Guest Mee-9 Posted 28 October 2015 Posted 28 October 2015 Aren't they all dodgy/corrupt? Shouldn't it be someone like Ross from Enderby who knows his grassroots footy, and reckons Schlupp is the next Pele?
Jordan Posted 28 October 2015 Posted 28 October 2015 David Nakhid's bid was rejected because FIFA ruled he didn't have 5 federations backing him after one of the 5 also supported another candidate, thus voiding their support for him. So, this campaign is already off to a fantastic start.
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 28 October 2015 Posted 28 October 2015 Sepp Blatter: Russia 2018 World Cup 'agreed before vote' Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has suggested there was an agreement in place for Russia to host the 2018 World Cup - before the vote took place. The 79-year-old told Russian news agency Tass of a "discussion" in 2010 about future World Cups. He added a late swing in voting that gave Qatar the 2022 World Cup undid a similar agreement to hand it to the US. The Swiss is serving a 90-day ban alongside Uefa chief Michel Platini. Both men deny any wrongdoing. Asked whether it was a mistake to hold voting for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments simultaneously, Blatter replied that before the ballot: "It was agreed that we go to Russia because it's never been in Russia, eastern Europe, and for 2022 we go back to America." The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments is the subject of an ongoing Swiss criminal investigation. It was begun alongside a US inquiry following the arrest and indictment of several top executives by the US Department of Justice on corruption charges. In a wide-ranging interview, Blatter, who will be replaced as head of world football's governing body at an election on 26 February, also said: Russia will "never" lose the 2018 World Cup England are "bad losers" over perceived media criticism of the 2018 and 2022 Word Cup bidding process Most national football associations "don't like" Uefa-backed Fifa presidential candidate Gianni Infantino His own current suspension is a "total nonsense" and the Fifa ethics committee has failed him English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke says the governing body will investigate Blatter's revelation that there was a pre-vote agreement to hand the 2018 World Cup to Russia. The FA spent £21m, including £2.5m of public money from local authorities, on England's failed bid to host the 2018 tournament. Dyke, giving evidence to the UK Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said it would be "very nice" to get that money back.'An anti-Fifa virus'Blatter said it was "his dream" for his ban to end in time to conduct the February congress when the election to replace him with one of seven candidates will take place. He also admitted he should have stood down after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil but stayed because of concerns that Uefa, European football's governing body, would become too dominant within Fifa. "The other confederations were afraid that Uefa would take over everything because they have the money and the players," said Blatter. "Uefa has an anti-Fifa virus." More on Fifa's corruption crisisProfile: Who is Sepp Blatter? Who could replace Blatter? Blatter-Platini payment a 'conflict of interest' Fifa candidate Sheikh Salman: Torture claims are 'nasty lies' Fifa corruption crisis: Key questions answered Blatter, Valcke, Platini suspended Platini disputeUefa president Platini was the target for most of Blatter's criticism, with the Frenchman accused of being motivated by "envy and jealousy". The two are currently suspended while Fifa investigates a £1.35m payment made to Platini in 2011, which the pair say was for work he did as Blatter's adviser. "At the beginning it was only a personal attack - it was Platini against me," said Blatter. "He started it, but then it became politics and when it is in politics, it is not any longer Platini against me. "It is then those who have lost the World Cup - England against Russia. They lost the World Cup and the USA lost the World Cup against Qatar. He added: "Platini wanted to be Fifa president but he did not have the courage to go as the president and now we are in such a situation in football." A spokesman for Fifa's ethics committee investigatory chamber told BBC Sport it was "reading with interest" Blatter's comments but declined to comment further. Meanwhile, the former head of Brazilian football, Jose Maria Marin, 83,has agreed to be extradited from Switzerland to the US to face corruption charges, Swiss authorities say. He was among seven Fifa officials arrested at a Zurich hotel in May after they were indicted by the US on corruption charges. got to the point where I am no longer shocked or surprised and just generally 'meh' about any news concerning Fifa, at least the world is aware now of what the English have known for years
Guest Posted 29 October 2015 Posted 29 October 2015 For all of us who said "anyone but blatter", here's our comeuppance in spades.
Jattdogg Posted 29 October 2015 Posted 29 October 2015 Absolute joke. Its as if he is just having a laugh at everyone to say "ya im the boss that does what i like and you cant do shite about it ya kuntz".
Jattdogg Posted 29 October 2015 Posted 29 October 2015 Disband fifa please. Need a new org with all new leaders and rules etc.
davieG Posted 3 November 2015 Posted 3 November 2015 Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association (DFB) over allegations of tax evasion linked to the 2006 Fifa World Cup, prosecutors say. The homes of DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach, his predecessor Theo Zwanziger, and former Secretary General Horst Schmid, were also searched. It follows reports that a secret €6.7m (£4.9m) fund was set up to secure votes for Germany to host the 2006 World Cup. The DFB denied the claims last month. It said on Tuesday that documents were seized during the raid and that it was fully co-operating with the investigation. 'Slush fund'About 50 officers and tax inspectors swooped in on the DFB headquarters and the homes of the three senior officials. In a statement, the prosecutor's office said it had opened a probe into claims of serious tax evasion linked to the awarding of the World Cup to Germany in 2006. It said it was investigating the alleged transfer of €6.7m from "the organising committee for the DFB to the Fifa football association". Mr Niersbach has denied the allegations, claiming instead that the sum was used to secure larger Fifa funding. He said the deal was agreed at a private meeting between suspended Fifa President Sepp Blatter and Franz Beckenbauer, the president of the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup. But, speaking to Der Spiegel news weekly, Mr Zwanziger accused his successor of lying, saying it was "clear that a slush fund existed". Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe current DFB President, Wolfgang Niersbach, has denied that a slush fund to secure votes was establishedMr Beckenbauer said last week he had made a "mistake" in the bidding process in 2000 to host the 2006 World Cup, but denied that votes were bought. A former World Cup-winning captain and ex-Germany coach, Mr Beckenbauer instead supported Mr Niersbach's claim that a payment was used to unlock Fifa subsidies. "In order to receive a financial subsidy from Fifa, it was agreed to accept a recommendation from Fifa's finance committee, which from today's perspective, should have been rejected," he said. Fifa investigations Fifa President Sepp Blatter suspended along with Secretary General Jerome Valcke and Vice-President Michel Platini amid an inquiry by Fifa's ethics committee into corruption allegations Swiss prosecutors are investigating Mr Blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement The US has indicted 14 current and former Fifa officials and associates on charges of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption The UK's Serious Fraud Office is investigating money laundering claimsagainst Fifa German tax authorities are probing the DFB over allegations of a secret payment to secure votes to host the 2006 Fifa World Cup In December 2014, Fifa chose not to release its own investigation into the bidding process that awarded the World Cup to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022
Jon the Hat Posted 4 November 2015 Posted 4 November 2015 FIFA needs a reboot as the administrative body it is supposed to be. Wouldn't be that hard honestly. You have a council of members, and a exec of the heads of the regional associations, with the first electing a leader from the second on a 4 year cycle aligned with world cups. Then you appoint some really good people to actually run the processes. Done.
MC Prussian Posted 11 November 2015 Posted 11 November 2015 The Sepp is in hospital following a "small breakdown": http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34787547
Jattdogg Posted 11 November 2015 Posted 11 November 2015 The Sepp is in hospital following a "small breakdown": http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34787547 Hope the guys ok but convenient timing.
kingcarr21 Posted 12 November 2015 Posted 12 November 2015 The five candidates to replace Sepp Blatter as Fifa president have been confirmed. They are: Prince Ali bin al-Hussein Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa Jerome Champagne Gianni Infantino Tokyo Sexwale Sexwale
Jon the Hat Posted 12 November 2015 Posted 12 November 2015 Platini could be added to list if his suspension ends in time apparently.
Wymsey Posted 12 November 2015 Posted 12 November 2015 Imagine if Blatter was found to be not guilty of anything, after all this backlash towards him. Shocked wouldn't even be the word for the reaction.
joedawg Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 For a school project I'm writing a 5000 word essay on corruption in sport, in particular football and horse racing. To back up my argument, I was wondering if your views on football have changed since the whole FIFA corruption thing came to light? Do you watch it the same amount, has it stopped you from watching it? Will you not watch the world cups coming up? Thanks in advance
kingcarr21 Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Would you like me to write a 5000 word post so you can copy and paste it
Guest Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Would you like me to write a 5000 word post so you can copy and paste it Don't worry Thracian will be along in a minute
kingcarr21 Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Don't worry Thracian will be along in a minute Come on Thracian pipe up
KFS Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 It hasn't stopped me watching football. My level of intake is the same because I've got an intrinsic importance attached to the game. It's made me more wary, however. So I'm more into the politics of the game, but what's happening at club level hasn't changed for me.
Captain... Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Depends what you mean by corruption, dodgy dealings and FIFA officials/agents/managers/players taking a bit of extra money to make a sure a deal happens is obviously wrong, but it doesn't really impact what is going on on the pitch. Anything that would affect the outcome of a game and stop it being a fair contest of 11 men vs 11 men, invariably ruined by the ref, would turn me away from football, but the ludicrous goings on at FIFA neither surprise me nor dampen my love of the game.
Fox92 Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 I'll never stop watching football. It's just a shame the people that run that game are corrupt.
DB11 Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 No - it is all political. As mentioned above, if it started affecting the outcome of the game then I'd move away from it
Kitchandro Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 I'm not sure why people even now are still pretending that matches haven't been fixed, of course they have. Just watch Brazil's early games in the last world cup for Christ's sake. Anyone paying attention knew FIFA were extremely corrupt before all these so-called revelations, so it hasn't changed a thing for me.
Captain... Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 I'm not sure why people even now are still pretending that matches haven't been fixed, of course they have. Just watch Brazil's early games in the last world cup for Christ's sake. Anyone paying attention knew FIFA were extremely corrupt before all these so-called revelations, so it hasn't changed a thing for me. You are going to have to be a bit more specific, that was a long time ago and I can't recall any match fixing.
fuchsntf Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Depends what you mean by corruption, dodgy dealings and FIFA officials/agents/managers/players taking a bit of extra money to make a sure a deal happens is obviously wrong, but it doesn't really impact what is going on on the pitch. Anything that would affect the outcome of a game and stop it being a fair contest of 11 men vs 11 men, invariably ruined by the ref, would turn me away from football, but the ludicrous goings on at FIFA neither surprise me nor dampen my love of the game. probably sums it up for most fans...
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