Re: FIFA Investigation and Elections Thread

by Rebaño Sagrado Fri May 29, 2015 5:17 pm

Seppito reelected.

by RealGunner Fri May 29, 2015 5:18 pm

BREAKING: Sepp Blatter wins, remains FIFA president.

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein withdraws from FIFA presidential election.

LMFAOOOOOOOO

by futbol Fri May 29, 2015 5:18 pm

by windkick Fri May 29, 2015 5:22 pm

Pretty ridiculous. Maybe Prince Ali wasn't a strong enough opponent? He was losing the voting even before the 2nd round of voting started...and then he drops out?! wtf

by Rebaño Sagrado Fri May 29, 2015 5:30 pm

RealGunner wrote:BREAKING: Sepp Blatter wins, remains FIFA president.

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein withdraws from FIFA presidential election.

LMFAOOOOOOOO

Too slow.

windkick wrote:Pretty ridiculous. Maybe Prince Ali wasn't a strong enough opponent? He was losing the voting even before the 2nd round of voting started...and then he drops out?! wtf

Sepp was only seven votes away from winning in the first round, Ali knew it was pointless to go through the whole thing again.

by farfan Fri May 29, 2015 5:31 pm

did mama africa decide the whole thing ?

by Deja Vu Fri May 29, 2015 5:31 pm

Haters lost.

JK.

by DeletedUser#1 Fri May 29, 2015 5:33 pm

Sepp is eternal

Proud

btw, this last few days, Football has gotten more coverage in Canadian media that it had got in the 150 years before.

Sepp the catalyst :bow:

by BarrileteCosmico Fri May 29, 2015 5:36 pm

Don't care, Sepp is going to jail the moment one of the 14 detained criminals starts talking, and then we will see where things stand.

by Harmonica Fri May 29, 2015 5:36 pm

Sepp.

by DeletedUser#1 Fri May 29, 2015 5:40 pm

So much love guys.

Thank you so much Proud

Heartening to have so much support

haters lost

Proud

by M99 Fri May 29, 2015 5:45 pm

by rwo power Fri May 29, 2015 5:57 pm

by Art Morte Fri May 29, 2015 5:58 pm

Of course he was going to win even after what happened, he's got so many buddies in there, who want him to stay because he let's them take bribes.

There are two possible scenarios that give us hope:

a) the corruption investigation digs up so much dirt that Blatter's position becomes untenable.

b) UEFA leading a boycott.

by breva Fri May 29, 2015 5:59 pm

Jonathan28 wrote:
breva wrote:UEFA is relatively clean. There are very powerful FAs that will jump on any false step by UEFA.

UEFA? Clean? The same UEFA whose head voted for Qatar? Where the German FA is accused of buying off the Oceania votes for the 2006 WC? No, they aren't clean in the slightest. No part of football is clean, it's corrupt to the core and getting rid of Blatter won't change that.

If you want to reduce corruption you need to get rid of EVERYONE and start over from scratch, but this will never happen, so instead we will have the same shit going on, the only difference being corrupt officials will be more clever about it and won't pass their money through US banks ever again.

UEFA is relatively clean, as I stated before. Platini voted for Qatar at the request of the majority of the UEFA FAs. I am not sure if Germany paid anyone off for the 2006 WC, but if they did, Germany are not UEFA. The complaints about UEFA are usually ridiculous accusations of referee conspiracies when in fact it is down to incompetence, for the most part. Then there is the accusation of fixing the CL and Europa League draws for maximum entertainment value. I doubt it's true, but even if it was, it is not the type of corruption where officials get payoffs. So, I am afraid you are incorrect.

by breva Fri May 29, 2015 6:00 pm

Art Morte wrote:Of course he was going to win even after what happened, he's got so many buddies in there, who want him to stay because he let's them take bribes.

There are two possible scenarios that give us hope:

a) the corruption investigation digs up so much dirt that Blatter's position becomes untenable.

b) UEFA leading a boycott.

