Sepp Blatter now being investigated for bribery

[Ian Bradley]

FIFA? Corrupt? You're kidding!

 

[Cate Fox]

FIFA? Corrupt? You're kidding!

Source?

 

[bocadillo]

Source?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13574338.stm

 

[Cate Fox]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13574338.stm

Ta!

What a corrupt organisation.

 

[city-faithful]

Wonder if there'll be a revote on the Quatari bid, given all this. It is a largely unexplainable decision to hold it there.

 

[Han]

Wonder if there'll be a revote on the Quatari bid, given all this. It is a largely unexplainable decision to hold it there.

Why not the Russia one, too?

I wouldn't expect anything to change.

 

[fitz]

Absolutely cock all will happen. Business as usual methinks.

 

[Hazzman]

The daggers are out now one of the executive committee has spoken out, they are dragging up shit over each other.

It will go two ways. Either someone stands up and they re-form the committee after a series of investigations or Blatter/Bin Hammam come to an agreement they are both happy with (ie. BH takes over Sepp after so long).

 

[Longcliffe]

I can't see the FIFA ethics committee doing much when their own President is before them.

 

[Hazzman]

Blatter/Bin Hammam come to an agreement they are both happy with (ie. BH takes over Sepp after so long).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13587449

Bin Hammam pulls out of contest. I think someone's had a word.

 

[bocadillo]

Bin Hammam suspended from all football activity; Warner suspended from all football activity; Blatter cleared

 

[bocadillo]

Puerto Rico saying that they received £40,000 as a bribe.


FIFA presidential election to go ahead on Wednesday.

 

[Cate Fox]

It still stinks to high heaven...

 

[spionfox]

Bin Hammam suspended from all football activity; Warner suspended from all football activity; Blatter cleared

Wasn't expecting that. What a surprise.

 

[Cate Fox]

Wasn't expecting that. What a surprise.

Blatter: the original Teflon man.

 

[Mawsley]

Absolutely cock all will happen. Business as usual methinks.

Plus ça change...

 

[Blaby blue blood]

Came into work this morning to one of the young lads in the office arguing that Blatter is really corrupt and should be kicked out, fair point, but then, he compared Blatter to Robert Mugabe.....:icon_eek:

 

[Mawsley]

...he compared Blatter to Robert Mugabe.....:icon_eek:

Much more Mladic-esque imho

 

[drummindefender]

I don't understand why FIFA needs to be such a grand and lavish organisation-for example why on earth do they need to have a big production with singers etc for their annual conference?

 

[Mawsley]

I don't understand why FIFA needs to be such a grand and lavish organisation-for example why on earth do they need to have a big production with singers etc for their annual conference?

Who's never dreamt of having Grace Jones grind out a tired old lapdance routine on their wife? I know I have.

Weetabix employed a bloke from The Wheeltappers & Shunters Club for one of our national sales conferences. Two hours of spectacular racist humour with blue gags thrown in for free. That's what was missing from FIFA's paltry effort. Never was so much Top Bran sold by so many idiots to so few supply chains.