FIFA Investigation and Elections Thread

ive seen elections in Africa that are less corrupt than fifa. and blatter has the front to still try for another term.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/may/28/fifa-crisis-live-blatter-under-pressure-amid-arrests-and-world-cup-inquiry#comments

I saw this on the news .

Word is SA bribed FIFA a few million (106 I think) rand to host the 2010 World Cup .

Well, as I mentioned somewhere earlier - I bet about every country who wanted to host the World Cup (at least since Blatter's reign, but likely even longer) very likely will have had to bribe the FIFA with substantial amounts. They are greedy enough that they wouldn't have ignored such a nice & easy source of income. Tax-free, too.

Russian president Vladimir Putin accuses the US of trying to extend its jurisdiction through the Fifa bribery scandal. He voices his support for the Fifa president, although he believes the corruption investigations are an ‘obvious attempt’ to prevent Sepp Blatter from being re-elected.

MR BOND wrote:ive seen elections in Africa that are less corrupt than fifa. and blatter has the front to still try for another term.

FIFA are so corrupt even the Swiss are going after them

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

MR BOND wrote:ive seen elections in Africa that are less corrupt than fifa. and blatter has the front to still try for another term.

FIFA are so corrupt even the Swiss are going after them

Let's hope UEFA boycotts FIFA if Blatte remains. CONCACAF will surely follow as well.

http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-uefa-pourrait-sortir-de-la-fifa/562210

Yeah. Platini said the UEFA could very well exit FIFA if Blatter remains as president. It's his political way of saying that UEFA will exit FIFA.

I think FIFA is going to implode personally and UEFA as well as others would do well to work on alternatives.

Where is your transfer ban now, corrupt FIFA lads?!

Anyone else got the impression that this has a cold war proxy war feel to it?

Wonder if the FBI would have decided to go after the corruption of FIFA if the next WC wasn't in Russia

Social Media responds to FIFA Scandal

Some of those are absolute gold

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Nah that's for Florentino Perez and La Liga. /Harmonica.

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Hapless_Hans wrote:Anyone else got the impression that this has a cold war proxy war feel to it?

Wonder if the FBI would have decided to go after the corruption of FIFA if the next WC wasn't in Russia

Yes, given that the investigation is all centered around events and deals cut well before the 2018 and 2022 WC decisions, along with individuals and companies operating mostly in the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL regions, as has previously been mentioned.

RedOranje wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:Anyone else got the impression that this has a cold war proxy war feel to it?

Wonder if the FBI would have decided to go after the corruption of FIFA if the next WC wasn't in Russia

Yes, given that the investigation is all centered around events and deals cut well before the 2018 and 2022 WC decisions, along with individuals and companies operating mostly in the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL regions, as has previously been mentioned.

so?

He means the investigation started well before (meaning years) the decision to award the WCs to Russia and Qatar.  So it had nothing to do with those.

The reason this triggered in the US is that soccer is becoming more and more popular and the sport is now relevant and significant.  Given its growing power (you have Magic Johnson that now owns a team in LA too), it hit the radar of the authorities and the FBI.

You have to hit a critical mass threshold for the US to commit resources and soccer finally has.  It's a shame for FIFA though  Once resources like this are committed, these agencies don't stop until the problem is eradicated.

There is corruption in the US too obviously... but the line is set where the integrity of a sport comes into question. Once that happens, the authority overseeing the sport better be careful. The NCAA is facing similar issues and the FBI has been investigating them for several years too... i expect the hammer to come down on them at some point as well.

plattini is just as bad.

There's a difference between investigating and actually getting the go to follow through and apprehend high level officials.

Pretty sure the FBI is investigating all sorts of stuff. What is prioritized, expedited and how it is timed is not independent of political calculations.

Hapless_Hans wrote:There's a difference between investigating and actually getting the go to follow through and apprehend high level officials.

Pretty sure the FBI is investigating all sorts of stuff. What is prioritized, expedited and how it is timed is not independent of political calculations.

I think the bottom line is the yanks wont take shit off corrupt scum bags like blatter and the mafia that is FIFA. Europe just sit back and take it in the ass. FIFA are just like the mafia tbh. its do as we say or we will ban you from this or that. fook me FIFA are ment to be there jus to help football around the world. yet the have enough money to buy and sell bill gates 5 times over.

FIFA scandal stretches to Traffic, agency involved in Barça's Douglas signing

Brazilian agency Traffic, who were involved in Barcelona's signings of Henrique, Keirrison and Douglas, is under suspicion for bribing FIFA officials.

The multinational marketing company, which has subsidaries such as the football agency Traffic Sport International, has been caught up in the investiagtion which saw several FIFA officials arrested on Wednesday morning.

Traffic's owner and founder, Jose Hawilla, is one of the men who is suggested to have paid the FIFA officials in order to win contracts.

The Brazilian subsidary of traffic is an old acquaintace of FA Barcelona, with several players, including Douglas last summer, being signed through them. However, the signings have always been linked with poor performances.

According to sources close to the investigation, Hawilla is accused of paying officials in order to gain sponsorship deals and the television rights to various tournaments in the CONCACAF region.

http://www.sport-english.com/en/news/barca/fifa-scandal-stretches-traffic-agency-involved-barcas-douglas-signing-4224022#

I'm shocked. Shocked.

Good. Glad they are gonna crack down on them even if it's a stain on our club. The more these corrupt animals get caught the more it will help clean our board up in the future (and stop Douglas type players from joining us)

Hapless_Hans wrote:There's a difference between investigating and actually getting the go to follow through and apprehend high level officials.

Pretty sure the FBI is investigating all sorts of stuff. What is prioritized, expedited and how it is timed is not independent of political calculations.

US don't announce an investigation publicly, like they did years ago, without there being a pot of gold at the end.  That's just not how things work with these agencies.  If they're just fishing, they don't announce anything.  If they announce it, they're warning you that you better get your act together or they're going to hammer you.  It's a warning.  If nothing changes, they come down.

Besides, there is no appetite or resources at the FBI to take on anything other than a sure thing after 9/!!.  Unless it's regarding terrorism, they only go after a sure thing and/or very high profile.  The mid level or lower level crimes are left to local authorities even if the FBI could get involved if it wanted to as a result.

In fact, i bet you this whole thing came on when they were investigating illicit funds with the intent of seeing whether it was being used for terrorism OR they were looking to nail people for tax evasion. They stumbled into something that turned out to be a FIFA scam and they went with it.

For the Spanish speakers out there, this 30 minute rant makes me very happy