FIFA Officials Arrested
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So I guess NZ won't be holding anymore age group tournaments...the fact we've had 3 and Aus 0...
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Looks like the right kind of questions are now starting to emerge about the $46 million Aus spent on their bid....<br>
Allegations on morning TV that half of that was paid as bribes to corrupt officials to try and secure the bid.....will have to see if it sticks with any evidence.....any bets? -
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I don't know who tv3 is and what they do......but I checked my schedule and I am "free" for $ 20 000 an hour......<br>
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<p>(would be interesting to see the countries who voted for him and their ranking on the world corruption ladder...)</p>
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<p>It's a secret ballot. Awful thing about it is a small bribe to Cayman Islands cancels out Germany's vote; a vote from Maldives cancels England's FA vote, etc. Blatter's re-election then, in a secret vote, was a formality.</p> -
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<p>It's a secret ballot. Awful thing about it is a small bribe to Cayman Islands cancels out Germany's vote; a vote from Maldives cancels England's FA vote, etc. Blatter's re-election then, in a secret vote, was a formality.</p>
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<p>I read a few years ago the strategy Blatter employs, and in a one country-one vote system like FIFA its laughably easy: poor countries like that are what keeps him going. He probably realised this before anyone else, rather than sucking up to the "traditional" powers who were meant to exert influence and favours, and now he's entrenched. Cut out the middle-man, effectively.</p>
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<p>I tend to agree with El Toro's assessment: corruption is rife, just that in the West we don't associate it with simple money-for-favours. We like to dress it up a bit more. Its not what we call "fair", but then, nothing is.</p> -
<p><strong><span style="font-size:18px;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://screamer.deadspin.com/italian-paper-alleges-fifa-used-corrupt-refs-to-fix-200-1707704308'>Italian Paper Alleges FIFA Used Corrupt Refs To Fix 2002 World Cup Games</a></span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:15px;">The 2002 World Cup hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan was already infamous for its horrendous refereeing, most notably two knockout stage match-ups involving South Korea. Today, one Italian paper has linked what was widely believed to be match-fixing behavior back then to this current FIFA scandal.</span></p>
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<p>Blatter is a doos so I feel a bit silly to try and defend him........but his opponent yesterday was a Prince in the Jordan Royal family........Prince Ali bin-al Hussein..........according to his official website he is a 43rd generation direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.........OK? I can see that being popular.....</p>
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<p>For those that do not understand Blatter's popularity with the minnows.......this paragraph testifies to it:</p>
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<p>European nations also revealed they were near-united in support of Mr Blatter's challenger.</p>
<p>They even reiterated their threat to withdraw from FIFA and the World Cup if Mr Blatter was to stay in the job.</p>
<p><strong>However the threat did not go down well with some other countries, who saw it as football's richest, oldest members trying to bully the developing world.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Mr Blatter's support base was in the scores of smaller nations who have benefited from a steady flow of money, channeled from the immense profits from World Cup sponsorship, broadcast rights and ticket sales into the provision of new football infrastructure and promotion in countries that many may not even have heard of, let alone cared about.</strong></p>
<p>Typical is Cape Verde, a tiny nation of half a million people on ten volcanic islands off the coast of West Africa.</p>
<p>Mario Semedo, former head of Cape Verde's football association, now on FIFA's development committee, told Friday's meeting with pride and gratitude the country had no grass pitches in 1998, and now has 25, five of which were financed by FIFA – which also helped build two training centres.</p>
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<p>Isn't that the exact thing we are accusing the IRB of neglecting? Looking after grass roots development for the game?</p>
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<p>Blatter also understands the one man, one vote system.....just like most political parties do. </p>
<p>But it is hugely ironic how the west is now squealing about how 'unfair'and corrupt this system is when it doesn't work in their favour.......Huh?</p>
<p>Isn't that the same system that they <strong>forced</strong> on South Africa to get rid of the old evil white regime? Now suddenly that shoe does not fit so well? </p>
<p>No weighted votes allowed.......one man, one vote. Welcome to democracy....wear the fucken shoe!</p>
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<p>Blatter is a doos so I feel a bit silly to try and defend him........but his opponent yesterday was a Prince in the Jordan Royal family........Prince Ali bin-al Hussein..........according to his official website he is a 43rd generation direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.........OK? I can see that being popular.....</p>
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<p>Better the devil you know - even if he keeps promising to step down at the next election.</p>
