89Hen wrote:
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?
I read exactly what people post. Maybe you just suck at writing.
Ibanez wrote:
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.
GannonFan wrote: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 never said Brazil was all roses - heck, the term white elephant implies that they built a bunch of stuff they'll never need or use again. And yes, they had issues, but let's not pretend it's on the same order as Qatar, or "nearly as many issues". Right now, there are an estimated 900 deaths from contruction related to stadiums in Qatar. Let me repeat, 900. In Brazil's runup to the World Cup, there were 6 deaths. Heck, more people died in Russia building the stuff for the Sochi Olympics (a total of 25 workers) than in Brazil. And while Brazil was a hot place to play in, they solved that by instituting water breaks if it got too hot. The answer to the heat in Qatar (about 110 to 115 degrees F in the summer) was to move the whole tournament to the winter (despite Qatar saying in the World Cup bidding that they would have air conditioning in every stadium, which now they won't).
But I'm fine with it going to England - that would be a fun summer to be in the UK. I was there for the UEFA Cup in 1996 and that was an event.
