackle away from a red card?

[McDermotX]

Like the idea of reverting back to the old offside rule. Make it simple and all encompassing.
The idea of a player's position not having an effect on the defending team is ridiculous to say the least - they're always interfering with play just by virtue of where they are.

[Kenneth]

Im sure that will go down well with the boys club at FIFA.

All sounds good- apart from sin bins

I don't ever want to hear the phrase 'power play' in football.

[Vermilion]

A world cup at Christmas eh? What a palava!

[Reece]

International football is a farce. Scrap it.

[Vermilion]

I can't Reece, i don't have that power.

edit: I'll write to Sepp see what he says.

[baitman]

I can't Reece, i don't have that power.

edit: I'll write to Sepp see what he says.

dont forget to include some twenties or he wont even bother considering it.

[Vermilion]

dont forget to include some twenties or he wont even bother considering it.

tru fact.