Fifa Corruption / Blatter Walks...

Crazy scenes. The press conference is at 10am.

Nicked this from twitter - here's Blatters resignation speech.

[video=youtube;ddtfoiaWGqs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddtfoiaWGqs&feature=youtu.be[/video]

FIFA corrupt? Surely not :omg:

Did they really just say 'this shows FIFA are moving forward' in their press conference?!

****ing LOL.

Absoultly nothing will change while any of them even remotely associated with Blatter remain there and I would include any member of staff who has so much as smiled in his direction. It's rotten to the core and has been for decades. The worst kept secret in sport, let alone football.

Not before time. The only people not to see any corruptions are the corrupt ones themselves.the whole organisations needs restructuring

About time these crooks were locked up !

Hopefully sense will prevail, Blatter will finally be gone and the 2018 and 2022 world cups will be given to England and Australia respectively

Apparently the last World Cup made $1 billion profit. £1 million was paid to every FIFA member's FA.
Each country has one vote. I can hardly imagine Bhutan, the Cook Islands (for example) voting against anything FIFA decides!

Luis Figo's statement when pulling out of the presidential race said it all:

Running for president of FIFA resulted from a personal decision, taken after listening to many pertinent people in the realm of international soccer.
I sought out the support needed for me to stand, I formally presented my candidacy, and the reactions in the soccer world were so overwhelming - both in public and in private - that I was reassured that I had made the right decision.
The realm of a sport which gave me everything to become what I am, and to which I now offered to give something back, is hungry for change. FIFA needs change and I feel that the change is urgent.
Guided by that wish, by the formal support I collected, and by the incredible wave of support from soccer players, former players, coaches, referees and administrators, I imagined and presented a plan of action - my election manifesto for the FIFA presidency.
I traveled and met extraordinary people who, though they recognized the value of much that had been done, also concurred with the need for change, one that cleans up FIFA's reputation as an obscure organization that is so often viewed as a place of corruption.
But over the past few months I have not only witnessed that desire (for change), I have witnessed consecutive incidents, all over the world, that should shame anyone who desires soccer to be free, clean and democratic.
I have seen with my own eyes federation presidents who, after one day comparing FIFA leaders to the devil, then go on stage and compare those same people with Jesus Christ. Nobody told me about this. I saw it with my own eyes.
The candidates were prevented from addressing federations at congresses while one of the candidates always gave speeches on his own from the rostrum. There has not been a single public debate about each candidate's proposals.
Does anyone think it's normal that an election for one of the most relevant organizations on the planet can go ahead without a public debate? Does anyone think it's normal that one of the candidates doesn't even bother to present an election manifesto that can be voted on May 29? Shouldn't it be mandatory to present such a manifesto so that federation presidents know what they're voting for?
That would be normal, but this electoral process is anything but an election.
This (election) process is a plebiscite for the delivery of absolute power to one man - something I refuse to go along with.
That is why, after a personal reflection and sharing views with two other candidates in this process, I believe that what is going to happen on May 29 in Zurich is not a normal electoral act.
And because it is not, don't count on me.
I want it to be clear that I have deep respect for all world soccer, from Africa, where I got so much motivation, to Asia, where I have and will keep excellent relationships, through South America, where a new generation is emerging, and Central and North America, where so many who wanted to speak were silenced, and to Oceania, whose development we should all look at differently. And finally to Europe, where I felt there was space for normal and democratic debate, thanks to the endeavors of President (Michel) Platini.
I give my warmest thanks to everyone, because I want it to be clear that they are not the election committee and it is not they who want FIFA to become weaker and weaker.
For my part, I will abide by the ideas I leave written and have circulated, I am firm in my desire to take an active part in the regeneration of FIFA and I will be available for it whenever it is proven to me that we are not living under a dictatorship.
I do not fear the ballot box, but I will not go along with nor will I give my consent to a process which will end on May 29 and from which soccer will not emerge the winner.
My decision is made, I will not stand in what is being called an election for the FIFA presidency.
I offer my deepest thanks to all those who have supported me and I ask them to keep alive their desire for a regeneration which, though it may take some time, will come.

Nothing will change while the sponsors pour millions into the FIFA coffers. However this will change if that money is being diverted in to the bank accounts of FIFA members.

Sponsors won't want to be associated with a corrupt organisation as it looks bad for them.

VISA are already looking at their partnership with FIFA. I would hope that all FIFA's sponsors would pull the plug and demand to know where their money went.

What I don't understand is the investigation against FIFA which took place about 6 months ago which apparently came back all clean. That was done by an american guy, can't remember his name but his reports were never published. So why was that report ok yet this is all now happening. Surely either he's corrupt as well or he had to just say it was ok so that more investigating could be done???

mattytheshrimper said:

What I don't understand is the investigation against FIFA which took place about 6 months ago which apparently came back all clean. That was done by an american guy, can't remember his name but his reports were never published. So why was that report ok yet this is all now happening. Surely either he's corrupt as well or he had to just say it was ok so that more investigating could be done???

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You mean the investigation that was commissioned by FIFA came back clean?! No ****!

FIFA mentioned recently that the Garcia report will be published (probably redacted).

I read that as Garcia conducted some interviews in America, the FBI can request his whole document rather than the redacted one.

Turns out the FBI never set out to skewer FIFA, they merely stumbled across the scandal by initially investigating money linked to organised crime in Russia.

Which is basically what season six of The Wire should be.

EastStandBlue said:

Turns out the FBI never set out to skewer FIFA, they merely stumbled across the scandal by initially investigating money linked to organised crime in Russia.

Which is basically what season six of The Wire should be.

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Eaststandblue said:

Turns out the FBI never set out to skewer FIFA, they merely stumbled across the scandal by initially investigating money linked to organised crime in russia.

Which is basically what season six of The Wire should be.

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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit

The solution,

European teams boycott the WC,this will force sponsors and TV to have a massive rethink.

Africa and Asia intend to back SB,so let them have their own meaningless tournament .

Being fair even our FA purchased expensive bags to hand out to the wives of FIFA bigwigs.

Just boycotting the World Cup straight wouldn't achieve an awful lot. If I was at UEFA, I'd be advocating holding an additional European Championships which clashes with the Europe-less tournaments. That way, not only are you hitting FIFA's pockets by reducing the tournament's broadcast and sponsorship appeal, but you're also diluting the money FIFA would receive.

EastStandBlue said:

Just boycotting the World Cup straight wouldn't achieve an awful lot. If I was at UEFA, I'd be advocating holding an additional European Championships which clashes with the Europe-less tournaments. That way, not only are you hitting FIFA's pockets by reducing the tournament's broadcast and sponsorship appeal, but you're also diluting the money FIFA would receive.

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Agreed,

UEFA could also invite the nations who never backed Blatter.

blues_r_best said:

I read that as Garcia conducted some interviews in America, the FBI can request his whole document rather than the redacted one.

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He has condemned the "report" issued by FIFA and said it bore little resemblance to what he had written. So don't blame him.