FIFA Corruption Thread

[Cormack74]

It's high time UEFA (and a few of the other saner countries or associations) left FIFA and set up without Blatter and his cohorts.

[dom9]

Ain't gonna happen.

Apart from UEFA, in it's in pretty much every body else's interests to keep Blatter.

[RichC]

Well we've seen Platini walk away from putting himself up for election which I'm guessing is due to promises for the future and a wad of cash.

[dom9]

Or the avoidance of certain failure, given that every other confederation has already pledged their support for Blatter.

I think if he thought he stood a chance, he'd be standing as a candidate.

[RichC]

Utterly depressing. The leadership of football is so corrupt on from what seems to be almost every level

[Alex]

I know corruption needs to be fought. But it's tiresome hearing and reading about this clown. He makes you forget the actual fun of the sport.

[RichC]

He's the embodiment of all that's wrong with sport, the guy and his "henchmen" are just leeches on sport sucking everything that they can out for their own benefit...... Should be politicians!

[Cormack74]

Ain't gonna happen.

Apart from UEFA, in it's in pretty much every body else's interests to keep Blatter.

But most of fifa's money comes from selling the TV rights to the richest countries which are predominately European. I doubt it will happen but it should. It just needs someone at UEFA to do the right thing.

[dom9]

And the massive global sponsorship deals from the likes of Cocal Cola, MacDonalds and the rest.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Would FIFA be bypassed by a 'super league'? That's something I can still see happening at some point in the future, although I'd rather it not happen.

[Resu]

The only thing FIFA has is the World Cup. So they can ban players in a Super league from the WC. But how interesting would a WC be without the top players?

[dom9]

Well, not quite, as the recent Suarez case attests.

[Resu]

Well, not quite, as the recent Suarez case attests.

Yes, but if a super league forms outside of FIFA/UEFA the only thing they can offer is the WC/EC. The CL would be more or less pointless. Basically, international football is what they have, the big clubs would manage fine without them. Football as a sport would suffer, IMO, if a super league is formed, but that's another discussion.

[Liverpool]

If a super league was to take place it would be ****s like Mendes running it, one set of ****s swapped for another.

[dom9]

The super league ship sailed with the advent, and then commercial success of the Champions League. All the clubs ever wanted was **** loads of money, and they have now.