Blatter Resigning

[txj]

It appears David Gill will remain with FIFA.

He is one to watch, post Blatter I suspect...

But the real question is, who does Africa have? Issa Hayatou?

[platinum]

This whole thing was/is pretty much a west vs the rest battle. The platform is corruption but it's amusing for me to see people thinking that's ALL there is going on. Small pikins no dey this forum in great numbers...if you've lived long enough and still can't see the shadows, then there's no helpin you.

Re: Blatter. Too bad for him. He fell to the thing that's killed many a man. Greed. There's a reason the west has always shuddered when idealists are around, they cant be bought with greed, they cant be entrapped like this swiss man has just been.

I wish football the best.

The question is who are the rest, and more importantly, whose interest do the rest actually represent?

Whose interest for instance was Adamu representing when he took 1m dollars?

The rest are a bunch of FAs whose interest is their own. Much like the west. Everyone protecting their own interests. It's easy to lump the west together because that's essentially what it is.

The rest includes Africa, CAF members who feed off the corruption and feel their nest eggs are better protected with Blatter.

You're right. You're dead right. And they will vote in whoever he tells them to vote for in that need to protect their greedy interests. That much is clear.

[SylverEagles]

This whole thing was/is pretty much a west vs the rest battle. The platform is corruption but it's amusing for me to see people thinking that's ALL there is going on. Small pikins no dey this forum in great numbers...if you've lived long enough and still can't see the shadows, then there's no helpin you.

Ah that all encompassing bogeyman "The West" again. This sounds like the tales by moonlight our parents love telling us to scare us into compliance (no offense intended)! There's always a shadowy figure in the background pulling the strings. Please!!!

Re: Blatter. Too bad for him. He fell to the thing that's killed many a man. Greed. There's a reason the west has always shuddered when idealists are around, they cant be bought with greed, they cant be entrapped like this swiss man has just been.

"Too bad for him"? Greed is not a communicable disease you catch because you touched a door knob somewhere. He's willfully participated in enriching himself over years via FIFA while he and his cohorts have gradually made football more and more expensive to follow.

I wish football the best.

Football will be fine!

[mcal]

I think some people are rejoicing too early.

...you mean he's gonna unresign?

[kash n' karry]

This is too bad, Europe and da USA have prevailed. This is a good time for Africa and Asia to boycott

[txj]

This whole thing was/is pretty much a west vs the rest battle. The platform is corruption but it's amusing for me to see people thinking that's ALL there is going on. Small pikins no dey this forum in great numbers...if you've lived long enough and still can't see the shadows, then there's no helpin you.

Re: Blatter. Too bad for him. He fell to the thing that's killed many a man. Greed. There's a reason the west has always shuddered when idealists are around, they cant be bought with greed, they cant be entrapped like this swiss man has just been.

I wish football the best.

The question is who are the rest, and more importantly, whose interest do the rest actually represent?

Whose interest for instance was Adamu representing when he took 1m dollars?

The rest are a bunch of FAs whose interest is their own. Much like the west. Everyone protecting their own interests. It's easy to lump the west together because that's essentially what it is.

The rest includes Africa, CAF members who feed off the corruption and feel their nest eggs are better protected with Blatter.

You're right. You're dead right. And they will vote in whoever he tells them to vote for in that need to protect their greedy interests. That much is clear.

Not gonna happen quite like that.

There is already talk about change of statutes, and recourse to the decision of the peace committee.

I'll like to see them set new guidelines for the confederations. Why should the CAF elections for instance be limited only to the executive members?

[zee]

...yep, just heard on the news, breaking!

You fcccuk with yanks, and the yanks don't stake their neck out for nothing. They have some ugly stuff this guy, gave him chance to quit before election instead he thumbed his nose. Well who's fccukked now, who look like shiity now.

Blatter behaves like 3rd world dictators, they yap and yap, then crawl in behind a skirt, or like Saddam dig a hole, Gaddafi hide in a gutter.

Dumbo , The USA is just a bully of little nations and people.............................like they stuck their neck out in Ukraine and got fcccuked by the ..................


Last Man standing

[Waffiman]

This whole thing was/is pretty much a west vs the rest battle. The platform is corruption but it's amusing for me to see people thinking that's ALL there is going on. Small pikins no dey this forum in great numbers...if you've lived long enough and still can't see the shadows, then there's no helpin you.

Re: Blatter. Too bad for him. He fell to the thing that's killed many a man. Greed. There's a reason the west has always shuddered when idealists are around, they cant be bought with greed, they cant be entrapped like this swiss man has just been.

I wish football the best.

The question is who are the rest, and more importantly, whose interest do the rest actually represent?

Whose interest for instance was Adamu representing when he took 1m dollars?

The rest are a bunch of FAs whose interest is their own. Much like the west. Everyone protecting their own interests. It's easy to lump the west together because that's essentially what it is.

The rest includes Africa, CAF members who feed off the corruption and feel their nest eggs are better protected with Blatter.

