Thread: How to fix FIFA

Everyone who's convinced FIFA is a stitch - up... should pledge not to buy any product which sponsors the World Cup for the duration of the tournament.

There will always only be one way that rich people will ever take notice of poor people.
That's when the poor people make the rich people, poor!

Agree with your sentiments and I take the pledge!

Forgive me for mentioning it, Dukane. But there's a certain resemblance - you're not related to the Blatter blighter are you?

NEIN! oops i mean certainly not, english through and through! Honest!

Well since we dont have original products here, I don't think it will be a problem for me. I SHALL TAKE THIS PLEDGE!

What's the issue with FIFA at the moment? I'm curious. Football doesn't get a lot of routine coverage other than the major events. The dirty stuff doesn't hit the front page.

There's no real short answer to your question Capulet so here goes with the main points, I shall presume that you know that FIFA is the world governing body of football, but did you know that it is a registered charity in Switzerland? That it requires a tax exemption in countries wishing to host a World Cup competition which relieves FIFA, it's subsidiaries and foreign football associations of any obligation to pay income tax, customs duty or VAT. Not bad when you see that the last world cup in South Africa cost that country nearly $5bn to stage.

The re-election of the incumbent president Sepp Blatter who has been in the post for ever and who is now closer to eighty and many believe is way out of touch with the ordinary supporter.
He has in the past remained in his post unchallenged as he has created a vast wealth for FIFA, something close to around $4mil[US] a year. Blatter has dithered about bringing in goal line technology, which is in most major global sports in one form or another, he was put under serious pressure at the last world cup when England scored against Germany and the goal was embarrassing missed by both ref and linesman and the clamor for goal-line technology of some sort was in the spotlight once again.
Blatter for the first time in living memory was challenged by Mohammed Bin Hamman for the presidential post which many hoped would bring football into the modern day.

This then leads onto the bidding for the the 2018 & 2022 world cups of which England had made a pitch for the 2022.
FIFA members vote on who should be awarded the world cup on a round by round basis with the country receiving the lowest votes dropping out in each round until one eventual winner is decided. England were booted out in the first round which was slightly embarrassing for the English FA despite being assured by various FIFA members that they would be voting for them. What became even more galling was the final outcome which was Russia for 2018 & Qatar for 2022, so the usual recriminations began in the English press of who was to blame and how much money had been wasted on the bid etc etc.

The English bid contained the great and the good, lead by Lord Triesman, Prince William, [now the Duke of Cambridge], David Beckham along with many others who at least gave the appearance of having a strong successful bid. Because of the abject failure of the English bid Triesman was hauled before parliament to explain the failure and he opened a right can of worms when he announced that the voting had been rigged and that Qatar had bought the world cup on back handers to various FIFA members, all of who initially denied any wrong doing and just blamed the English FA of sour grapes.

Russia was a strange choice because most of their pitches were artificial due to their excessive winters, though I believe that this is changing as they now play in the Champions League where grass pitches are the rule. Also I don't think that Russia has any indoor stadiums though that may change now they have been awarded the 2018 World Cup.

Qatar on the other hand just beggars belief as it has neither the climate, 40 degree daily temperatures, or the infrastructure to accommodate football at any level and so people began to small a rat!

So Triesman produces documentary evidence in the form of emails showing what various FIFA members wanted in return for their vote:

Jack Warner, a FIFA vice president from Trinidad and Tobago wanted £2.5m to build a new education center for his countries football association, Triesman rejected this. He then went on to ask for half-a-million pounds to buy the TV rights for the 2010 World Cup for Haiti after the country was devastated by that earthquake. Warner has denied these allegations.
Nicholas Leoz, a FIFA member from Paraguay wanted a knighthood!
Another South American, sorry can't remember who, was reported as wanting the FA Cup to be named after him!!
Issa Hayatou of Cameroon and Jacques Anouma of the Ivory Coast were then found to have been paid $1.5m for supporting Qatar's bid.
FIFA themselves had already removed another two officials from it's own executive committee, Reynald Temarri & Amos Adamu for 'corruption' during the bid process, they both received bans from FIFA's ethics committee.
Bin Hamman was then forced to drop out of the presidential race when it came to light that he was acting as the go-between for the Qatar bid.

To quote the BBC, 'Eight members of FIFA's executive committee at the time of voting for the 2018 & 2022 World Cups have been accused or found guilty of corruption or breaking FIFA's ethics code'.

Blatter has been re-instated as president, unchallenged, with one of his pledges to tackle corruption and match fixing! He went on to say that FIFA would have a zero tolerance on this matter, so what has he done?
Quote:
"The existing judicial bodies will continue to exercise their corrective function and by doing so will maintain the integrity of FIFA while further improving its reputation at all levels."

That's right nothing! Again to quote the BBC, "FIFA isn't broke so why fix it?"

So their you have it in a nutshell so to speak, a grubby organization run by grubby people who have been caught!

The pledge stems from Coca-Cola's heavy involvement with FIFA as their major partner, they have paid millions to FIFA and it would be nice if they expressed some concern over what has happened, as some other as yet unnamed sponsors have been reported to be considering.

Originally Posted by Custard

Well since we dont have original products here, I don't think it will be a problem for me. I SHALL TAKE THIS PLEDGE!

I can't remember whether I saw any Coca-Cola products when I was in Pakistan. I'd check the small printed names on the backside of your 'non-brand' bottled water & other drinks.

Hey DuKane, good rant.

Here's a tip from a ranter from Rantsville. Do it in a Goiman accent ant pipple vill pay attention or take ze consecvences!

FIFA should be renamed Fifi and then it really would be Blatter's poodle.

In soccer (futbol) there are three scores, 0-0, 1-0, and in a real snoozefest 1-1.

One guy per team should be allowed to pick up the ball and run anywhere he wants (except near the goal). The teams should be allowed to tackle him any way they see fit. That might make the game more interesting. To make it more interesting, the runner should be dressed up in drag. His position should be called the "sissy".

"The sissy is running with the ball and..ooh, that's a vicious clothesline tackle."
"You know Stu, he should've opted for the granny panties instead of the thong underwear."

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Ban side-footing

Originally Posted by DuKane

There's no real short answer to your question Capulet so here goes with the main points, I shall presume that you know that FIFA is the world governing body of football, but did you know that it is a registered charity in Switzerland?

That's quite the seedy little tale! I'm going to have to read up on this and follow what happens. Sounds like a crummy deal for anyone not on the take, much like a lot of rumours that come out of the Olympic process. This should be interesting!

Originally Posted by Capulet

That's quite the seedy little tale! I'm going to have to read up on this and follow what happens. Sounds like a crummy deal for anyone not on the take, much like a lot of rumours that come out of the Olympic process. This should be interesting!

Better allot some major time if your going to read up on this, there's an awful lot of stories out there. One of the funniest comes from Aus, where they spent over $40mil, aus dollars I suppose, and ended up just like the English with one vote!!
Apparently there asking / suing, not sure of which, Blatters poodle for their money back!
Good Aus article, 'We hate FIFA corruption because we’re sore losers' Here

Originally Posted by qwertyman

Hey DuKane, good rant.

Here's a tip from a ranter from Rantsville. Do it in a Goiman accent ant pipple vill pay attention or take ze consecvences!

FIFA should be renamed Fifi and then it really would be Blatter's poodle.

Ah Herr qwerty, still qvestion my Engleesh linage eh?
I vill has mein day, I challenge you to duel at dawn mit Ballons und Blunderbuss, und yar, ve vill vear das pointy helmet!
Failure to show will mean I shall resort to the good old English method of coming to your house, shaking you warmly by the hand and making you feel a cad!