FIFA Corruption Thread

[dom9]

It's a fair analogy, small man syndrome etc etc.

[baitman]

Over to Dom

something beginning with 'how very dare you!'

[Kenneth]

Over to Dom

[baitman]

i hope the fbi waterboard the little napoleon wannabe.

[Leyton388]

Blatter himself said a lot of these things himself

The only sort of threat he made to UEFA was that although it's the best and most important leagues a lot of the players come from outside Europe

Maybe that's a card he will try and play but if UEFA had any balls they would be seriously looking at leaving FIFA

I'd love to see how he would try to prevent players from around the world playing in European leagues if it ever come to that. I'd love to see him try enforce that. He's so deluded though that he'd probably think he could pull it off. Try force all the teams in Europe to release none eu players and then tell those players the need to play somewhere else.

[Lecter]

Administrative errors



Let him keep mouthing off and in the meantime the FBI will be making his underlings squeal when faced with 20 years in federal prison. I have no doubt they will spill the beans to save their own skin.

He'll be arrested soon enough IMO so in the meantime let him dig his own grave.

Also if he wants to go to war with European football let him as he won't win as if UEFA walk away from FIFA so will all the sponsors as let's face it when it comes to world football the real money in the game is all european based.

No one wants to watch world cups with no European teams in it.

Blatter himself said a lot of these things himself

The only sort of threat he made to UEFA was that although it's the best and most important leagues a lot of the players come from outside Europe

Maybe that's a card he will try and play but if UEFA had any balls they would be seriously looking at leaving FIFA

[Leyton388]

Administrative errors



Let him keep mouthing off and in the meantime the FBI will be making his underlings squeal when faced with 20 years in federal prison. I have no doubt they will spill the beans to save their own skin.

He'll be arrested soon enough IMO so in the meantime let him dig his own grave.

Also if he wants to go to war with European football let him as he won't win as if UEFA walk away from FIFA so will all the sponsors as let's face it when it comes to world football the real money in the game is all european based.

No one wants to watch world cups with no European teams in it.

[Vermilion]

Septic Bladder!

[Lecter]

Blatter is unbelievable

"We have to establish whether the actions were criminal or just administrative errors"

Then goes on to criticise UEFA for not agreeing to reforms within FIFA. UEFA only governed by their internal ethics committee, whereas FIFA wanted an independent compliance committee

[5europeancups]

Time for UEFA to pull out of the world cups.

Its time for a breakaway organisation based on European countries and other countries who realise that being in a world cup without the big countries and with the cayman Islands, Thailand, St Kitts and nevis and the Vatican City aint that cool...

WFF World Football Federation.

Blatters powerbase is all the countries below 100 in the world rankings and mos African Countries.

the big countries will follow European teams. I am certain of this.

[Leyton388]

the paper shredders and bonfires of hard drives must be keeping the fifa minions busy.

i reckon they'll get jack nicholson to play blatter in the film.

He'd be perfect

[ame="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PWSx0bBiNIs"]Jack Nicholson - You can't handle the truth - YouTube[/ame]

[baitman]

the paper shredders and bonfires of hard drives must be keeping the fifa minions busy.

i reckon they'll get jack nicholson to play blatter in the film.

[RichC]

Luis Figos thoughts

This vote has only served to endorse the election of a man who can’t remain in charge of world football. Instead of what Mr. Blatter said, the happenings of last Wednesday were not bad for football: they were bad for FIFA and for all the responsible that lead the organization until now. Football is not guilty but is the governing body’s leaders, who should regulate it, that have no integrity or honesty
There’s no way someone can lead FIFA ignoring the most elementary rules of transparency, legality and democracy. These rules were not reunited as I denounced and, later, as I found out.
Mr. Blatter knew and was aware of the acts of corruption, influence and racketeering or, if he did not know – as he says – it’s because he has no skills to lead FIFA. There is no other way to analyze the problem.
Facing these facts, Mr. Blatter, the principal responsible by FIFA has reached this point, being reelected, that shows exactly how the organization is sick.
Today was another dark day in Zurich. FIFA has lost, but above everything, football has lost and everyone who truly cares about it has lost too.
Mr. Blatter had a very cynical reaction when he said that he couldn’t control everyone. It offends everyone’s intelligence. These persons, whom Mr. Blatter has promoted through years, turned, with him, FIFA in to a decadent organization.
If Mr. Blatter were minimally concerned about football, he would have given up of the reelection. If he has a minimal of decency, he will resign in the next few days.
I regret nothing. I fought, I persisted, I made an effort for the regeneration of this organization that has to change course. We live in an emergency situation and football is the damaged party on this.
I’ve denounced what I directly lived. I would do it again. And I remain available to help FIFA rebuild after this.

[danperkins]

The **** load of French industrial deals placed with Qatar shortly after the world Cup decision and the suspicion that Sarkozy leaned on him. And platini's son got an exec role with Qatari company I think. (if google remembers correctly. )

platini is a low life alright.

[dom9]

All good points.

I've not followed it, hence the question.

FIFA's predicament is but a symptom of a global cause. IMO of course.