FIFA Corruption Thread

[Bender]

Rob Harris @RobHarris 9s
Blatter says World Cup corruption probe to stay secret http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/4...be-stay-secret … - from @gdunbarap



Rob Harris @RobHarris 3m
Blatter on receiving $27k watch gift:"What is wrong?Wrong maybe that according to court of ethics perhaps the value, but what is the value?"

Dan Roan @danroan 1m
Just asked Sepp Blatter if FIFA execs accepting £16k watches was a mistake & if he's given his back yet. "A non-problem" he insists.


Rob Harris @RobHarris 25s
Blatter points out when he came for English FA's 150th anniversary "they have given me gifts"

Dan Roan @danroan 30s
Blatter refusing again to answer if he's given £16k watch back (as demanded by his own Ethics Cttee), & seems upset by furore over watchgate

Rob Harris @RobHarris 1m
Sepp Blatter not saying if he's returned his $27,000 watch from the Brazilian FA

Matt Dickinson @DickinsonTimes 2m
Good that Fifa, Uefa finally get round to banning 3rd party ownership. Even the 'straight' versions of it carry too much risk

[Fivex]

"We receive many watches, just like journalists - you receive many watches. Just like the associations receive watches. Yes, yes, you receive watches occasionally. Every now and again, you do receive watches.

Does anyone get the feeling that he receives watches?

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Has anybody been following watchgate?

Another shambles:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29285817

Sums the entire set up to a tee.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[dom9]

Has anybody been following watchgate?

Another shambles:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29285817

[red g]

But CL money is now being dwarfed by commercial sponsorships and domestic prize money (again?).

Gazprom need to dip into there not dodgy pockets and up the ante then!!!

[Cormack74]

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

I was posting on a phone so couldn't be arsed to go through every income stream. Agreed commercial deals bring in plenty too but I suggest the majority are linked to tournaments and with no European teams and less interest in watching from the affluent people living there I think it's safe to say the amount the likes of Coke would be prepared to pay would reduce significantly.

[dom9]

I don't think that is the case for most clubs.

It is in England. And the elite in Spain. But the rest of Europe, no.

[dom9]

But CL money is now being dwarfed by commercial sponsorships and domestic prize money (again?).

True - the new deal will kick in next season though. How much will BT Sports be paying to boot Sky out of the equation? I think it will be enough to keep the clubs happy for now. There's not been a squeak out of them on the issue for years.

[Resu]

But CL money is now being dwarfed by commercial sponsorships and domestic prize money (again?).

I don't think that is the case for most clubs.

[Fivex]

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.

But CL money is now being dwarfed by commercial sponsorships and domestic prize money (again?).

[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.

[Liverpool]

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

[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.

[dom9]

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

[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?