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Switzerland seek Fifa arrests!

Not really surprising is it - he had the votes in the pocket from Asia and Africa
 
Arrests have already happened and if Blatter has done wrong theres no doubt someone will cut a deal.

If he has not done any wrong it will not matter Fifas name has been tarnished.

Theres no doubt Fifa has done some real good in football and will continue to do so,however just
like the Banks it will take years to get people to trust them again.

I am baffled though because surely he must have known something especially when Qatar came out with the world cup.
 
Crazyface said:
UEFA making noises about boycotting the next world Cup if Blatter gets in. I hope they do, as this will restore some of my faith in, at least, european football. If not, I will never EVER watch another world Cup again whilst Blatter is in control.
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Now Blatter is in lets see if Platini and Europe have the balls to follow through on their rhetoric and pull out although I doubt they will. I guess the only hope is to get someone to squeal and give the FBI Blatter on a platter. Again I think he'll have covered his tracks too well and so FIFA continues unchanged and no doubt still corrupt
 
Definitely a non-stick 'platter' - certainly stretches credibility when a General Secretary is promoted yet 17 years after taking the job still has no idea what his senior managers are doing with the money which, according to reports, he alone dishes out (hence the fear of the voting delegates)!
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Now Blatter is in lets see if Platini and Europe have the balls to follow through on their rhetoric and pull out although I doubt they will. I guess the only hope is to get someone to squeal and give the FBI Blatter on a platter. Again I think he'll have covered his tracks too well and so FIFA continues unchanged and no doubt still corrupt
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UEFA won't boycott the World Cup. Too many staked interests involved.

Blatter is obviously knee deep in the corruption, but is a very canny politicians and probably has worked hard t make sure his fingerprints are not on it. No way the Swiss authorities will touch him - he is too well connected there.
 
Ethan said:
UEFA won't boycott the World Cup. Too many staked interests involved.

Blatter is obviously knee deep in the corruption, but is a very canny politicians and probably has worked hard t make sure his fingerprints are not on it. No way the Swiss authorities will touch him - he is too well connected there.
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THE FBI would though .... if they can get enough on him. I think he's their main target.
 
Ethan said:
UEFA won't boycott the World Cup. Too many staked interests involved.

Blatter is obviously knee deep in the corruption, but is a very canny politicians and probably has worked hard t make sure his fingerprints are not on it. No way the Swiss authorities will touch him - he is too well connected there.
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No one will boycott the World Cup - it will still plough on ahead and Blatter will continue to turn the blind eye and fill his pockets. Only way he will leave the role is if he dies.

Lots of noise from UEFA to call a vote of no confidence which they have enough votes for but with the amount of corruption particular in the Africa FA's then it will be a lost move
 
Liverpoolphil said:
No one will boycott the World Cup - it will still plough on ahead and Blatter will continue to turn the blind eye and fill his pockets. Only way he will leave the role is if he dies.

Lots of noise from UEFA to call a vote of no confidence which they have enough votes for but with the amount of corruption particular in the Africa FA's then it will be a lost move
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It's clear that Blatter has so many nations in his pocket that a Uefa no confidence vote is doomed to failure. Not just Africa but plenty in Asia. Nothing will change other than Blatter gets richer and the game gets more tarnished
 
As Blatter is in (no surprise) UFEA must come through and boycott FIFA events until he is gone. Otherwise they are just condoning his tenure, as others have said.
Football has been dying for years and today's vote is probably the biggest nail in the coffin. Only an organisation as bad as FIFA could mess it up so badly. I actually think they mess it up on purpose so people like us will talk about it. There really is no other credible explanation.
As I said before, it seems it's only the western world that see corruption as such a bad thing. The others have been voting for him in their droves, scared that the gravy train will stop. But we have to make a stand on the basis that we are right and we should have nothing to do with an organisation that even a blind man can see is corrupt to the core. If that means no WC then I won't lose any sleep over it. It's not a patch on what it used to be anyway.
 
Sweep said:
As Blatter is in (no surprise) UFEA must come through and boycott FIFA events until he is gone. Otherwise they are just condoning his tenure, as others have said.
Football has been dying for years and today's vote is probably the biggest nail in the coffin. Only an organisation as bad as FIFA could mess it up so badly. I actually think they mess it up on purpose so people like us will talk about it. There really is no other credible explanation.
As I said before, it seems it's only the western world that see corruption as such a bad thing. The others have been voting for him in their droves, scared that the gravy train will stop. But we have to make a stand on the basis that we are right and we should have nothing to do with an organisation that even a blind man can see is corrupt to the core. If that means no WC then I won't lose any sleep over it. It's not a patch on what it used to be anyway.
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They could see him gone in a flash if they really wanted to. With no Europe teams in the WC the sponsors would soon turn the tap off. The only trouble is, there all being fed the golden goose and nobody wants to get their beak out of the trough. Look at what/who runs the FA and tell me they are all squeaky clean.
 
UEFA (and others) need to grow a set of balls and walk away. Shameful (imo) that they even took part in the vote today, not doing so would have meant FIFA and Blatter would lose any sheen of credibility and legitimacy that his election now has.

Poor show from our governing FAs. Unsurprising though.
 
Old Skier said:
They could see him gone in a flash if they really wanted to. With no Europe teams in the WC the sponsors would soon turn the tap off. The only trouble is, there all being fed the golden goose and nobody wants to get their beak out of the trough. Look at what/who runs the FA and tell me they are all squeaky clean.
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I agree but would England really want to boycott a world cup. Would Germany? Of course if they did pull out then sponsors will drop Fifa in an instant. Chicken and egg really.
 
I've been losing interest in top level football more and more recently and this has pretty much switched me off completely. Not necessarily the corruption itself but the acceptance/defence of it by the folk who govern the game now it's out in the open.

Money has made football at the top level destroy itself as a game of/for the people in about 30 years. At least they've made a few quid though......
 
HomerJSimpson said:
I agree but would England really want to boycott a world cup. Would Germany? Of course if they did pull out then sponsors will drop Fifa in an instant. Chicken and egg really.
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There's an argument that they boycotted the last one. ;)
 
Old Skier said:
They could see him gone in a flash if they really wanted to. With no Europe teams in the WC the sponsors would soon turn the tap off. The only trouble is, there all being fed the golden goose and nobody wants to get their beak out of the trough. Look at what/who runs the FA and tell me they are all squeaky clean.
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There will always be another sponser willing to take up the baton - the exposure world wide is massive
 
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