FIFA Corruption Thread

[Kenneth]

Qatar did nothing wrong and it is actually the FA that require pulling up on their behaviour says 42 page summary (that we do get to see) of a 430 page 2 year report (that we won't)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30031405

Not quite. Limited investigation lacked the ability to obtain evidence that could determine whether the bids were corrupt. A case of not proven.

The English FA however, provided evidence of their own corruption with Jack Warner and will get it in the neck.

[john316]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/live-fifa-world-cup-corruption-4618930

FIFA essentially appealing against its own ruling after the lead investigator says FIFA's judge completely misinterpreted his findings

[Reece]

Sounds like this is far from over

[ame]https://twitter.com/pkelso/status/532870569289850880[/ame]

[ame]https://twitter.com/danroan/status/532870271959830528[/ame]

[dom9]

We should be surprised. Should be

[G]

The major european FA's should leave FIFA and form their own governance. Mind you the English FA are a sham too so would it make a difference.

[Kenneth]

But the English FA has been found to be corrupt also. Why would other European FAs want to form an organisation with them?

[dom9]

Has it?

Martin Lipton ✔ @MartinLipton


FA declared £35K Gala Dinner for CFU - "damaged integrity"; Qatar hid £1.2m CAF Congress and dinner - ''didn't affect integrity'' - mmmmm!

[ChesterDave]

But the English FA has been found to be corrupt also. Why would other European FAs want to form an organisation with them?

[dom9]

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[Kenneth]

Anyway, the difference is that the English FA volunteered evidence and the others simply refused to, and the complete lack of investigatory powers meant there was only incriminating evidence against those that volunteered it.

[dom9]

Or, not even, if the said 'occurrences' were declared to and approved by FIFA before they happened, as the FA say.

What a mess. And it's open warfare all round. It's quite funny really.

[kev776]

It is not funny, more scallies getting rich at our expense. We, the mugs continue to get ripped off following the sport we love.

****ing bandits and pocket lining thieves, the lot of them.

[dom9]

I think the level of incompetence, denial, superiority and immorality that generally goes on at that level is so off the scale that laughing at it is pretty much the only way to deal with it, for me at least. And they're not getting rich at my expense anymore. I've pretty much stopped paying for football these days. If we all did the same they might start to think twice about their grubby little industry.

Greg Dyke was interviewed on Newsnight last night and didn't do himself any favours. For a savvy man of the media, he came across as incompetent as the rest of them. I guess working in football does that to you.

[Alex]

He floundered, how he didnt expect to be quizzed on Chedwyn Evans is a mystery.

[Phoenix07]

It was pretty cringeworthy from Dyke, and not purely on the Evans case. It was as though he couldn't put any sentences together and he took ages when answering.