Thought this deserved it's own thread.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/sport...0&referrer=

Maybe Blatter won't win the election coming up in 2 days after all. One can hope.

 

And maybe, just maybe, this will lead to Qatar losing the 2022 WC? Please let that happen.

Edited May 27, 201510 yr by chw42

Maybe Blatter won't win the election coming up in 2 days after all. One can hope.

 

And maybe, just maybe, this will lead to Qatar losing the 2022 WC? Please let that happen.

I'd say you have a better chance of them postponing the election than him not winning.

Talk about a hammer coming down. Hope a lot of heads roll.

Posted in the soccer thread before I saw this one.

 

This was one of the top stories on the local news this morning, here in a city where nobody really cares at all about soccer.

 

I wonder what kind of odds bookmakers would give on the 2022 WC getting moved to the US. It seems pretty likely now.

I found it pretty hilarious that they are getting extradited as well.

 

Everyone knows FIFA has been corrupt for so, so long, and really, change is only going to happen when Sepp Blatter goes, and unfortunately, even with this news, I don't think he'll lose on Friday.

 

FWIW, on 2022, if they did re-schedule Qatar, I think Australia would still have a very good chance (we had 95K see Liverpool last year and recently hosted the Asia Cup), but I don't think our country wants to go through that whole bidding process again either.

I agree that if 2022 gets yanked from Qatar, Australia or even China have a good shot if they want it. 2026 is going to be held by CONCACAF most likely.

 

I heard someone on a soccer show this morning say that he believes this will be like a mafia investigation, where these middle men will roll on their bosses. We'll see, but man I'd love to see Sepp and his cronies get theirs.

I agree that if 2022 gets yanked from Qatar, Australia or even China have a good shot if they want it. 2026 is going to be held by CONCACAF most likely.

 

I heard someone on a soccer show this morning say that he believes this will be like a mafia investigation, where these middle men will roll on their bosses. We'll see, but man I'd love to see Sepp and his cronies get theirs.

That's already happening. Apparently Jack Warner's sons were some of the government's key witnesses.

I agree that if 2022 gets yanked from Qatar, Australia or even China have a good shot if they want it. 2026 is going to be held by CONCACAF most likely.

 

I heard someone on a soccer show this morning say that he believes this will be like a mafia investigation, where these middle men will roll on their bosses. We'll see, but man I'd love to see Sepp and his cronies get theirs.

 

Whether it be in 2022 or 2026, guaranteeing the US a WC is probably going to be a necessary step in any deal any of these officials cut. The US has FIFA by the balls right now.

Whether it be in 2022 or 2026, guaranteeing the US a WC is probably going to be a necessary step in any deal any of these officials cut. The US has FIFA by the balls right now.

 

That sounds just as corrupt as what we are accusing fifa of

If there is a more corrupt organization than the IOC, FIFA would be it.

Whether it be in 2022 or 2026, guaranteeing the US a WC is probably going to be a necessary step in any deal any of these officials cut. The US has FIFA by the balls right now.

 

Not even necessary. If nothing changes with the 2018/2022 WCs, the 2026 WC can not be in Europe or Asia (including Australia since they are part of the AFC now). That leaves North America, Oceania, South America and Africa. It won't be in Oceania for obvious reasons and Africa is a long shot. South America wants the 2030 WC to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first one. That leaves CONCACAF. Mexico and Canada both want it, but realistically, I can't see it being anything other than the US or some sort of US bid with one location in Canada and/or Mexico in addition.

Planet Fútbol ‏@si_soccer 7m7 minutes ago

 

Attorney General Loretta Lynch says $110 million in bribes were related solely to Copa America Centenario: http://on.si.com/1AxS2Dz

Apparently FIFA came out this morning and said neither the Qatar or Russia games will be moved.

 

 

Apparently FIFA came out this morning and said neither the Qatar or Russia games will be moved.

 

That is what I have been reading too. If thousands of death and human rights violations don't force a move, why would money changing hands change anything?

FIFA is as corrupt as it gets. My brother actually lives in Zurich and one visit several years ago we drove by the FIFA headquarters and he was going on and on about the corruption.

CNN Breaking News ‏@cnnbrk 17m17 minutes ago

IRS official: Charles Blazer, former member of #FIFA Executive Committee, amassed $11 million in unreported income. http://cnn.it/1J0pMwq

RT BREAKING: Swiss Police confirm that, when arrested, all seven FIFA officials threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured.

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) May 27, 2015

FIFA will never change. The only fix is for UEFA and CONMEBOL to agree to withdraw from FIFA and start a new governing body from scratch.

RT BREAKING: Swiss Police confirm that, when arrested, all seven FIFA officials threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured.

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) May 27, 2015

 

lmao. So they can be blamed for flopping in the sport too?

America cleaning up the world. The whole thing sounds a little crazy. But we'll see if the US justice system can legitimately claim jurisdiction. I see that as the biggest battle to a successful prosecution.

They really must have pissed off the wrong people about that whole world cup bid. The real question is how quickly will the major US sponsors turn on FIFA. I have to imagine that there are some in the US who are trying to humiliate Russia in 2018.

America cleaning up the world. The whole thing sounds a little crazy. But we'll see if the US justice system can legitimately claim jurisdiction. I see that as the biggest battle to a successful prosecution.

If the transactions were done on American soil, using American banks, then they absolutely have jurisdiction.

America cleaning up the world. The whole thing sounds a little crazy. But we'll see if the US justice system can legitimately claim jurisdiction. I see that as the biggest battle to a successful prosecution.

The main informant they have, Chuck Blazer, is American. He was heavily involved. They have jurisdiction.

The main informant they have, Chuck Blazer, is American. He was heavily involved. They have jurisdiction.

 

With the guilty pleas they've already accepted, the US has these guys dead to rights. Their only chance is to successfully fight extradition, though that seems unlikely.

 

Some, if not all of these guys will quickly cut deals that will gain the US a bunch more info on a bunch more people, and I imagine the higher targets are Blatter and the Qataris who paid the bribes.