That is not news, we all said they were crooks and were corrupt. We also said those accusing them of being corrupt are no better. They are all hypocrites. We all knew Blatter and his FIFA execs were on borrowed time and we all did not want them in charge. For me, why are the Western Europeans nations who want to get a hold of FIFA covering their own corruption and looking to punish those who did not support their bids to host the 2018 and 2022 WC bids. It is this hypocrisy that upset many here and it is why they have not supported America and its Western European friends who are only taking care of their interests with selective corruption indictments.

I hope the Africans, South Americans and those who abhor the way the Americans and their Western European allies, come together and stop these people from taking control of FIFA. We all need people who are clean to run the game, Platini and his friends are not clean but you for some reason think they are, and support them. I don't, and disagree with you.

[benteke]

This is too bad, Europe and da USA have prevailed. This is a good time for Africa and Asia to boycott

this is mostly geopolitics -

Make No Mistake, the FIFA War is Not About Football or Corruption
http://thewire.in/2015/05/31/make-no-mi ... orruption/

[camex]

I think some people are rejoicing too early.

...you mean he's gonna unresign?

do not think so, but will make sure one of his clones takes over the job.

[platinum]

This whole thing was/is pretty much a west vs the rest battle. The platform is corruption but it's amusing for me to see people thinking that's ALL there is going on. Small pikins no dey this forum in great numbers...if you've lived long enough and still can't see the shadows, then there's no helpin you.

Ah that all encompassing bogeyman "The West" again. This sounds like the tales by moonlight our parents love telling us to scare us into compliance (no offense intended)! There's always a shadowy figure in the background pulling the strings. Please!!!

Re: Blatter. Too bad for him. He fell to the thing that's killed many a man. Greed. There's a reason the west has always shuddered when idealists are around, they cant be bought with greed, they cant be entrapped like this swiss man has just been.

"Too bad for him"? Greed is not a communicable disease you catch because you touched a door knob somewhere. He's willfully participated in enriching himself over years via FIFA while he and his cohorts have gradually made football more and more expensive to follow.

I wish football the best.

Football will be fine!

Made football more expensive to follow HOW????? How is footie more expensive to follow? Pray tell me please.

Tales by moonlight? Okay. You're right. There is no vested interest here apart from wanting to clean the game up. It has nothing to do with power or hosting rights or advantages, it's all altruistic and for the greater good. *HINT: When you answer the question about the expense of the game, you'll see why your stance is incorrect.

[Waffiman]

It appears David Gill will remain with FIFA.

He is one to watch, post Blatter I suspect...

But the real question is, who does Africa have? Issa Hayatou?

Is David Gill clean? I trust no one from the English FA with FIFA.

[SylverEagles]

Again I urge you. Read up on the history of FIFA. If you want to watch the UEFA World Cup then that's all well and good.
Evil doesn't only come by the way of corruption! Corruption is bad, yes. But so is racism, so is marginalization, so is bigotry, so is nepotism. That's what fifa was before havelange and to a larger extent Blatter!
Between the two evils, I would abstain and if forced, I'd pick Blatter. The fact that our FAs choose to be greedy and lap the honey he fed them witht improving people is not his fault. Lets quit blaming others for our damn greed and incompetence. Our FA just bungled the jersey/kit deal....is that Blatter's fault too? Think about these things.

I'll admit, I dunno about this history of FIFA you refer to but then again it is HISTORY - in the past. Why do you feel the ouster of a man who allegedly collected bribes left, right and centre to enrich himself means that we will be back to those dark days? Is Blatter the only "good" man in the world? Is he the only one that can keep the baying dogs at bay? Like I said earlier, this is just PURE fear mongering!!

As for our FAs, i'm not blaming Blatter for their incompetence at all! They are just corrupt! It is precisely why we should fight that corruption ALL the time, not only when it suits us.

[txj]

This whole thing was/is pretty much a west vs the rest battle. The platform is corruption but it's amusing for me to see people thinking that's ALL there is going on. Small pikins no dey this forum in great numbers...if you've lived long enough and still can't see the shadows, then there's no helpin you.

Re: Blatter. Too bad for him. He fell to the thing that's killed many a man. Greed. There's a reason the west has always shuddered when idealists are around, they cant be bought with greed, they cant be entrapped like this swiss man has just been.

I wish football the best.

The question is who are the rest, and more importantly, whose interest do the rest actually represent?

Whose interest for instance was Adamu representing when he took 1m dollars?

The rest are a bunch of FAs whose interest is their own. Much like the west. Everyone protecting their own interests. It's easy to lump the west together because that's essentially what it is.

The rest includes Africa, CAF members who feed off the corruption and feel their nest eggs are better protected with Blatter.

That is not news, we all said they were crooks and were corrupt. We also said those accusing them of being corrupt are no better. They are all hypocrites. We all knew Blatter and his FIFA execs were on borrowed time and we all did not want them in charge. For me, why are the Western Europeans nations who want to get a hold of FIFA covering their own corruption and looking to punish those who did not support their bids to host the 2018 and 2022 WC bids. It is this hypocrisy that upset many here and it is why they have not supported America and its Western European friends who are only taking care of their interests with selective corruption indictments.

