54 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30077311 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Glad this is rumbling on and getting more serious. Blatter has to go, Fifa has to come clean and reform. fifa needs to be torn down and started again from scratch It's never going to happen, and not what is needed really. Get your point though. Sorry how isn't what is needed exactly? What benefit is there in keeping FIFA exactly? It's a very rich and established mechanism - if it was lead in the right way and didn't have the corrupt faces at it's top inner circle it could transform almost overnight for a positive thing for the world of football. I'm not saying I'm against tearing it down and starting again - just seems over kill. There's clearly a number corrupt c***s at the top that need removing from football, at any level, for good. Post that, rules need to come in to limit how long people stay at the top of FIFA and introduce transparency on everything it does to make it all fair again. Corruption is ingrained in the organisation now, you'd literally have to get rid of every single Fifa delegate (or whatever they're called) and start again with new rules as you say. So if you're doing that why not just start from scratch and give people a better organisation? Introducing limited 4 year terms our whatever now is simply going to mean they've got less time to make money and will probably be even greedier. They've become so bad football literally needs to see the back of Fifa imo, it needs a fresh start and I hope the Germans have the balls to make it happen cause the c***s in charge if the English fa won't derail the gravy train. Bin Fifa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2476219/index.html Awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights: FIFA lodges criminal complaint Following the statement issued by the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, on the report by the chairman and deputy chairman of the investigatory chamber, Judge Eckert has recommended to the FIFA President – in line with the FIFA Code of Ethics – that a criminal complaint be lodged with the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland in Berne. This criminal complaint has been lodged today. The subject of the criminal complaint is the possible misconduct of individual persons in connection with the awarding of the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups investigated by Michael Garcia, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee. In particular there seem to be grounds for suspicion that, in isolated cases, international transfers of assets with connections to Switzerland took place, which merit examination by the criminal prosecution authorities. The reports compiled by Michael Garcia and Cornel Borbély will be made available to the Office of the Attorney General via Hans-Joachim Eckert. Unlike FIFA’s bodies, the Swiss criminal prosecution authorities have the ability to conduct investigations under application of criminal procedural coercive measures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2476219/index.html Awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights: FIFA lodges criminal complaint Following the statement issued by the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, on the report by the chairman and deputy chairman of the investigatory chamber, Judge Eckert has recommended to the FIFA President – in line with the FIFA Code of Ethics – that a criminal complaint be lodged with the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland in Berne. This criminal complaint has been lodged today. The subject of the criminal complaint is the possible misconduct of individual persons in connection with the awarding of the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups investigated by Michael Garcia, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee. In particular there seem to be grounds for suspicion that, in isolated cases, international transfers of assets with connections to Switzerland took place, which merit examination by the criminal prosecution authorities. The reports compiled by Michael Garcia and Cornel Borbély will be made available to the Office of the Attorney General via Hans-Joachim Eckert. Unlike FIFA’s bodies, the Swiss criminal prosecution authorities have the ability to conduct investigations under application of criminal procedural coercive measures. hmmmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 so the bidding process is worthy of criminal investigation but hey its ok to actually hold it there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 so the bidding process is worthy of criminal investigation but hey its ok to actually hold it there FIFA is a disgrace. Pro Evolution should become the world governing body of football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Keeps getting better and better http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/30/sport/football/football-platini-picasso-world-cup/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised if he is the most bent one of all. Pure loves Qatar and their nepotistic ways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 are the media in any other countries going after this? seems like it's just the english media, which is great in one respect, but in another means we'll forever be getting the short end of the stick and will never see another tournament unless FIFA is disbanded fucking FIFA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 There's some decent coverage in the US, but ya know no one cares so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 There's some decent coverage in the US, but ya know no one cares so seems like all the uncovering of dodginess is coming out of the london broadsheets like, hope they get some real fucking dirt on blatter like (not that it'll ever happen) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Listened to the Men in Blazers podcast a while back when they interviewed a U.S. Senator (Bob Casey) leading inquiries into FIFA corruption. Don't know how far it's gotten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30491135 They are just parodying themselves for the crack now, surely!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30491135 They are just parodying themselves for the crack now, surely!!! :lol: Amazing, yet nowt will happen. Time for some of the national FAs etc to call time on this utterly corrupt organisation and form a breakaway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Incredible that this is happening and that they will no doubt be allowed to get away with it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30491135 They are just parodying themselves for the crack now, surely!!! :lol: Amazing, yet nowt will happen. Time for some of the national FAs etc to call time on this utterly corrupt organisation and form a breakaway. problem is the national FAs are all just as corrupt and in on all this shit as the FIFA executives. The only hope to kill FIFA is the european clubs saying fuck it and breaking off from FIFA to make their own group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 True. Corruption all around by the looks and sounds of it. Was inevitable once big money started being churned in and out of the game. OK the corruption at FIFA was probably there way before, but more like a 'jobs for the boys' and 'backhander' style until the big bucks really started rolling in. Then it probably moved to whole new level. Breakaway has to be the answer..somehow and in some form. Christ knows how mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/17/michael-garcia-resigns-fifa-ethics-committee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Good for him but goes a long way in showing how corrupt this organization is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Rob Harris (@RobHarris) tweeted at 5:55 PM on Fri, Dec 19, 2014: Blatter on FIFA future: "I believe in the Lord. From time to time he tells me I can go directly to the Vatican ... l will bring back FIFA" ( ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hope he dies soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Rob Harris (@RobHarris) tweeted at 5:55 PM on Fri, Dec 19, 2014: Blatter on FIFA future: "I believe in the Lord. From time to time he tells me I can go directly to the Vatican ... l will bring back FIFA" ( ) Fuck. Me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Rob Harris (@RobHarris) tweeted at 5:55 PM on Fri, Dec 19, 2014: Blatter on FIFA future: "I believe in the Lord. From time to time he tells me I can go directly to the Vatican ... l will bring back FIFA" ( ) Jesus fucking wept. The man is a lunatic. Its getting to the point where UEFA should make an annoucement with the backing of all the nations it represents, that European tams will not take part in these world cups. FIFA and all its sponsors would shit themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That would be a bit tricky with a European team hosting the World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 To be honest I think it would only take one big team to withdraw to start an unstopable shitstorm. And I know england haven't won anything in 50 years but they're still a huge team as far as sponsors and fans are concerned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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