There is another hope, the sponsors drop off. However, I hope that UEFA shows some cojones and leaves FIFA.

by Perucho21 Fri May 29, 2015 6:05 pm

Lmaoo

"Go FIFA!"

by breva Fri May 29, 2015 6:12 pm

UEFA with FAs from other regions that didn't vote for Blatter could organize a credible World Championship every 4 years.

by DeviAngel Fri May 29, 2015 6:17 pm

Rebaño Sagrado wrote:when is blatter getting reelected?

Like now...

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by rwo power Fri May 29, 2015 6:37 pm

Well, I did hear allegations that Germany paid bribes, but of course there is no proof, as most of the time. As for Platini, AFAIK there are allegations that he got his son-in-law some job(s?) connected with Qatar. And of course there are also allegations that Franz Beckenbauer is involved in some dubious stuff. But as I mentioned - only allegations as far as I know.

by sportsczy Fri May 29, 2015 6:49 pm

Jack Warner is already talking and is cooperating with the FBI. Saw an interview he did this AM: "How is it possible that i am a thief and corrupt and the person who was my president for 24 years is not?"

Statute of limitations for some of the crimes are Dec 5 according to CNN. So they expect the hammer to fall hard before then.

by Harmonica Fri May 29, 2015 6:51 pm

sportsczy wrote:Jack Warner is already talking and is cooperating with the FBI. Saw an interview he did this AM: "How is it possible that i am a thief and corrupt and the person who was my president for 24 years is not?"

Statute of limitations for some of the crimes are Dec 5 according to CNN. So they expect the hammer to fall hard before then.

Umm, it's rather easy, you take a bribe without him knowing. Razz

by DeletedUser#1 Fri May 29, 2015 6:51 pm

btw, Blatter is corrupt and all...but you really think a organization managed by puppets of the West is a good idea /??

They'd just monopolize everything.

All WCs held in Europe/USA , Africa/Asia each 1 WC spot, USA automatic entry every time, Europe with 24 of the 32 spots.

It's about finding the right balance. I'd shiver to think how bad it'd be if some Englishman got power in FIFA.

by breva Fri May 29, 2015 6:52 pm

rwo power wrote:Well, I did hear allegations that Germany paid bribes, but of course there is no proof, as most of the time. As for Platini, AFAIK there are allegations that he got his son-in-law some job(s?) connected with Qatar. And of course there are also allegations that Franz Beckenbauer is involved in some dubious stuff. But as I mentioned - only allegations as far as I know.

As I indicated, it was not Platini that decided to vote for Qatar, it was a majority vote of the UEFA federations. If his son got a job, well nepotism happens in almost any private business as well as in government bureaucracies. Minister of Defense son goes to work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or some company. Happens all the time.

There could have been enticements from Qatar to individual FAs within UEFA, of course, but UEFA is clean because there is transparency and because many of the individual FAs within UEFA are the most powerful in the world and watch UEFA like hawks. Any false move and they pounce on UEFA.

by breva Fri May 29, 2015 6:56 pm

Natalie Portman wrote:btw, Blatter is corrupt and all...but you really think a organization managed by puppets of the West is a good idea /??

They'd just monopolize everything.

All WCs held in Europe/USA , Africa/Asia each 1 WC spot, USA automatic entry every time, Europe with 24 of the 32 spots.

It's about finding the right balance. I'd shiver to think how bad it'd be if some Englishman got power in FIFA.

I think it's time that UEFA and willing others go it alone.

by sportsczy Fri May 29, 2015 8:40 pm

Harmonica wrote:
sportsczy wrote:Jack Warner is already talking and is cooperating with the FBI. Saw an interview he did this AM: "How is it possible that i am a thief and corrupt and the person who was my president for 24 years is not?"

Statute of limitations for some of the crimes are Dec 5 according to CNN. So they expect the hammer to fall hard before then.
Umm, it's rather easy, you take a bribe without him knowing.

He's saying that Blatter took a piece of all his bribes... that's the point he's insinuating.

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