Webbo Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 As a football supporter it's time to start boycotting brands that sponsor FIFA, money is the problem and money is the only way we will make a change. visa McDonald's Hyundai Coca Cola Adidas Amongst others and use social media to share the boycott and the reasons why. Let coca cola know you will only drink Pepsi why they support a corrupt organisation, buy other brands of sportswear, cars and fast food. If the sponsors fall away so does the money, then the corrupt personnel. Time to make a stand. This is the only way. Start a campaign to boycott the sponsors make a lot of noise about it. Let it be known that if they stop sponsoring, their replacements will be boycotted as well.Money caused this and money can stop it.
davieG Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Sepp Blatter: Europe's 'hate' campaign against Fifa Fifa president Sepp Blatter has condemned what he described as a "hate" campaign against football's world governing body by European officials. And he said he was "shocked" by the comments of US prosecutors following the arrests of Fifa officials under an American anti-corruption warrant. The 79-year-old Swiss was re-elected on Friday at a Fifa congress in Zurich. European football governing body Uefa's president Michel Platini had urged Mr Blatter to step down ahead of the vote. Mr Blatter's rival, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, forced a second round of voting on Friday but then withdrew. Mr Blatter won 133 to Prince Ali's 73 in the first round, just short of the 140 votes needed for an outright win.'I forgive everyone'On Wednesday, US prosecutors indicted 14 Fifa officials and associates, with seven arrested in a dawn raid at an upmarket hotel in Zurich. They are accused of bribery, racketeering and money-laundering involving tens of millions of dollars since 1991. Meanwhile, Swiss authorities launched a separate criminal investigation into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments to Russia and Qatar. Spelling out details of the US case earlier this week, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said: "They corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves." Ahead of Mr Blatter's comments on Saturday, US tax official Richard Weber told the New York Times he was "fairly confident that we will have another round of indictments". Michel Platini (right) congratulated Sepp Blatter, despite telling him to resign days earlierBut in an uncompromising interview with Swiss television station RTS on Saturday, Mr Blatter said he suspected the arrests were an attempt to "interfere with the congress" at which he was re-elected. "I am not certain, but it doesn't smell good," he said. He noted that the US had lost out in the bidding for the 2022 World Cup to Qatar while England, another major critic, had lost out to Russia for the right to hold the 2018 World Cup - and that the US was the "number-one sponsor" of the state of Jordan, the homeland of defeated challenger for the Fifa presidency. He also condemned the comments made by Ms Lynch and other US prosecutors, one of whom referred to a "World Cup of fraud". Mr Blatter said: "Of course I am shocked. I would never as Fifa president make comments about another organisation without being certain of what has happened." Mr Blatter was widely supported in Africa and Asia, and his re-election was welcomed by the hosts of the next World Cup, Russia.'European muscle'However, many European football associations have reacted with concern to Mr Blatter's re-election. Uefa had backed Prince Ali, with Mr Platini describing his candidacy as "a movement for change at Fifa". Jump media player Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionAndrew Harding on Mr Blatter's enduring appeal across Africa In an apparent reference to Mr Platini's call for him to resign, Mr Blatter said: "It is a hate that comes not just from a person at Uefa, it comes from the Uefa organisation that cannot understand that in 1998 I became president." Asked whether he would forgive Mr Platini for the calling on him to step down, Mr Blatter said: "I forgive everyone, but I do not forget." European football associations will meet at next week's Champions League final in Berlin to discuss their next move. "We have to see how best we can use the European muscle," Irish FA president John Delaney told RTE News. Europe's seat at the next meeting of Fifa's powerful executive committee is expected to be empty, as newly appointed representative David Gill had said before Friday's vote that he would resign if Mr Blatter was re-elected. England's FA chairman Greg Dyke said that he would consider a boycott of the World Cup if joined by other European nations. "This is not over by any means. To quote the [uS] attorney general this is the beginning of the process not the end," Mr Dyke said. Meanwhile, Jesper Moller of Denmark's FA told reporters: "Blatter is too involved in all the allegations of corruption that have taken up much of his time as president. But we must, of course, respect the democratic vote."
yorkie1999 Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Quite. Take away Europe and South America and there is no World Cup. That's right, Africa and Asia combined have more power in world football than anyone else as far as voting within fifa is concerned. Surely that's not right.
davieG Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 As a football supporter it's time to start boycotting brands that sponsor FIFA, money is the problem and money is the only way we will make a change. visa McDonald's Hyundai Coca Cola Adidas Amongst others and use social media to share the boycott and the reasons why. Let coca cola know you will only drink Pepsi why they support a corrupt organisation, buy other brands of sportswear, cars and fast food. If the sponsors fall away so does the money, then the corrupt personnel. Time to make a stand. I only use one of them and that's visa but i can't see myself changing my bank acct and credit card it's just too much hassle as i only did it last year and it cost me £80 in overdrafts because they failed to cancel one of my standing orders. Quite. Take away Europe and South America and there is no World Cup. Trouble is South America seem to be big supporters of the status quo (not the band).
Guest Bilo Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Take away Europe alone and you have no World Cup. 13 of the 32 sides competing in Brazil last year were European. Imagine the World Cup without these.Belgium Bosnia Croatia England France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Portugal Russia Spain Switzerland UEFA needs to realise the power it has. 80% of players in last year's World Cup either played for one of the above nations or for European clubs, UEFA has the power to destroy the whole corrupt shambles in one summer if it so fancies.
davieG Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Take away Europe alone and you have no World Cup. 13 of the 32 sides competing in Brazil last year were European. Imagine the World Cup without these. Belgium Bosnia Croatia England France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Portugal Russia Spain Switzerland UEFA needs to realise the power it has. 80% of players in last year's World Cup either played for one of the above nations or for European clubs, UEFA has the power to destroy the whole corrupt shambles in one summer if it so fancies. It depends on whether UEFA can convince all those countries to agree to a boycott certainly Russia wouldn't join in. I'm not sure if any vote to boycott has to be unanimous or just a majority either way Russia wouldn't agree.
