Louis Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Top 10 sports stories on the New York Times at the moment:I imagine it's because their coverage has been quite good! markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Chuck Blazer, what a brilliant name! Only in America . Thought that's what you did when you finished school . markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Chuck Blazer, what a brilliant name! Only in America . Thought that's what you did when you finished school . And I thought Dick Advocaat was a viagra salesman. Edited May 28, 2015 by Cornish Steve Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Piece of shit organization. Hope they are fined and bankrupt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 They just had an article on the news about Chuck Blazer. Apparently, while working for FIFA, he put all expenses on his personal AmEx card and racked up over 25 million award points. That alone is enough for over 200 round-trip business tickets across the Atlantic. 25 million! Can you imagine how much these guys must be spending? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Piece of shit organization. Hope they are fined and bankrupt. With a billion in their back pocket for a rainy day, that would be one hell of a fine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Matt, how is all of this being reported in Switzerland? What is the Swiss view on Blatter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Joyous. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32937639 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Fucking disgusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Matt, how is all of this being reported in Switzerland? What is the Swiss view on Blatter?No one seems to care! They just either accept that nothing is going to change and ignore it is really don't care. Weird really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) The Swiss ignoring summat. Yeah, well weird that [emoji38] Edited May 29, 2015 by marcopaulo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32940178 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 i read somewhere the first vote was 133 to 76 or something. and Prince Ali withdrew before the second forseeing no one would jump ship. Glad he got that many votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 On the radio, they claimed he was elected democratically. No, he wasn't. The nation of Montserrat, with a population of under 5,000 people, had the same number of votes (one) as India, with a population of over a billion. Win over officials from small and very poor countries and you're there. That's ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 The German newspaper Spiegel is reporting that there could be a splinter group from FIFA. http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/fifa-und-blatter-politiker-bringen-konkurrenzverband-ins-spiel-a-1036408.html It's not needed in my opinion, the situation in boxing with all the different federations is ludicrous. It'll be interesting to see who eventually replaces Blatter. There isn't really a fair system that could be used, it's currently 1 member 1 vote but if it was ranked based on team performance or country population, it'd be considered unfair. I think maybe a compromise would be a first past the post system put towards the continental body (UEFA, CONCACAF,CONMEBOL, CAF,AFC, OFC) and then the presidential nominee with most votes out of six would win. It wouldn't work if it was a tie though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32952426 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/jun/02/fifa-calls-press-conference-amid-latest-corruption-claims-live blatter is resigning. my guess is the feds got something on him. happy day!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/jun/02/fifa-calls-press-conference-amid-latest-corruption-claims-live blatter is resigning. my guess is the feds got something on him. happy day!! My thoughts too. He's either walked before he's pushed or he's done a deal - "I'll walk if you don't reveal what you have on me." markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Woohooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 i know it's too early, but is there any chance Prince Ali could run again? i wonder if Blatter will just have his corrupt second in command run and it's business as usual or business by proxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 (edited) You can't get away with blatant corruption forever. As someone posted at that Guardian site, he said the following just last Friday: "Why would I step down? That would mean I recognise that I did wrong.” Edited June 2, 2015 by Cornish Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Odds on him "doing a Farage" and resigning but then standing again? All the same, great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 World football owes a very big 'thank you' to America. No names, but there are some European countries who, even if they'd had the evidence, wouldn't have done anything. By the way, did you know that France and Spain votes FOR Blatter? markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 World football owes a very big 'thank you' to America. No names, but there are some European countries who, even if they'd had the evidence, wouldn't have done anything. By the way, did you know that France and Spain votes FOR Blatter? Absolutely, how stupid are the people who voted for him looking now? Hopefully the American and Swiss investigations continue and the roots are destroyed as well as the tree. American legal system is far from perfect (whose is?) but in this case a great job which came from nowhere seemingly, no advance indication that anything was going to happen. Good for them. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 really for me now it's "who next?". Prince Ali hopefully will run again, but will Figo and the dutch guy? could be an interesting 6 months till that election. I wonder if Platini will throw his name in the hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 really for me now it's "who next?". Prince Ali hopefully will run again, but will Figo and the dutch guy? could be an interesting 6 months till that election. I wonder if Platini will throw his name in the hat? Prince Ali, Ginola and Figo are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 He's still trying to make out he's doing it as a hero. "He doesn't feel he has the world of football behind him, the fans at grassroots" Someones sung like a fucking canary during mating season Sepp old boy, I hope they throw away the key you corrupt slug. Cornish Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Prince Ali, Ginola and Figo are. It needs to be a businessman/administrator to run such an organisation, being an ex-player is irrelevant. Ginola's a joke, Figo I have no idea about what he's done since he finished playing (or before come to that), might have all sorts of qualifications. Likewise Ali I have no idea about. There must be many well qualified people out there; I'd put Greg Dyke forward from my extremely limited knowledge but no way he'd get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Someones sung like a fucking canary during mating season Sepp old boy, I hope they throw away the key you corrupt slug. This! One of the individuals arrested last week is trying to save his own skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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