FIFA President resigns

[Ibanez]

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Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.

[dbackjon]

Wow!!

[CAA Flagship]

Guilty

[tribe_pride]

USA World Cup '22

[89Hen]

Guilty

Never indicted.

[tribe_pride]

Guilty

Never indicted.

True but just read that he may be under investigation by the FBI so things could get interesting.

[clenz]

Guilty

Not yet indicted.

fify

[89Hen]

Never indicted.

True but just read that he may be under investigation by the FBI so things could get interesting.

Nah, GATW has the inside scoop. He's clean

[CAA Flagship]

True but just read that he may be under investigation by the FBI so things could get interesting.

Nah, GATW has the inside scoop. He's clean

[tribe_pride]

True but just read that he may be under investigation by the FBI so things could get interesting.

Nah, GATW has the inside scoop. He's clean

My bad.

[GannonFan]

Amazing news. Once that report came out that Blatter's right hand man had his own hands all over a $10M bribe payment to secure the World Cup for South Africa it was clear the Feds were getting real close to Blatter. In typical FIFA fashion, they initially said the payment wasn't done by the current guy, but instead by a guy who died a few years ago (can't prosecute the dead).

With the chance that Plantini (sp?), the head of UEFA, could be the next head of FIFA, it certainly puts the Qatar World Cup into serious jeopardy (the World Cup in Russia in 2018 will happen, too close to move that now). UEFA were the biggest negative voices about Qatar so I would expect them to do everything they can to make Qatar not happen. I'm not sure it would go to the USA - too many people around the world would think that the USA was profiting by it's legal investigation of FIFA - but I could see it move elsewhere. I heard a good suggestion - why not put it back in Brazil? That World Cup went well and they need some more use for those white elephants of stadiums they built for the last World Cup. I say move it to Brazil, the USA, or the UK - don't have to build a single thing now or over the next 7 years.

[GrizFanStuckInUtah]

Ex-FIFA Official Cites Satirical Article From The Onion in His Self-Defense

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/world ... .html?_r=0

[93henfan]

Ex-FIFA Official Cites Satirical Article From The Onion in His Self-Defense

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/world ... .html?_r=0

It really doesn't get any more farcical than that.

[clenz]

Amazing news. Once that report came out that Blatter's right hand man had his own hands all over a $10M bribe payment to secure the World Cup for South Africa it was clear the Feds were getting real close to Blatter. In typical FIFA fashion, they initially said the payment wasn't done by the current guy, but instead by a guy who died a few years ago (can't prosecute the dead).

With the chance that Plantini (sp?), the head of UEFA, could be the next head of FIFA, it certainly puts the Qatar World Cup into serious jeopardy (the World Cup in Russia in 2018 will happen, too close to move that now). UEFA were the biggest negative voices about Qatar so I would expect them to do everything they can to make Qatar not happen. I'm not sure it would go to the USA - too many people around the world would think that the USA was profiting by it's legal investigation of FIFA - but I could see it move elsewhere. I heard a good suggestion - why not put it back in Brazil? That World Cup went well and they need some more use for those white elephants of stadiums they built for the last World Cup. I say move it to Brazil, the USA, or the UK - don't have to build a single thing now or over the next 7 years.

Brazil had nearly as many issues as Qatar, let's not act like Brazil was all roses.

If 2022 is taken it needs to go to US or England and 2026 will go to the other with France, Australia, Italy, and Holland/Belgium making a push for the years after

[93henfan]

British soccer players are hoping it will be in Thailand.

Did anybody else see the unedited salad tossing video?

[Ibanez]

True but just read that he may be under investigation by the FBI so things could get interesting.

Nah, GATW has the inside scoop. He's clean

Didn't GATW state the opposite? He wasn't indicted but that in on ways means that he's innocent (and I thought WTAG stated as such)

[DSUrocks07]

Ex-FIFA Official Cites Satirical Article From The Onion in His Self-Defense

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/world ... .html?_r=0

Jack Warner is the former head of CONCACAF

No wonder the world doesn't take us seriously.

[89Hen]

He wasn't indicted but that in on ways means that he's innocent

As clear as mud.

[tribe_pride]

Amazing news. Once that report came out that Blatter's right hand man had his own hands all over a $10M bribe payment to secure the World Cup for South Africa it was clear the Feds were getting real close to Blatter. In typical FIFA fashion, they initially said the payment wasn't done by the current guy, but instead by a guy who died a few years ago (can't prosecute the dead).

With the chance that Plantini (sp?), the head of UEFA, could be the next head of FIFA, it certainly puts the Qatar World Cup into serious jeopardy (the World Cup in Russia in 2018 will happen, too close to move that now). UEFA were the biggest negative voices about Qatar so I would expect them to do everything they can to make Qatar not happen. I'm not sure it would go to the USA - too many people around the world would think that the USA was profiting by it's legal investigation of FIFA - but I could see it move elsewhere. I heard a good suggestion - why not put it back in Brazil? That World Cup went well and they need some more use for those white elephants of stadiums they built for the last World Cup. I say move it to Brazil, the USA, or the UK - don't have to build a single thing now or over the next 7 years.

Brazil had nearly as many issues as Qatar, let's not act like Brazil was all roses.

If 2022 is taken it needs to go to US or England and 2026 will go to the other with France, Australia, Italy, and Holland/Belgium making a push for the years after

I don't think the same federation can host in consecutive years so if US gets 2022 and England 2026, only country who could host in 2030 from your list would be Australia

All this said (and I agree with you with what should happen), remember that while a lot of the executives are getting crushed, a country like Somalia has the same vote as the US who has the same vote as Russia which is how Blatter got re-elected. Anything can happen even if it shouldn't. UEFA only has 53 of the total members about the same as the African countries (53). Asia has 47, OFC has 11, CONCACAF has 37, and CONMBEBOL (South America) only 10. We will see how serious everyone is about cleaning things up - not just Europe and the US.

[Ibanez]

He wasn't indicted but that in no way means that he's innocent

As clear as mud.

Is it? The man is guilty. But just b/c an indictment wasn't handed down does not mean this guy will get away with running a corrupt organization.

[SuperHornet]

Ex-FIFA Official Cites Satirical Article From The Onion in His Self-Defense

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/world ... .html?_r=0

Beatcha to it, dude....

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... =6&t=43228

[93henfan]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/world ... .html?_r=0

Beatcha to it, dude....

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... =6&t=43228

Burn!

[GrizFanStuckInUtah]

Beatcha to it, dude....

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... =6&t=43228

Burn!

I can feel it.

[89Hen]

As clear as mud.

Is it? The man is guilty. But just b/c an indictment wasn't handed down does not mean this guy will get away with running a corrupt organization.

You corrected "on" to "no". I honestly didn't know what you were saying with the typo, that was the clear as mud reference. But you have it backwards. GATW clearly implied that Blatter's reelection was not an issue because he hadn't been indicted. To me that reads as he wasn't guilty. He tried to backpedal, but even later then said they "weeded out the bad apples" which again implies Blatter wasn't a bad apple.

[Grizalltheway]

Is it? The man is guilty. But just b/c an indictment wasn't handed down does not mean this guy will get away with running a corrupt organization.

You corrected "on" to "no". I honestly didn't know what you were saying with the typo, that was the clear as mud reference. But you have it backwards. GATW clearly implied that Blatter's reelection was not an issue because he hadn't been indicted. To me that reads as he wasn't guilty. He tried to backpedal, but even later then said they "weeded out the bad apples" which again implies Blatter wasn't a bad apple.

Dude. Do you read ANYTHING that people post?