Yank Mike Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Glad Sepp Blatter won, right-wing press with be raging. Hilarious how outraged people are pretending to be. Does anyone actually think that the other boy (Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan the third son of King Hussein of Jordan, and the second child of the king by his third wife, Queen Alia) would've better represented the people. People bleating about lack of democracy in FIFA despite the fact that Blatter has been elected by a democratic vote against a guy who's inherited position of power comes from his families claim to descended from the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Irony. Fair enough, concern over FIFA's conduct with regards to Qatar's human rights issues are warranted however human rights are also an area of concern in Jordan. Jordan might not be Canada, but it's about 100X more liberal than the Gulf Arab states and I don't believe they practice mass slavery as a state policy. And to make matters worse they have a culture of slavery where the health of the slave isn't even a small concern to the master. Democracy is a dumb system for international organizations anyways. Each World Cup winning country should have a permanent representative on the Executive Committee, include a representative from each country who has made 3 or 4 World Cup finals in a row, and then sprinkle in a couple more randoms from each continent. How was it that the British let world football so far out of their hands and how did the original football powers in Europe and South America then empower the corrupt 3rd world countries to such an extent? It all makes no sense how we got to the current system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Sepp on full attack mode today,yanks uefa all getting it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE KING Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Get it round u UEFA... http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32941740 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lellywong Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 No-one is going to bite the hand that feeds it and the African nations have been handed pots of money in various ways to supposedly bring football to poorer countries. Fat cat heaven for them via Mr Blatter, teflon man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 He's like an old fashioned mafia don. An absolute scumbag of a man and completely transparent. I wouldn't trust the guy to tell me the time without lying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 He's like an old fashioned mafia don. An absolute scumbag of a man and completely transparent. I wouldn't trust the guy to tell me the time without lying. You seem upset i agree 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/fifa-jerome-valcke-under-pressure-10m-bribe Valcke under the cosh now, the Seppfather will be getting ready to cut him loose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Mike Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 And it begins: Federal prosecutors expect to reach a plea deal with Aaron Davidson, the highest-profile American among the 14 FIFA-related executives the Department of Justice indicted last week.The disclosure was made in a public court filing late yesterday in which the prosecutors and defendants asked the court to halt court proceedings for Davidson until July 17.“The parties seek exclusion of the forgoing period because they are engaged in plea negotiations, which they believe are likely to result in a disposition of this case without trial, and they require an exclusion of time in order to focus on plea negotiations,” the parties said in the court filing.Davidson is the CEO of Traffic Sports USA, a U.S. sports marketing company accused of soliciting bribes to secure the commercial rights to international soccer tournaments.Davidson last Friday became the first of those indicted to be arraigned, and was released on a $5 million bail. He pleaded not guilty.Terms of that bail were also disclosed in the court filings yesterday. Davidson is confined to his home in Miami subject to electronic monitoring; he cannot speak with anyone from Traffic or other related entities like The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football; and he is barred from working for Traffic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Mike Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 It would be amazing if this all results in the US losing the big tournament it's supposed to host while Russia and Qatar go on as planned. 2016 Copa America Centenario in the USA to be cancelled? Jose Luis Meiszner, the secretary general of South American soccer’s governing body CONMEBOL, spoke to a radio station in Argentina on Monday and is pretty skeptical about next summer’s tournament going ahead. “Today one has to question the possibility of playing this tournament,” Meiszner said. “…We have to be prepared for enormous turmoil to hold this event, given the rights holders are also being questioned.” With the likes of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Chile set to head to North America and take on the likes of the USA and Mexico in an expanded Copa America tournament with 10 teams from South America and six from the CONCACAF region, huge stadiums across the U.S. were expected to be packed out to witness some of soccer’s greatest stars in action. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitnail Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 FIFA undoubtedly has some structural issues. but any attempt of the - self appointed - "big nations" coming together to form a rival association would be a disaster. One of the positives FIFA has done, under Blatter, has been to spread football around the world and invest in developing countries. Had it been run by the FA, for example, the World Cup would rotate around Western Europe, the US and Brazil / Argentina without ever heading anywhere else. The institution would overwhelmingly favour the most powerful nations. It would be footballs equivalent of the IMF or World Bank. Does FIFA need to change? Absolutely. Should the self appointed "big nations" carve out an association to overwhelmingly benefit themselves? Of course not. I'm glad Germany ruled themselves out of this pathetic boycott idea. The FA is looking increasingly like an arrogant, aloof, lone voice (with, no doubt, the other home nations foolishly clubbing along). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/fifa-jerome-valcke-under-pressure-10m-bribe Valcke under the cosh now, the Seppfather will be getting ready to cut him loose. He already got cut loose a few years ago after the visa mastercard sponsorship carve up,but he must no some dirt as he was back in the fold after 8 months 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 FIFA press conference about to start: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Blatter's resigned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Sepp gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Blatter resigns! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Blatter's resigned. Just seen that Brilliant What happens now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrdavidson95 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Just seen that Brilliant What happens now? Another election presumably. Surely that means he's been implicated by one of the arrested officials. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Pre-empting charges perhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 #scenes Surely Peter Lawell and Cambell Ogilvie will be in with a chance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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