VILLAMARV Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I suppose it depends on exactly how much the FBI understand about how widespread the corruption is. If the whistleblowers have told them EVERYTHING it would just be churlish, even for Blatter, to keep riding along on a wave of denial. I just hope we dont have a big show trial for the worlds media and then just end up with a wholly new and just as corrupt FIFA running the game afterwards. Problem is while things like the world cup and Olympics are just used as money making vehicles by the ruling bodies and their core sponsors without even paying for the tournaments costs or any tax made in the host country its a bit of a poisoned chalice. Such a shame when they have control over one of the most unifying forces on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) Something that hasn't quite been picked up yet by the football news outlets.So Russians were doping in the 2012 Olympics and the sports minister was bribing people and covering it up... guess what?He's on the FIFA Executive committee and led the 2018 bidding process. Bribery and corruption fits the mould perfectly. WADA also says Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko issued direct orders to "manipulate particular samples."Mutko, who is also a FIFA executive committee member and leads the 2018 World Cup organising committee, was interviewed by the WADA panel at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich on September 22.While its report largely focuses on doping in Russian athletics, it adds "there is no reason to believe that athletics is the only sport in Russia to have been affected."SkySports Edited November 9, 2015 by pas5898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Not trying to go too far OT, but my favourite detail in this athletics story is that the Russian Athletic Federation gave a 300,000 euro refund on a bribe. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Quelle surprise. This sort of shit is all over sport, anywhere it's possible to make a good amount of money there will be widespread doping and corruption. Who next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) fifa ethics committee recommend a life long ban from football for platini, similar ban expected to be asked for blatter Edited November 24, 2015 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Just what exactly are the FIFA ethics commitee? Are they housed in a separate building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I'm not sure who they are, but I believe they look something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Could be a lifetime ban for Platini... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34910755 Quote Fifa vice-president Michel Platini could be facing a life ban from football, according to his lawyer. The suspended Uefa chief is serving a 90-day suspension on corruption charges alongside outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter, while Fifa's adjudicatory committee considers its verdict. Platini's lawyer Thibaud d'Ales said the ethics investigators' "excessive" recommendations are a "scandal". The adjudicatory committee intends to announce its verdict next month. The Frenchman is facing sanctions over a "disloyal payment" that saw Platini, 60, receive £1.35m from Blatter, 79, in 2011 for consultation work done nine years earlier. The pair, who are serving 90-day provisional bans, have denied any wrongdoing, but admitted there was no written contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hearing this week for Blatter & Platini - 7 year bans for them both now expected according to the Grauniad... fingers crossed! Quote The outgoing Fifa president, Blatter, and the Uefa president, Platini, face charges including corruption, conflict of interest and non-cooperation. Sources with knowledge of the case say it will be difficult to prove corruption, which carries a lifetime ban, but believe there is clear evidence of a conflict of interest in the payment being made. That should carry a ban of at least seven years, but it is likely any suspension for wrongdoing will effectively end their careers in football administration. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/14/sepp-blatter-michel-platini-fifa-hearings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 confirmed this morning, 8 years ban for each of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Good news, FIFA still needs a long hard look at itself, I'm still of the opinion that when his 8 year ban is over, or if it's lifted by the appeal, platini will try and run for it again and probably do quite well in the voting I don't this necessarily fixes anything, it's expose them I think the current model of money > football > fans is here to stay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 This really needs to be the trigger for massive organisational change or as said previously, its purely cosmetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Is there going to be a police enquiry to follow? They need to be banged up for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 not surprised about Platini at all, the man was drunk with power 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 blatter still sounds hard done by by the english media who are bitter they didnt win the WC unbelievable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Always knew Platini was a word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: blatter still sounds hard done by by the english media who are bitter they didnt win the WC unbelievable bitter about the world cup? This man admitted he and his fellow crookes decided where the next two world cups would be held years before the bidding process started, letting so many other nations spend tens of millions on bids that were never going to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Can't find it on sky's website, there's a good interview on there though showing how deluded he is, the one on SSN which starts with something like there's a stink on the World Cup and the reporter has enough about him to jump on it and say do you think that's acceptable, he drops in a comment about the English media, also a comment about this happening because the U.S. Didn't get the World Cup He refuses to see what he's done to football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts