FIFA Officials Arrested
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<p>He's a champ, that Andrew Jennings.</p>
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<p>Can't bloody wait for these piston wristed gibbons to get whats coming. Any chance of them going to a real pound-me-in-the-ass prison? I imagine Blazer would have cut a deal keeping him out but going on years of immense gluttony I imagine he won't be around for too long anyway.</p>
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<div>Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned from football-related activities for eight years<div>
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<p>Michel Platini (left) and Sepp Blatter (right) have been banned from all football-related activities for eight years.</p>
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<p>Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa counterpart Michel Platini have been banned for eight years from all football-related activity following an ethics investigation.</p>
<p>The bans come into force immediately and effectively end Blatter's time in football governance.</p>
<p>Blatter, 79, has been in charge of Fifa since 1998 and was already due to stand down ahead of February's presidential election, following ongoing investigations of corruption and racketeering at the heart of world football's governing body.</p>
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<p>The ban effectively ends Sepp Blatter's time in football governance.</p>
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<p> Blatter and his one-time protege Platini have been kicked out of the sport for a conflict of interest in a US$2 million payment deal that is also the subject of a criminal investigation in Switzerland.</p>
<p>Blatter's Fifa career is ending in disgrace after more than 17 years as president and 40 years in total with the scandal-hit governing body.</p>
<p>Platini's bid to succeed his former mentor in the February 26 election is now likely over, though both are expected to appeal at the Fifa appeals committee and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.</p>
<p>Ethics judges ruled that Blatter broke Fifa Code of Ethics rules on conflicts of interest, breach of loyalty and offering or receiving gifts.</p>
<p>Both denied wrongdoing in 2011 when Platini took US$2 million of Fifa money approved by Blatter as uncontracted salary for work as a presidential adviser from 1999-2002.</p>
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<p>Blatter was fined 50,000 Swiss francs (US$50,250) and Platini, a Fifa vice-president of head of European soccer's governing body, was fined 80,000 Swiss francs (US$80,400).</p>
<p>"Neither in his written statement nor in his personal hearing was Mr. Blatter able to demonstrate another legal basis for this payment," the judges said. "By failing to place Fifa's interests first and abstain from doing anything which could be contrary to FIFA's interests, Mr. Blatter violated his fiduciary duty to FIFA.</p>
<p>"His (Blatter's) assertion of an oral agreement was determined as not convincing and was rejected by the chamber."</p>
<p>Platini, the judges said, "failed to act with complete credibility and integrity, showing unawareness of the importance of his duties and concomitant obligations and responsibilities."</p>
<p>Blatter is scheduled to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. local time.Both denied wrongdoing in 2011 when Platini took $US2 million ($A2.79 million) of FIFA money approved by Blatter as uncontracted salary for work as a presidential adviser from 1999-2002.</p>
<p>Blatter was fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($A70,085) and Platini was fined 80,000 francs ($A112,145).</p>
<p>"Neither in his written statement nor in his personal hearing was Mr. Blatter able to demonstrate another legal basis for this payment," the judges said.</p>
<p>"By failing to place FIFA's interests first and abstain from doing anything which could be contrary to FIFA's interests, Mr. Blatter violated his fiduciary duty to FIFA.</p>
<p>"Mr. Platini failed to act with complete credibility and integrity, showing unawareness of the importance of his duties and concomitant obligations and responsibilities," the judges said.</p>
<p>Blatter and Platini previously said they would challenge any sanctions, at the FIFA appeals committee then the Court of Arbitration for Sport.</p>
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<p>Yeah I got my hopes pinned on yank righteousness</p>
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From the bbc doco I have some hope that the fbi and swiss might be motivated to not let this one go. Hopefully someone has career aspirations to see it through or others aggrieved at losing hosting rights fire up a bit.<br><br>
Shouldn't be too many political minefields to restrict the yanks IMO I.e guns oil jews<br><br>
There can be no doubt that what blatter and co got up to was purely criminal.<br><br>
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<p>Shockingly, FIFA is caught up in the "Panama Papers" scandal.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/leaked-papers-fifa-ethics-committee-credibility-crisis-juan-pedro-damiani-eugenio-figueredo'>http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/leaked-papers-fifa-ethics-committee-credibility-crisis-juan-pedro-damiani-eugenio-figueredo</a></p> -
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<p>Shockingly, FIFA is caught up in the "Panama Papers" scandal.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/leaked-papers-fifa-ethics-committee-credibility-crisis-juan-pedro-damiani-eugenio-figueredo'>http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/leaked-papers-fifa-ethics-committee-credibility-crisis-juan-pedro-damiani-eugenio-figueredo</a></p>
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