America now FIFA's savior

[Bacon King]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-arrested-on-corruption-charges-blatter-isnt-among-them.html?_r=0

Multiple FIFA bigwigs arrested and extradited from Switzerland to face federal corruption charges in the US. Bribery related to marketing deals and World Cup host selection.

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Blatter 0

[Bacon King]

Four people have already plead guilty. It's a RICO case too so there's probably going to be more indictments. Obama demands the head of Sepp Blatter

[bore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLWNXFH2rg

[publicunofficial]

The nice thing about Americans not caring about soccer is that FIFA doesn't have a ton of influence unlike the massive power they have over European heads of state.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

So when the US doesn't win it simply arrests foreigners on RICO charges?

[Bacon King]

So when the US doesn't win it simply arrests foreigners on RICO charges?

In 2010, the United States made a bid to host the 2022 World Cup, with Bill Clinton as its honorary chairman. When Bill received word that the US lost out to Qatar's bribery, he was reportedly so enraged that he literally vandalized his hotel room. Some say that his wrath didn't end that day - and only now is Bill's Revenge at hand. I guess the Swiss never heard: you don't cross a Clinton.


Seriously though it says so much about FIFA's institutionalized corruption that the prosecution is literally charging them like they're the mob

[publicunofficial]

UEFA has called for a postponement of FIFA elections in the wake of the arrests, and may boycott the congress.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Good...hopefully the IOC is next.

[Bacon King]

https://twitter.com/SkySportsNewsHQ/status/603618050248704001

Sky Sources: Swiss nationals working for Fifa including Sepp Blatter told by investigators they can't leave Switzerland until further notice

[RodPresident]

Former President of CBF (Brazilian Confederation of Football), José Maria Marin, served as governor of São Paulo between 1982-83. He was lieutenant to Paulo Maluf (PP-SP), who is also wanted by American justice.

[BaconBacon96]

Excellent news.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

There goes America...policing the world again. What right do we have to be doing this exactly?

Very sad to see the Swiss getting caught up in all this.

[Middle-aged Europe]

There goes America...policing the world again. What right do we have to be doing this exactly?

Very sad to see the Swiss getting caught up in all this.

LOL

[Hatman 🍁]

Hopefully this doesn't affect next month's Women's World Cup. I just got tickets to the Germany/Norway game.

[Bacon King]

There goes America...policing the world again. What right do we have to be doing this exactly?

Very sad to see the Swiss getting caught up in all this.

Can't tell if serious

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

There goes America...policing the world again. What right do we have to be doing this exactly?

Very sad to see the Swiss getting caught up in all this.

Can't tell if serious

Neither can I! Haha. I just write viewpoints without considering my own half the time.

(I do likely believe that a majority of these officials should definitely have been charged with crimes, and that's a rarity for me.)

[SATW]

Good...hopefully the IOC is next.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I just write viewpoints without considering my own half the time.

That's one of the weirdest things I've heard recently.

[morgieb]

Good work. Now give us a World Cup damnit.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I just write viewpoints without considering my own half the time.

That's one of the weirdest things I've heard recently.

What I mean is that most of my posts are not meant to be serious. However, if some overlap with my own views and wind up being a form of self-parody, so be it. This isn't truly one of those cases though.

[Bacon King]

Good work. Now give us a World Cup damnit.

If both 2018 and 2022 get re-votes, USA is probably the only country with the infrastructure available to organize an entire world cup in less than three years. Hell, the state of Texas alone has enough stadiums to do it

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'd be surprised if Russia gets its hosting revoked, but Qatar, considering the slave labor conditions in building the infrastructure, and the fact there are reports that over a thousand migrant workers have died already, seems likely. And that would give seven years.

[Gustaf]

I just write viewpoints without considering my own half the time.

That's one of the weirdest things I've heard recently.

I can relate to it. I like to toy around with viewpoints and see what the arguments are.

[Middle-aged Europe]

I'd be surprised if Russia gets its hosting revoked, but Qatar, considering the slave labor conditions in building the infrastructure, and the fact there are reports that over a thousand migrant workers have died already, seems likely. And that would give seven years.

This raises in interesting point:

If Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president and Michel Platini gets enough support for his proposed withdrawal of UEFA (of which Russia is a member) from FIFA, can the world cup still take place in Russia and can Russia still participate in the world cup?

Of course, the easiest solution for Russia would simply to switch membership from UEFA to the pro-Blatter Asian Football Confederation I guess.

[Adam Griffin]

Glorious news!