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Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Yep, World Police.
Everyone always knew FIFA was corrupt, but they went one better giving the WC to Qatar, basically saying look we're corrupt, you know it, and we don't give a fudge. Except that Qatar pipped USA, so they've tinkled off the wrong people.
Craig_J
Mido
Platini is no angel and for years he's more or less been Blatter's apprentice. It wouldn't suprise me if Platini runs in the next FIFA election and this is just Platini sensing the right moment to stab Blatter, much like Blatter did with Jao Havalange.
It certainly is, and as much as I despise the way America has always gone about doing it, I must admit I'm quite enjoying this.
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
This.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
yep i'm definitely not going.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
thats the thing, I probably won't, I hope something gets done, something major, but there is nothing going on now that wasn't going on for 2014, 2010, etc etc and I was still all over them
Craig_J
Mido
I could quite easily, international football is as dull as dull can be. All I'd miss is having a perfect excuse to spend a month in the pub. Would love nothing more than for the FA to boycott it and have a home nations tournament instead. I'd take much more interest in that.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
I agree that I think this is about much more than Blatter. FIFA seem corrupt to the point that anyone who actually manages to get into a position where they could reform the organization almost by necessity themselves would have heavily taken part in that corruption.
I think a reform could work, but it would have to follow some outsider getting into power. Perhaps that's possible after a scandal like this one, not sure
Lost Mango
Pascal Chimbonda
Time for UEFA to pull a Kerry Packer.
This is corrupt men voting for the supreme corrupt man - nothing changes. Time to pull out and go Euro-solo for a while until FIFA reforms itself, starting with a constitutional two-term limit for the President and General Secretary and for all Conference executives.
This is corrupt men voting for the supreme corrupt man - nothing changes. Time to pull out and go Euro-solo for a while until FIFA reforms itself, starting with a constitutional two-term limit for the President and General Secretary and for all Conference executives.
jts1882
Dean Richards
They're not, which is why they will just say how appalled they are of recent events... then carry on as normal
The FBI charge sheets mentioned some "facilitatory" payments from a major global advertise to people at Traffic and the Brasilian FA to help attain the sponsorship for the Brasil national team. It didn't mention the company, but this was when Nike signed the huge ($160m?) deal. So it's definitely not in their interests to make too much fuss.
jts1882
Dean Richards
I'd go further and say a Blatter victory is the only chance of reform when he is eventually brought down. If he loses then the Jordanian Prince can say he is going to reform FIFA and he will be give a chance, the pressure will be off to some extent, at least until the next round of FBI charges. I doubt he can introduce meaningful reform even if he wanted too and I can't see him being tough on Qatar.
With Blatter the pressure will remain. More other FAs, leagues and governments will join the opposition to Blatter. Concerns about the Qatar world cup will also mount. When Blatter goes it needs to be in a revolution, not a vote by the recipients of years of corrupt practices.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Great point.
Craig_J
Mido
I don't understand that rule. Surely everyone's just going to go back and vote for who they did last time?
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
It Platini was clean he'd run. He isnt gonna stick his neck out after voting for the Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022. His son works for Qatar and is up to his eyes in it.
People expecting corrupt officials from corrupt FAs to fix anything. Or sponsors! Expecting moral authority from McDonalds, CocaCola, Visa and Gazprom?
The majority of Fifa's money comes from the likes the of the BBC, ITV and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights yet tonight everyone one of their news reports will be wondering what are McDonalds gonna do. Greg Dyke seems to have forgotten running the BBC and handing corrupt Fifa money.
Fifa would soon clean their act up if international football was no longer on tv.