Guest Bilo Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 It depends on whether UEFA can convince all those countries to agree to a boycott certainly Russia wouldn't join in. I'm not sure if any vote to boycott has to be unanimous or just a majority either way Russia wouldn't agree. I imagine it'd be a majority vote. In fact, it may not even take an official vote but an agreement of several sides to withdraw. Either way, you probably only need 7 or 8 decent sides to withdraw to really make a statement. There may be 32 teams at a World Cup, but take away a handful of the better sides and it's a bit of a non-event.
ScouseFox Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 anyone else just find blatter quite funny? like a really bad troll who doesn't even annoy you anymore you just laugh at him cos he's such a bellend. he's like a real life FIF imo
yorkie1999 Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 It depends on whether UEFA can convince all those countries to agree to a boycott certainly Russia wouldn't join in. I'm not sure if any vote to boycott has to be unanimous or just a majority either way Russia wouldn't agree. They would if uefa threatened to exclude them from uefa competitions.
Tielemans63 Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Eurosport : South Korea results from 2002 World Cup now under scrutiny - http://www.eurosport.com/football/south-korea-results-from-2002-world-cup-now-under-scrutiny_sto4758133/story.shtml Tip of the iceberg I reckon.
davieG Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Eurosport : South Korea results from 2002 World Cup now under scrutiny - http://www.eurosport.com/football/south-korea-results-from-2002-world-cup-now-under-scrutiny_sto4758133/story.shtml Tip of the iceberg I reckon. Ecuadorian referee Byron Moreno, who sent off Francesco Totti during the game, was recently released from a 26-month sentence for drug trafficking in New York. Is there no end to the poison associated with FIFA
sylofox Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 The more I read and hear, the more mad it makes me. The only saving grace is that he is 79 already and hopefully wont be around to see out his 4 year stint. People will be lining up to dance on his grave. He is a poisonous, little runt. With the FBI our SFO and Swiss police crawling all over this I don't see him seeing his time out on the outside. Once they all start digging FIFA will start to look very different.
davieG Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 They would if uefa threatened to exclude them from uefa competitions. A weakened UEFA tournament would somewhat dilute the aim of any boycott and would expose a lack of solidarity.
sylofox Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 A weakened UEFA tournament would somewhat dilute the aim of any boycott and would expose a lack of solidarity. Well Russia will not back down as they have a rigged world cup in 3 years time. Could the WC be taken away if proved in time it was fixed? Then Qatar as well. But that would mean all those migrant workers have died for nothing.
Xen Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Well Russia will not back down as they have a rigged world cup in 3 years time. Could the WC be taken away if proved in time it was fixed? Then Qatar as well. But that would mean all those migrant workers have died for nothing. Better that those workers died for nothing, than hundreds more dying in addition to those that have already paid the ultimate price for the corruption of Fifa deciding to use Qatar to host a competition which is going to be the worst in the history of the sport - perhaps even the worst in any sport
BlueSi13 Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Sadly I don't think anything will change. It's one of the most unbelievable elections in history and yet not a single Association has had the guts to say I don't believe in this farce and walk away. Football as a professional sport is now dead and buried. I have to say I am particularly disappointed with the English/British, German, Dutch, American and Australian FA's...I really expected a lot more in their response.
BlueSi13 Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Better that those workers died for nothing, than hundreds more dying in addition to those that have already paid the ultimate price for the corruption of Fifa deciding to use Qatar to host a competition which is going to be the worst in the history of the sport - perhaps even the worst in any sport It will have to go some to beat the murderous dump that will be Russia 2018 I think it has an awful 1936 Olympics vibe about it.
Xen Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 It will have to go some to beat the murderous dump that will be Russia 2018 I think it has an awful 1936 Olympics vibe about it. Thing is Russia - despite the obvious corruption - has a history of football, has the stadia for it, has (somewhat) succesfully hosted major tournaments before and is capable of holding the world cup at the correct time of year. Qatar, on the other hand, has no history in the sport, hasn't got the stadiums required for it, has never hosted anything on this scale, has 1001 ultra-strict rules which are completely in contrast with the laws in the countries where the majority of the fans will travel from (Western nations), is going to be held at a time of year that disrupts pretty much every major league in the world... I could go on. Russia 2018 wouldn't be a disaster, although I do hope that something seriously changes at FIFA or a boycott happens before then. If Qatar 2022 goes ahead with all the major nations in participation, however, ALL faith will have been lost in the sport.
Jattdogg Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Id be shocked if UEFA pulls out of FIFA/boycotts the world cup especially with russia histing next. I can see England having the balls to pull out (insert joke here) but just got the feeling other nations will use the old "lets be calm or let cool heads prevail blah blah blah" excuse. I hope uefa nations see the light and leave. Once uefa drops out then he sponsors will follow
lestalee Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 I'm sure the FBI and co will find something on Blatter to bring him down !!
brisfox Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 Do you think City fans should make our feelings known? If so, what, when and how?
The Horse's Mouth Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 No idea why everyone is so after Blatter, even if he wasn't elected do you really think the likes of Prince Ali would be any less corrupt? If you do then you're a joke, Blatter's not the problem it's the whole organisation in general.
Danno Posted 30 May 2015 Posted 30 May 2015 I'm just worried about how it's going to affect me going out with my mates
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