FIFA Corruption Thread

[Vermilion]

Dont think the venues will change. Too many legal challenges either way and itll be gummed up in the courts for years.

Yeah what i thought really, although some are saying if investigations reveal that petro dollars have influenced voting both the next two WC should be re-awarded, but as i say they'd have to have some very specific evidence to be confident of stripping said countries before the events happen, with a view to winning any future appeal.

[Alex]

Dont think the venues will change. Too many legal challenges either way and itll be gummed up in the courts for years.

[Vermilion]

Timing is everything imo, so would it be possible that this investigation could lead to the WC in Russia being re-awarded ?

Think the timescale may be too short for that to happen tbh, just made me think, wouldn't half boil Putins piss if it happened. They'd have to find some very specific evidence for it to be the case though.

[Rich]

If Blatter gets through this then the man is truly made of Teflon and seemingly above the law.

All this corruption has occurred under his watch surely he has to fall on his sword (its Blatter so not a chance in hell)

He's Al Capone

Perhaps someone needs to look into his tax affairs

[Vermilion]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaonly just heard aboutthishahahahahahahahahahaha

[Alex]

No, he seems fairly teflon. Playing that he is the head of this large organisation and they have bad elements that he welcomes being weeded out.

Things will change IMO. But I dont know that he will be one of them. He is a Belligerent President. Ploughing on with his 'Mandate' regardless of what we in UEFA and a few CONCACAF nations think.

[RichC]

Surely Septic Bladder is in an untenable position. This won't be something that quietly goes away once they sink their teeth into something like this they'll persue it too the end.

[Alex]

[ame]https://twitter.com/danroan/status/603803578222907392[/ame]

[EwarWoo]

The US would be better than Qatar or Russia

http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2015/m=5/news=statement-by-fifa-president-blatter-2609360.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news_top

Let me be clear: such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game.

Is that his roundabout way of saying he's resigning?

[smphotog]

World Cup relocated to the U.S. ..?

[Liverpel]

[Leyton388]

[kingfunk]

[Leyton388]

FIFA are ****ed.

The yanks will chase you to the ends of th earth if they have any evidence on you. This will be a federal case and most of the time the federal cases are water tight.

Blatter will be ****ed as well as threatening some fifa fat cat with 20 years in federal prison will make them talk. Make no mistake the FBI's number 1 target will be blatter as it is not a coincidence that they executed these warrants 2 days before batter was to be re-elected practically unopposed.

[RedAndWhite]

https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/603665350467653634

https://twitter.com/jensweinreich/st...67535913996288

How ever this goes down Blatter is finished - he is either involved, or if not ( ) grossly incompetent and should not hold the position.