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    Looks like a few FIFA executives are finally going down! :)

    http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?_r=0&referrer=


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    Blatter won't be one of them I somehow suspect.

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    Blatter won't be one of them I somehow suspect.
    Looks like he isn't.

    Eduardo Li from Costa Rica is one of the first names being mentioned.

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    Looks like he isn't.

    Eduardo Li from Costa Rica is one of the first names being mentioned.
    6 arrested, let's hope Craig Thomson is one of them. Not on corruption charges, just for being a hearts ****

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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenLake View Post
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    Blatter won't be one of them I somehow suspect.
    No but the investigation is still ongoing and Blatter is being investigated.

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    Some media outlets are saying the FBI are hoping to get the 6 to talk so that they can get Blatter. But surely now he can't win the vote to remain head of FIFA

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    Quote Originally Posted by lucky View Post
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    Some media outlets are saying the FBI are hoping to get the 6 to talk so that they can get Blatter. But surely now he can't win the vote to remain head of FIFA

    He will probably resign and take up a position at the SFA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bighairyfaeleith View Post
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    No but the investigation is still ongoing and Blatter is being investigated.
    Europe and South America should threaten to quit FIFA. The tail of little corrupt tinpot footballing countries wags the dog in fifa, Blatter just plays the game and gives them a few brown envelops of pays for some dubious "development" project run by friends and family of the delegates to get their vote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lucky View Post
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    Some media outlets are saying the FBI are hoping to get the 6 to talk so that they can get Blatter. But surely now he can't win the vote to remain head of FIFA
    What's the betting that he can?

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    I'm not familiar with the voting process for FIFA but when Figo said he was dropping out it was because the election wasn't a standard voting process, but a means to make sure one man couldn't lose. Wonder who that man is?

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    i hope they have a raid planned for the SFA HQ as well



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    They'll probably find that there's SFA evidence to convict anybody.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bighairyfaeleith View Post
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    No but the investigation is still ongoing and Blatter is being investigated.
    FIFA spokesman says 'it's nothing to do with Blatter'.

    Aye, except that he's been the man in charge of this corrupt organisation all along! Do you think a Mafia boss would get away with the same defence?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacomoseven View Post
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    FIFA spokesman says 'it's nothing to do with Blatter'.

    Aye, except that he's been the man in charge of this corrupt organisation all along! Do you think a Mafia boss would get away with the same defence?
    Yes, probably. It's usually the foot soldiers who take the rap. It's more difficult to pin it on the boss.

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    FIFA appointed New York lawyer Michael Garcia to write a report into corruption and then refused to publish it .. nuff said. It looks like the FBI have got hold of a copy

    Apparently these arrests have nothing to do with the Russian or Qatar bids ..... Once the ones who have been arrested start singing to cover their own ass who knows what will come out, this could hopefully be the death knell for an organisation which has become a byword for corruption They even make the IOC look honest.

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    About bloody time. Sounds like this is top level stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacomoseven View Post
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    FIFA spokesman says 'it's nothing to do with Blatter'.

    Aye, except that he's been the man in charge of this corrupt organisation all along! Do you think a Mafia boss would get away with the same defence?
    How can a man who's been in charge when all this has been going remain in his position? He either knew about, which makes him complicit or he didn't know, which makes him incompetent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lord bunberry View Post
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    How can a man who's been in charge when all this has been going remain in his position? He either knew about, which makes him complicit or he didn't know, which makes him incompetent.
    Exactly, someone from fifa was on the news saying Blatter didn't know about it so why should he resign. I really hope associations start threatening to boycott them until they sort Fifa out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gatecrasher View Post
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    Exactly, someone from fifa was on the news saying Blatter didn't know about it so why should he resign. I really hope associations start threatening to boycott them until they sort Fifa out.
    It's amazing what some will do to cling to power...shoes how much leverage Blatter has that he has not had to walk already.

    While many have thought it before surely despite everything this is the end of Blatter and hopefully the start of FIFA being normalised. Quite how Blatter has made it this far is a bit of a mystery but clearly the power of brown envelopes is not one to be underestimated!

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    King out Blatter in. He will be an even better "the rangers man" if he manages to dodge the bullets coming his way when the others cut their deals with the fbi.

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    Can you run a football league without conforming to fifa?? Now would be a perfect time for a league to lead the way and take football on.

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    You've got to love the name of the Yank who got caught and turned States Evidence.


    Chuck Blazer !

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    Quote Originally Posted by greenginger View Post
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    You've got to love the name of the Yank who got caught and turned States Evidence.


    Chuck Blazer !

    Nearly as good as the Attorney General, Lorreta Lynch,....whose name kinda suggests they've already decided on the punishment.





    Oh and has anybody seen Blatter recently or has he already dissapeared to a friendly Gulf Nation that doesn't have any extradition treaties?

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    Quote Originally Posted by liamh2202 View Post
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    Can you run a football league without conforming to fifa?? Now would be a perfect time for a league to lead the way and take football on.
    I doubt you could simply bypass the governing body? If you could however, WHO should do it? The SFA perhaps, or the EFA or Germany's DFB - you don't think that corruption is rife in these organisations?

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    Quote Originally Posted by greenginger View Post
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    You've got to love the name of the Yank who got caught and turned States Evidence.


    Chuck Blazer !
    I was watching TV last night and apparently Chuck was renting an apartment in Trump Tower at great expense for his cats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SiMar View Post
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    It's amazing what some will do to cling to power...shoes how much leverage Blatter has that he has not had to walk already.

    While many have thought it before surely despite everything this is the end of Blatter and hopefully the start of FIFA being normalised. Quite how Blatter has made it this far is a bit of a mystery but clearly the power of brown envelopes is not one to be underestimated!
    He's been untouchable for so long throughout so much wrongdoing he must have a lot of "insurance" tucked away somewhere safe. If he's not part of the corrupt shenanigans then he must be deaf, dumb and blind (as well as stupid and naive). How come an organisation as multinational as this one be so bullet proof against outside scrutiny?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeeJay View Post
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    I doubt you could simply bypass the governing body? If you could however, WHO should do it? The SFA perhaps, or the EFA or Germany's DFB - you don't think that corruption is rife in these organisations?

    Have to agree with you PeeJay... First time for everything eh!!!
    Wherever there is **** loads of money, temptation will always be there for corruption... Although I think FIFA have kicked the arse out of the phrase "corrupt organisation"!!!! Taken it to a new level.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gloryhunter View Post
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    He's been untouchable for so long throughout so much wrongdoing he must have a lot of "insurance" tucked away somewhere safe. If he's not part of the corrupt shenanigans then he must be deaf, dumb and blind (as well as stupid and naive). How come an organisation as multinational as this one be so bullet proof against outside scrutiny?

    This is what happens when organisations like them are answerable to nobody. But what will happen? Same as usual... A few will take the rap and Blatter will be voted back into power tomorrow as he doles out the dosh. So does anyone blame the poorer nations for taking what they're given and voting him back in??

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeeJay View Post
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    I doubt you could simply bypass the governing body? If you could however, WHO should do it? The SFA perhaps, or the EFA or Germany's DFB - you don't think that corruption is rife in these organisations?
    No I don't actually.. listening to the commons debate at the minute it seems a possibility that uefa might bypass fifa and get its members to hold an alternative tournament to the next world cup

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    Quote Originally Posted by liamh2202 View Post
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    No I don't actually.. listening to the commons debate at the minute it seems a possibility that uefa might bypass fifa and get its members to hold an alternative tournament to the next world cup
    Now we're talking - someone or some organisation has to make a stand or nothing much will change.

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