FIFA, that company that makes Soccer games is in trouble

[Emageht Tsoluoy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/sp...mong-them.html

Finally, some justice.

Investigators reached a turning point in their probe in 2011 when an American member of the FIFA Executive Committee, Charles “Chuck” Blazer, began cooperating with them, one of the people said. Mr. Blazer, a Queens, N.Y., native, began providing FBI agents with information about alleged fraud and money laundering within FIFA’s ranks, according to [a person familiar with the matter].

Mr. Blazer, who from 1990 to 2011 was the general secretary of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, or Concacaf, agreed to record conversations with other FIFA executives after authorities threatened to bring tax evasion charges against him, the person said.

until they all get sent home after being fined for 1 dollar.

[Skroe]

Drone Sepp Blatter.

[SodiumChloride]

FIFA is as corrupted as fuck,

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Saying FIFA is filled with corruption is like saying tons of money laundry is going on in Vegas. Everyone knows it except the actual police.

[Slicer299]

Saying FIFA is filled with corruption is like saying tons of money laundry is going on in Vegas. Everyone knows it except the actual police.

Big corporations ran the mob out of Vegas decades ago.

[Meestercat]

How FIFA could manage to replace someone dodgy (Joao Havelange) with someone even dodgier (Sepp Blatter) and get away with it for so long beggars belief. Hopefully this is the start of the house of cards tumbling. Although that will probably mean that UEFA will have waaaaaay more power after this...

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How FIFA could manage to replace someone dodgy (Joao Havelange) with someone even dodgier (Sepp Blatter) and get away with it for so long beggars belief.

High connections, bribery, the works.

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How FIFA could manage to replace someone dodgy (Joao Havelange) with someone even dodgier (Sepp Blatter) and get away with it for so long beggars belief. Hopefully this is the start of the house of cards tumbling. Although that will probably mean that UEFA will have waaaaaay more power after this...

And how? FIFA still hosts world championships and always will be.

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FIFA is as corrupted as fuck,

Everyone knows it... shame the police dont put in some effort to make things stick.

We all know the World Cup at Qatar will be a disaster... if FIFA hasnt been broken by that time they definitley will when that World Cup comes round!

[Slant]

Hmmm... isn't the FIFA supported by all national organisations like the FA, DFB and such? The beauty about football is that the fans have so much influence on things... if only they could get organised and pressure their national organisations to force some correctional cleansing in the FIFA body. Despite all the fun rivalry we have, we share the same passion for football all over the world. Why should we tolerate them having the world cup in countries that don't even appear on the football map, have conditions not fit for playing a game on a high physical level and have not a snowball's chance in a desert of ever seeing this competition without actually being the host (and thus getting a wildcard)?

The world cup, ffs. It's not just some damn third rate trophy you can PR tour around the world to gain more money. It has more meaning than any other trophy in the world. Fuck the Stanley cup, before you say it... :P

[Meestercat]

And how? FIFA still hosts world championships and always will be.

UEFA can just break away from FIFA and form their own competitions; they have the biggest, richest clubs.

[Slant]

UEFA can just break away from FIFA and form their own competitions; they have the biggest, richest clubs.

But the South Americans have the best tricks...

Of course, we could just play it out between those two continents. It would probably raise the bar of the competition anyway to exclude NA, Asia and Africa.

[Kalis]

The world cup, ffs. It's not just some damn third rate trophy you can PR tour around the world to gain more money. It has more meaning than any other trophy in the world. Fuck the Stanley cup, before you say it... :P

I disagree, I don't think it's been an important competition for 44 years, 10 months and 24 days.

Which by a completely random quirk of fate coincides with when England stopped being the holders.


OT: FIFA are like a Hydra, you arrest one (or nine) corrupt bastards and they are replaced by equally corrupt bastards.

[Slant]

I disagree, I don't think it's been an important competition for 44 years, 10 months and 24 days.

Which by a completely random quirk of fate coincides with when England stopped being the holders.

Coincidence, huh? Yeah, let's call it that...

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It's football and they don't "make soccer games", they organize events.

[zealo]

Claiming Fifa is corrupt is like claiming that water is wet, there's no denying it. Would be wonderful if something happens.

[Wildtree]

I disagree, I don't think it's been an important competition for 44 years, 10 months and 24 days.

And that fucking ball was not in!



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Claiming Fifa is corrupt is like claiming that water is wet, there's no denying it. Would be wonderful if something happens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhAta_OWGZk

It just needs to be cleaned out. Properly.. And that WC taken from Qatar.
And it's more than heinous to host the cup there given the human rights violations and how Qatar is suspected to be one of the countries where ISIS gets it's financial support from.
There are an array of nations that have WC ready stadiums and can host the tournament on a rather short notice.

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It's football and they don't "make soccer games", they organize events.

Nor is it a company

[Independent voter]

Probably not going to hire many more Americans.

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And that fucking ball was not in!

Fecking clearly over the line!! I remember the interview with Ray Charles at the time. Even he was convinced it was a goal.

[Xcal]

People getting all tore up over children games, did you hear about the scandal among the Badminton games?