I hope the Africans, South Americans and those who abhor the way the Americans and their Western European allies come together and stop these people from taking control of FIFA. We all need people who are clean to run the game, Platini and his friends are not clean but you for some reason think they are and support them. I don't and disagree with you.

First of all, u have deeply embarrassed yourself on this subject!

Among other misguided claims, u asserted they would never get to Blatter.

Now ur claim is the continued reference to hypocrisy. Where and what is this hypocrisy?

Who are the westerners who are corrupt? Are they not also being exposed?

Its not enough to be skeptical. It has to be backed by reason, not hot air...

[platinum]

Greg Dyke.

"He’s gone. At long last we can sort out Fifa. We can go back to looking at those two World Cups. If I were Qatar right now I wouldn’t be feeling comfortable."

Of course, there are no self interests in UEFA's actions, they just want the 'cleanliness' of the game.

[Waffiman]

Gotta say, this made Blatter's position untenable. Jerome Valke is Blatter's closest aide, if you cannot get evidence with Blatter's fingerprint, then this is as close as it gets.

Note: The Swiss Attorney General has said Blatter is not under investigation, and as far as they know, he is not under investigation by the USA authorities. The real question is, what does Blatter know and what role has he played. Did he just run a blind eye knowing all what is going on around him because he wanted to keep power? If he did, like I suspect, then his position is not tenable. He was right to quit.

We always knew Warner was a crook but it looks far worse than we ever thought. This is pure gangster corruption like we have in our country. No wonder Amos Adamu was asking for $1m for his vote. These guys were all crooks and I hope they are all punished.

There's nothing there in that letter that can be considered solid evidence of bribes or corruption. I hope that's not all they have!

Yet you have been grandstanding and mouthing off like you understand the issues at play here. Some of una for here na wa.

[txj]

It appears David Gill will remain with FIFA.

He is one to watch, post Blatter I suspect...

But the real question is, who does Africa have? Issa Hayatou?

Is David Gill clean? I trust no one from the English FA with FIFA.

That's hardly the issue!

Besides, no Englishman will win a FIFA election. You can take that to the bank

[Cristao II]

I think some people are rejoicing too early.

...you mean he's gonna unresign?

We havent seen what this means for Nigeria yet ..

[Waffiman]

Greg Dyke.

"He’s gone. At long last we can sort out Fifa. We can go back to looking at those two World Cups. If I were Qatar right now I wouldn’t be feeling comfortable."

Of course, there are no self interests in UEFA's actions, they just want the 'cleanliness' of the game.

The cleanliness of the game which is their rhetoric is false. How can it be when they are not clean. Greg Dyke accepted a Rolex watch gift from the very people he now calls corrupt. If he was clean, he would have said no. He is not clean and it grates to hear the rubbish they spout.

[zee]

Chileke! Chai! Ndi Amelika! Di pipul di egwu o! They can do and undo!

US DoJ does NOT play. The US govt is one entity you can't offend and get away with it.

Yes, .................like this guy below.........

[SylverEagles]

Made football more expensive to follow HOW????? How is footie more expensive to follow? Pray tell me please.

Tales by moonlight? Okay. You're right. There is no vested interest here apart from wanting to clean the game up. It has nothing to do with power or hosting rights or advantages, it's all altruistic and for the greater good. *HINT: When you answer the question about the expense of the game, you'll see why your stance is incorrect.

TV rights which factor into my cable bill (tenuous I know ), ticket prices at world cups, and finally if countries have to grease these many palms to stage the world cup, those are coming out of tax payers on said countries.

I really don't care what the intentions are all about. I can't know what the intentions are unless I can start to read minds or conjure up conspiracy theories. But I can answer the following: If it can be proven that all these FIFA officials are corrupt and collected bribes, then nail them all! You commit the crime, you do the time.

[Waffiman]

It appears David Gill will remain with FIFA.

He is one to watch, post Blatter I suspect...

But the real question is, who does Africa have? Issa Hayatou?

Is David Gill clean? I trust no one from the English FA with FIFA.

That's hardly the issue!

Besides, no Englishman will win a FIFA election. You can take that to the bank

You know no English man will win it and you put forward the name of one. One from their FA, is their FA any better?

[txj]

Greg Dyke.

"He’s gone. At long last we can sort out Fifa. We can go back to looking at those two World Cups. If I were Qatar right now I wouldn’t be feeling comfortable."

Of course, there are no self interests in UEFA's actions, they just want the 'cleanliness' of the game.

The cleanliness of the game which is their rhetoric is false. How can it be when they are not clean. Greg Dyke accepted a Rolex watch gift from the very people he now calls corrupt. If he was clean, he would have said no. He is not clean and it grates to hear the rubbish they spout.

I do not know if Dyke is clean or corrupt. But citing the example of the Rolex which was given to ALL 32 world cup participating teams by the Brazillian FA, during the WC is dubious.

You shouldn't be propagating this dishonesty!!!