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<p>79 and all the blow-n-bitchez you could want swimming through your pool of money with you. Hell of a way to go.</p> -
<p>It looks like you have about $5.7 BILLION sloshing around in the FIFA kitty between World Cups……all in the hands of a few sports administrators.<br>
Definitely no chance of any ….â€misappropriationâ€â€¦.. there!<br>
And no wonder you have a myriad of guys desperately trying to get their hands on that honeypot…..with the current mob doing everything possible to maintain the status quo.</p>
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$5.7 billion is enough to start a war in many parts of the world…..so brace yourself for a moral, ethical, cultural and legal onslaught of epic proportions.</p>
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It is also interesting to see the fairly low profile that the main sponsors are keeping with regards to the latest saga……no doubt wishing/ knowing it will soon blow over.</p>
<p>Fans actually don’t give a shit about the governing body…they support their team and that is mostly that……Sanzar is a good example in that regard.</p>
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I actually do think that FIFA needs some reform……but I’ m hugely skeptical about whether that won’t just mean that the power / money shifts to some old school clique…….<br>
I also think there is merit in the argument that countries that contribute more financially through viewer numbers / TV rights should have a bigger say…….but just think about how we despise that arrangement for cricket with the Big Three controlling just about all aspects of the game?<br>
And you can probably kiss development in some of the minnow nations good bye if you don’t need their vote anymore…..but do we really care if they are playing cricket / soccer in Malawi? Or in Cape Verde? Or is it just window dressing in any case?<br>
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<p>I read a few years ago the strategy Blatter employs, and in a one country-one vote system like FIFA its laughably easy: poor countries like that are what keeps him going. He probably realised this before anyone else, rather than sucking up to the "traditional" powers who were meant to exert influence and favours, and now he's entrenched. Cut out the middle-man, effectively.</p>
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<p>I tend to agree with El Toro's assessment: corruption is rife, just that in the West we don't associate it with simple money-for-favours. We like to dress it up a bit more. Its not what we call "fair", but then, nothing is.</p>
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<p>As I mentioned earlier, FIDE (world chess federation) is exactly the same - a President (and his predecessor) who long since realised that the key to power was to keep the poorer nations onside, since it's a lot cheaper than keeping the rich nations onside. UEFA might actually do something, however, which is more than is likely to happen for FIDE.</p>
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<p>FIFA needs to make the ballot results transparent and accountable. Secrecy is a veil that leads directly to backdoor deals, graft & corruption. </p>
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<p>My guess is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS, the U.S. taxman)...</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/soccer-rat-ex-u-s-soccer-exec-chuck-blazer-fbi-informant-article-1.1995761'>Soccer Rat! The inside story of how Chuck Blazer, ex-U.S. soccer executive and FIFA bigwig, became a confidential informant for the FBI</a></span></span></p>
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<p>New York Daily News article was from last November.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Blazer failed to pay income taxes for more than a decade while hauling in tens of millions of dollars, a discovery the feds used to threaten him with prosecution and convert him into a cooperating witness beginning in 2011.</span></strong>
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<p>John Oliver has a worthy slapdown on FIFA and Blatter last night...</p>
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<strong><a class="bbc_url" href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/sports/soccer/sepp-blatters-top-fifa-deputy-jerome-valcke-is-said-to-have-transferred-money-central-to-bribery-case.html?_r=0">Blatter’s Top FIFA Deputy Is Said to Have Transferred Money Central to Bribery Case</a></strong>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/jun/02/fifa-calls-press-conference-amid-latest-corruption-claims-live'><strong>Sepp Blatter quits as Fifa president</strong></a></p>
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<div>“I will organise extraordinary congress for a replacement for me as president. I will not stand. I am now free from the constraints of an election. I will be in a position to focus on profound reforms. For many years we have called for reforms. But these are not sufficient.â€</div>
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<div>“We need a limitation on mandates and terms of office. I have fought for these changes but my efforts have been counteracted.â€</div>
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<p>LOL. He certainly knows how to do shameless.</p> -
<p>They need a system like Rugby, its helps out the poorer nations. Oh no hang on....</p>
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They need a system like Rugby, its helps out the poorer nations. Oh no hang on....</p></blockquote>
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Are you suggesting WR doesn't fund the smaller nations? I Think you're just saying something vaguely populist.
