The Natural Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Guys. It's happening. FIFA officials arrested on corruption changes, face extradition to US 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 In funny timing, BBC 5 Live announced yesterday that there will be a programme called "There's Only One Sepp Blatter" tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The thought we will 99.99% send a team over to the World Cup awarded to a country via bribery that built their stadiums using modern day slave labor is so vomit inducing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The thought we will 99.99% send a team over to the World Cup awarded to a country via bribery that built their stadiums using modern day slave labor is so vomit inducing. Yep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I saw the John Oliver FIFA report a few weeks back, FIFA is one of the most insanely corrupt organisations on earth. Sepp Blatter might as well be a Bond Villain at this point. Hank Scorpio for next FIFA presidente! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The thought we will 99.99% send a team over to the World Cup awarded to a country via bribery that built their stadiums using modern day slave labor is so vomit inducing. Ermm ............... didn't they just announce that $110million of bribes were issued for the US getting the 2016 Copa America ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The thought we will 99.99% send a team over to the World Cup awarded to a country via bribery that built their stadiums using modern day slave labor is so vomit inducing. Well on the one hand it's 99.99% sure we've already sent a team to a World Cup awarded to a country via bribery, and while South Africa and Brazil aren't Qatar, I'm gonna doubt they were exactly paying all their workers union wages either. That said, it's a bit more blatant now. I wonder if the various FAs could be persuaded to boycott 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The thought we will 99.99% send a team over to the World Cup awarded to a country via bribery that built their stadiums using modern day slave labor is so vomit inducing. Well on the one hand it's 99.99% sure we've already sent a team to a World Cup awarded to a country via bribery, and while South Africa and Brazil aren't Qatar, I'm gonna doubt they were exactly paying all their workers union wages either. That said, it's a bit more blatant now. I wonder if the various FAs could be persuaded to boycott 2022. Over a few thousand dead Africans? There are Visa executives that are planning 3rd and 4th private jet purchases based on this! Do you know how much harder it is to coordinate your mistresses' vacations around your family's with only two private jets? Have some fucking decency, man. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 http://youtu.be/ZE2vfsuj0sU So this happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 And it's glorious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hopefully this leads up to the arrest of the big mountain goat himself. If you are talking about Chuck Blazer, apparently he snitched on everyone else and isn't facing charges. He also rented a $6,000 apartment for his cats at the Trump Towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Chuck Blazer is gravely ill (colon cancer) edit: Regarding the post above, he already pled guilty to charges and turned state's evidence, wearing a wiretap at the London Olympics Things are hotting up, guess we won't see Sepp and crew in Canada for the WWC... From the Telegraph's live feed MORE BREAKING NEWS - Sky are claiming that police have told ALL Swiss nationals working for Fifa - and that'll include Sepp Blatter - that they cannot leave the country! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The thought we will 99.99% send a team over to the World Cup awarded to a country via bribery that built their stadiums using modern day slave labor is so vomit inducing. Ermm ............... didn't they just announce that $110million of bribes were issued for the US getting the 2016 Copa America ? I have no idea how all that works and am a bit busy to go through the indictments. That will be some good reading tonight. But if so, everyone involved in US Soccer should be ashamed of themselves and they should cancel the event. They won't, though -- whatever shoe company has their logo on the US soccer jersey will make a gigantic stink. Without getting into comparative geopolitics, we really should be ashamed of ourselves for not walking away from the past Winter Olympics due to Russia's treatment of homosexuals and their other civil rights abuses. I'd like to think we'd walk if it was this winter because of Ukraine but I know we wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidGoldBomb Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Wait....Copa America 2016 is in the US!? Holy Shit, best news i've heard all day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The thought we will 99.99% send a team over to the World Cup awarded to a country via bribery that built their stadiums using modern day slave labor is so vomit inducing. Well on the one hand it's 99.99% sure we've already sent a team to a World Cup awarded to a country via bribery, and while South Africa and Brazil aren't Qatar, I'm gonna doubt they were exactly paying all their workers union wages either. That said, it's a bit more blatant now. I wonder if the various FAs could be persuaded to boycott 2022. Brazilians weren't too thrilled with the spending insane amounts of money on stadiums they don't even use part of the World Cup. And there was also plenty of slum clearance and favela crackdowns during the events, too. We should really be ashamed. I'm not a huge soccer fan by any means but I do like that it has really made a lot of in-roads into our sports culture the past few years. But looking the other way when this stuff happens and not putting our foot down is absolutely grotesque. ABC/ESPN could threaten to pull coverage and this would all change pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I know it´s a real minor thing compared to that avalanche of FIFA stuff, but the EL finals first half was incredible fun, especially considering I don´t really have any major connection to any of the teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Wait....Copa America 2016 is in the US!? Holy Shit, best news i've heard all day! Special one off tourney to celebrate 100 years of the competition - 10 teams from CONMEBOL and 6 from CONCACAF http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/01/copa-america-will-be-held-us-soil-in-2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Great Europa League final going on in the midst of all this. 2-2 at the half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidGoldBomb Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Great Europa League final going on in the midst of all this. 2-2 at the half. ARGH stupid Europa League and their insane scheduling! I always forget it or miss that. Why do they always play that game on some random day? Why isn't it like the saturday before the champions league? Or some time on the weekend? At least that would be better promotion for both events. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 arrest warrant issued for Jack Warner in T&T for extradition to the US I'd be dancing in glee if I could dance without collapsing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Several folks have already pleaded guilty, and there looks to be something on the lines of $200 million already forfeited. The Swiss have also opened a seperate investigation on how the 2018-2022 WC were awarded. But it's business as usual at FIFA. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32895057 You know your fucked when you can get the famously neutral/money laundering Swiss off their asses to come after you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Several folks have already pleaded guilty, and there looks to be something on the lines of $200 million already forfeited. The Swiss have also opened a seperate investigation on how the 2018-2022 WC were awarded. But it's business as usual at FIFA. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32895057 You know your fucked when you can get the famously neutral/money laundering Swiss off their asses to come after you. I was looking at all the dudes who got charged and where they were from and I thought to myself, "Swiss, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica...These motherfuckers were stealing ALL the money." You know how much money you have to steal for them to have a problem with it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Last one of these, I promise: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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