tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post4808190565247000104..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Sepp Blatter - Dead Man WalkingTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-66360310112474713312015-05-29T09:07:25.460+01:002015-05-29T09:07:25.460+01:00Well that another feather in our cap - it's ha...Well that another feather in our cap - it's hard to keep all thes balls rolling at the same time.<br /><br />VIP paedophile networks - still cover up in situ<br />Banker scandals - now government advisers<br />Media and press - dark arts<br />Met Police - still embroiled in scandal<br />Stock Exchange - open to all sorts of scams<br />FIFA, EUFA and even our own FA(arcical.org) have their own mess<br /><br />And we have a PM who likes to give "second chances".<br /><br />Wealth and unlimited power - a heady mix.<br /><br />Lovely jubbly.The Establishmentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-81502687798107495062015-05-28T22:58:22.232+01:002015-05-28T22:58:22.232+01:00According to the DM, Cameron has involved himself....According to the DM, Cameron has involved himself. Despite not knowing which team he supports.Arnoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-71513380834145535792015-05-28T16:32:29.424+01:002015-05-28T16:32:29.424+01:00@anonymous
there are 2 known investigations about...@anonymous<br /><br />there are 2 known investigations about FIFA<br /><br />1) in the US regarding bribes paid to FIFA officials using US banks and US clearing houses<br />those happened over a decade between mid 90' to mid 00'<br />all those accused are part of the Central, Caraibbean and North American Football Association<br /><br />2) a Swiss investigation regarding the 2018 and 2020 World Cup that was initiated at the request of FIFA<br /><br />even if both investigations are about corruptions, they aren't linked<br />and the US ones is about breaking US laws in the US rather than targetting FIFA in particular<br /><br />now, there are plenty of shady deals done in the US that go unreported or brushed under the carpet.<br />maybe the timing (ie: just before the next FIFA Congress vote) is more than coincidental. I frankly don't know.<br /><br />but what I'm pretty sure is that there aren't any US conspiracy to go after Sepp Blatter or kick FIFA with those 2 investigations<br />there are plenty of other ones, mind you ;)<br /><br /><br />Have fun,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-32425902368998377572015-05-28T15:57:58.469+01:002015-05-28T15:57:58.469+01:00Now why does this happen, and just now. This is a ...Now why does this happen, and just now. This is a sport that is not big in the USA, who don't even call it by the same name (soccer, not football).<br /><br />Last week, one FIFA member, Palestine, formally asked FIFA to help because another FIFA member, Israel, was preventing Palestine football players from training, going to play matches and the like. At worst, and most unlikely, FIFA could suspend the Israeli FA. However, FIFA was investigating the matter, as it is required to do. Suddenly the USA attacks FIFA. Does Israel have any hold over the USA? <br /><br />FIFA is already in disgrace because the next host is Russia (and of course it is freezing weather in Russia - or should matches be arranged when it's not two metres deep in snow.) Then it's the middle East; how dare those Arabs think they can play or host football. It's too hot for the delicate flowers of England (or could matches be arranged when it's not so hot)?<br /><br />FIFA has presided over an incredible boom in the game. Why shouldn't internationals be played and the world cup based in whatever countries wish to play? Look at the success of the African Nations Cup - FIFA has done more for African self-pride than anybody else. Look how Drogba and Weah helped after civil war. FIFA has stood against any adulteration of the game; no coloured clothing twenty-minute "big bash", no FIFA approved seven-a-side, no rule changes for women. There can be and are rule changes (example - goalkeeper holding ball for six seconds) but all rule changes (after a pilot period) apply to all countries and at all levels without exception (except now that some matches can use goal-line technology. Yes, the Premiership would like its own rules.<br /><br />This is not to condone any fraud (and FIFA does deals with some horrible people, but we are stuck with Murdoch), but why now, and why the USA, a country that happily bribed their way to the Salt Lake City olympics, as boasted by Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-22649826987166889492015-05-28T15:16:31.541+01:002015-05-28T15:16:31.541+01:00What went under the radar was that FIFA awarded th...What went under the radar was that FIFA awarded the 2026 World Cup TV rights in the US to FOX, without any bidding process and two years ahead of the start of negotiations for the rights around the rest of the world.<br />Blatter and Murdoch meet, he agrees not to savage FIFA for moving the 2022 to winter and in return is given the 2026 rights which may be even more lucrative if the USA win the hosting bid. That's what I read between the lines in this Bloomberg piece:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-13/fox-telemundo-awarded-soccer-world-cup-rights-without-fifa-bidsBobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-51481803286569833332015-05-28T13:11:32.333+01:002015-05-28T13:11:32.333+01:00To hear Dyke and others say that their countries w...To hear Dyke and others say that their countries would not be in Quatar or Russia, would be an encouraging move.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-60959781385859798442015-05-28T12:49:08.007+01:002015-05-28T12:49:08.007+01:00"His departure is the only way that FIFA can ..."His departure is the only way that FIFA can survive"<br /><br />It probaby doesn't deserve to survive in its present bloated form. Having said that it only awaits another set of carpetbaggers waiting to allocate the squillions that the corporates are willing to spend on sporting rights.<br /><br />A bit like our party politics - the highest spenders usually gain the best results regardless of the quality, or lack of, on offer.<br /><br />We have seen how wealth and political power combined corrupts the press and media world - just the same in the professional sporting world. <br /><br />Meet a new boss - potentially the same as the old boss? They say everyman has a price - the sums being quoted here are astronomical.<br />robnoreply@blogger.com