Reply to: FIFA corruption

[minestrone]

England should have had the balls to do it, you lost the world cup and everyone knew it was because of corruption. It is essentially your game, you are quite clearly tulip at it but you should excerpt that fact you invented (wrote down some rules) it.

There wont be a world cup on Qatar, social media on players and sponsors will be massive. Boycotts on sponsors will be global so you should have picked your time.

If it does go through players will die, maybe not on the field but after days of training out with the stadium. Charging around in 50 degrees is not possible.

[TykeMerc]

spoken like a Geek

Hang on, the last time that England won a football competition of any note was erm.... 1966?
Greece won some European thing in 2004?

Surely the Greeks have more credibility than the English as a result.

As someone who finds the whole fuss about football to be ludicrous this corruption is just comedy value. It's been obvious for a long time that the whole "game" at the professional level is purely about the money and corruption thrives in that environment.

[DodgyAgent]

Chavs, the games they play, and the games they watch ..

Football unlike F1 has a mass appeal especially to children from all backgrounds. it is utterly disgusting that its ruling body should be so corrupt.

[Doggy Styles]

Yes but as the president it is up to him to root out the corruption - the fact that he does not makes him completely responsible for the organisation.

I don't deny it. My point is that getting rid of him will make little difference, if any.

[saptastic]

Blatters nephew part owns a hospitality firm that won a multi million pound hospitality contract with FIFA for the last two World Cups. Am sure that is a coincidence.

"Match Hospitality AG, a Zurich-based company that Philippe Blatter's Infront has a share in, won the hospitality rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. "Hospitality" covers premium tickets, suites, catering, transportation and other bells and whistles for well-heeled corporate clients".

[FatLazyContractor]

Chavs, the games they play, and the games they watch ..

[Zippy]

Isn't he part of the same group of corrupt businessmen running sports: Bernie Ecclestone being sued for

Yep He can out bung the bungers, though. A quality act.

Allegedly, obviously

[quackhandle]

The exact moment when it was announced that Russia got 2018, you could see a knowing smile on Abramovich's face. John Motson mentioned this as well.

qh

[darmstadt]

I really didn't think they made brown envelopes that big.

I'd back Bernie Ecclestone, if he decided to run.

Isn't he part of the same group of corrupt businessmen running sports: Bernie Ecclestone being sued for

[Zippy]

I really didn't think they made brown envelopes that big.

I'd back Bernie Ecclestone, if he decided to run.

[DodgyAgent]

Who cares. It's all about a stupid game, these people take themselves too seriously.

spoken like a Geek

[original PM]

I don't think it matters who is at the helm. The organisation seems to be rotten to the core.

Who voted for Qatar and Russia? Blatter didn't give them a majority.

Who misrepresented Garcia's report? It wasn't Blatter.

Who deleted all the Russian correspondence relating to their bid? It wasn't Blatter.

He's in it up to his neck but there are many more like him.

Yes but as the president it is up to him to root out the corruption - the fact that he does not makes him completely responsible for the organisation.

[Doggy Styles]

Sepp Blatter going for a 5th term as FIFA president - an organisation so corrupt it rivals African States

BBC Sport - Fifa and Sepp Blatter in secret talks about president's future

Is it ever going to regain any credibility with this two bit chancer at the helm?

I don't think it matters who is at the helm. The organisation seems to be rotten to the core.

Who voted for Qatar and Russia? Blatter didn't give them a majority.

Who misrepresented Garcia's report? It wasn't Blatter.

Who deleted all the Russian correspondence relating to their bid? It wasn't Blatter.

He's in it up to his neck but there are many more like him.

[Eirikur]

Who cares. It's all about a stupid game, these people take themselves too seriously.

[minestrone]

If the Germans and the English has walked out then they would have probably folded on their demands.

But really how much do they earn from the world cup? I've never seen a football association fold due to a team not making the world cup. Shirt and team sponsors is the big one and I would think they would be all for it, it would align them with what would be seen as a moral crusade. I don't think many WC sponsors will be in place by the time it gets to Quatar.

EDIT: and lets face it, I said for 2 years England would not get out the group, everyone laughed and I was proven right, you will only get 3 games anyway.