The FIFA corruption thread

Unhappy438 said:
Russia dragged a Ukrainian across the border, for a crime she supposedly committed in Ukraine. So really they should just shut the fsk up.
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I'm sure AntiGanda and Xarog will be along shortly to tell you how it was actually the US's fault and how Russia had no other choice and how they're the only ones acting reasonably.
 
Cray said:
As people have said, FIFA didn't realise that when the courted American sponsorship money that they would be bringing down this kind of scrutiny to their door, unintended consequences, got to love it :D
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Yeah, it's quite an interesting way for it to start unravelling. Would be neat if the whole cabal can come crashing down.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
I'm sure AntiGanda and Xarog will be along shortly to tell you how it was actually the US's fault and how Russia had no other choice and how they're the only ones acting reasonably.
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:D , no surprises there. The ignore function tends to work well :)
 
OrbitalDawn said:
I'm sure AntiGanda and Xarog will be along shortly to tell you how it was actually the US's fault and how Russia had no other choice and how they're the only ones acting reasonably.
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Butthurt much?

Edit: It's actually funny how you two have to engage in character assassination in totally unrelated threads. Why don't you put on the big boy pants and actually back up your arguments with reason for a change in the threads where your viewpoints have been reasonably shown to be about as airtight as a sponge?
 
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OrbitalDawn said:
Actually, yes. Had a mole removed the other day. :p
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P.S. Just for the record, I have no objection to the Americans arresting the FIFA officials (although one does wonder what took them so long...), and Putin's complaints about it probably just means that he lost a lot of bribe money.
 
More sponsor backlash

“As a company that places the highest priority on ethical standards and transparency, Hyundai Motor is extremely concerned about the legal proceedings being taken against certain FIFA executives and will continue to monitor the situation closely,” it said in a statement.

A spokesman for McDonald’s, a second-tier sponsor, said: “McDonald’s takes matters of ethics and corruption very seriously and the news from the US Department of Justice is extremely concerning. We are in contact with FIFA on this matter. We will continue to monitor the situation very closely.”
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Wall said:
the marketing and pr dept. at FIFA must be a **** place to work right now.
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The corruption allegations aren't exactly new. Those companies knew wtf they were getting into if they had any kind of brains at all. FIFA makes them a lot of money, after all.
 
Xarog said:
Butthurt much?

Edit: It's actually funny how you two have to engage in character assassination in totally unrelated threads. Why don't you put on the big boy pants and actually back up your arguments with reason for a change in the threads where your viewpoints have been reasonably shown to be about as airtight as a sponge?
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It's funny how you qq so much when your own arguments are about as credible as Sepp Blatter.
 
The_Assimilator said:
It's funny how you qq so much when your own arguments are about as credible as Sepp Blatter.
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I think you mistake the fact that I was mocking someone with the idea that I was somehow upset. I assure you that you are terribly mistaken.

And since I'm so wrong, why don't you show exactly where, hmmm? :)

Edit : wanna call 2 more friends to help? I can go 5v1 just as comfortably. :D
 
Putin being a proper twat...

It looks very strange, the arrests are carried out on the request of the USA side. They are accused of corruption – who is? International officials. I suppose that someone broke some rules, I don’t know. But definitely, it’s got nothing to do with the USA. Those officials are not US citizens. If something happened it was not in the US and it’s nothing to do with them.

It’s another clear attempt by the USA to spread its jurisdiction to other states. And I have no doubt – it’s a clear attempt not to allow Mr Blatter to be re-elected as president of Fifa, which is a great violation of the operating principles of international organisations. The US prosecutor, as our media report, has already said that those Fifa officials have committed a crime. As if the prosecutor didn’t know about the principle of the presumption of innocence.

We know the position of the USA regarding Mr Snowden. Who uncovered the practice of illegal actions of the US all over the world including tapping in on leaders of other countries. Everyone discussed that, including in Europe. But no one wants to give him refuge and guarantee his security (apart from Russia). No one wants to fight with their partner, their senior partner – He’s a US citizen. What about Assange? Who has to hide for several years in foreign embassy. What’s he sought for? Sexual crimes? No one believes that. Because he spread info regarding the actions of the US military, including in Iraq.

Why do I recall these cases? The US use these methods to achieve their self-interested aims. And they do it illegally. They harass people. I don’t rule out that the same is happening regarding Fifa. Although I don’t know how that will end but the fact it’s happening on the eve of the election of Fifa head points to that aim.
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I think the word schadenfreude was invented specifically for this.
 
Xarog said:
The corruption allegations aren't exactly new. Those companies knew wtf they were getting into if they had any kind of brains at all. FIFA makes them a lot of money, after all.
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Agreed. Only now that something is happening are they re-considering.

There was some excellent investigative reporting done by the British press on FIFA corruption not too long ago.

E.g: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA's_Dirty_Secrets or http://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ay-times-joint-winner-of-paul-foot-award-2014
 
Oh look, CAF still cozying up to Blatter, colour me surprised....

The Confederation of African Football opposes any postponement of the 65th FIFA Congress and the election for the presidency scheduled May 29, 2015 in Zurich. During the meeting of the federation held May 27, 2015 in Zurich, the FCA reiterated its support for the candidacy of Sepp Blatter in the election.

It should be noted that CAF is following with particular attention the events that occur at this time in the football family. It reaffirms its commitment to work and to cooperate in safeguarding the ethical and moral values that underlie the practice of the sport, its organization and administration. Hence its full and ongoing support to the package of measures driven to FIFA in recent years in improving governance.

CAF reaffirms its readiness to cooperate in this direction with all the institutions that engage and subscribes it to zero tolerance regarding offenders regardless of their profile or origin
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Manuel Nascimento Lopes describing the “conspiracy” against Blatter as “blasphemy”.


Western-led calls for Sepp Blatter to resign as FIFA president in the wake of the gravest corruption crisis to hit his organisation was described today as “blasphemy” by one of Africa’s federation presidents who said his continent was more firmly behind the veteran Swiss than ever.

While few federations have been prepared to speak out following the astonishing corruption claims in the United States, coupled with an unrelated seperate Swiss probe into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid process, Guinea-Bissau FA president Manuel Nascimento Lopes said it was totally unfair to blame Blatter for the shady conduct of others.

“I’m a Christian and this is blasphemy,” Nascimento Lopes told Insideworldfootball.
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