Reply With QuoteNice one, can't go wrong blaming the Jews...Originally Posted by CanadianSoccerFan
The developments in Brazil could prove to be interesting. With the President currently on a crusade against corruption that is growing in public support, it will be interesting to see if Ricardo Teixeira can avoid getting turfed.
See the article as headlined below at the link below:
Critics want red card for Brazil's football boss
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/1...79H0ZY20111018
Nice one, can't go wrong blaming the Jews...
"We are back bitches" - Adolf Hitler.
Is someone (ex-player) in the Brazilian Senate opposing new tax laws that will allow Fifa to set the Ticket prices out of the reach of the common fan?
If so this could be more of a problem to FIFA than the frightening slow pace of stadium development.
# Update# Link was playing up and I didnt see Romario's involvment , which is what i was aluding to.
Last edited by alberta white; 10-18-2011 at 04:30 PM.
Yes just when I think my opinion of Warner couldn't drop any lower he finds a way to disgrace himself even further. It is pretty sad when a scumbag like Blatter seems the lesser of two evils when compared with Warner. Nevertheless, it will be nice if this whole affair leads to the both of them exposing the corruption of the other.
Ooh, this is getting juicy. Blatter about to throw even more of his cronies under the bus?
Sepp Blatter ready to approve release of Fifa fraud trial documents
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 October 2011 20.57 BST
The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, is this week expected to put pressure on his executive committee to introduce measures to convince a sceptical public that he is capable of meaningful reform, including the release of explosive documents that could provide proof that senior officials took bribes.
Blatter is preparing for the pivotal executive committee meeting in Zurich on Thursday at which he will advance a "zero tolerance" agenda that he hopes will convince Fifa's many critics that he is serious about reform. According to the BBC, one plan under consideration is to deal with the past by allowing Swiss courts to release the controversial documents. For more than a decade Fifa has fought against the details contained in the papers being made public.
But there is a growing acceptance in Zurich that Blatter's only hope of survival is to acknowledge the mistakes of the past, even at the risk of enraging those who remain on the executive committee who may possibly be implicated.
Last November, days before the vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the BBC's Panorama programme alleged that $100m (£63.65m) had been paid between 1991 and 2001 by International Sports and Leisure in kickbacks to officials in return for TV and marketing contracts. It alleged that the Fifa executive committee members Nicolás Leoz, Ricardo Teixeira and Issa Hayatou were among the recipients. All three denied the claims.
Teixeira, who is under renewed investigation from Brazilian police over money‑laundering claims related to the payments, was alleged to have received £6m in bribes via a company called Sanud that was registered in Liechtenstein, although he denies the allegations.
ISL was declared bankrupt in May 2001 but the fallout continued until June last year, when the second of two Swiss court cases ended with an agreement by lawyers acting for Fifa and the officials in question to pay 5.5m Swiss francs to settle the case.
Without naming the officials involved, the prosecutor in the canton of Zug said last year: "In the course of the proceedings, the accused did not deny the receipt of the monies, although they denied criminal liability." Corporate bribery was not a crime in Switzerland before 2001. At the time Fifa said: "It is important to recall that the decision was made on matters which took place prior to the year 2000 and that there has been no court conviction against Fifa. In addition the Fifa president has been cleared of any wrongdoing in this matter."
Allowing the release of the documents is one of a number of measures that Blatter is considering putting before the executive committee as he seeks to show he is serious about his reform agenda. Other plans include making the ethics committee more independent, introducing a "solutions committee" to oversee reform and reform of the executive committee itself.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...fifa-documents
"I'm sitting in a sea of yellow jerseys. I'm tempted to put the boots on and start launching people." - Jason deVos
Romario is now a politician but I don't think he would be the biggest issue for FIFA. President Rousseff has basically said that Brazil will not be a slave to FIFA. While I think the Brazilian government will do what is reasonable (as the article alludes), there are some things that it feels are none of FIFA's business. One being laws about making tickets available at discounts to seniors and students.
Re Stadiums, Brazil got off to a slow start but I don't think even stadiums will be the biggest problem in the end. The infrastructure around some of the stadiums are likely to be the most challenging.
ZURICH -- FIFA will not appeal a ruling by a Swiss court, clearing the way for the release of a document identifying soccer officials who took millions of dollars in kickbacks from World Cup broadcast deals.
http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/new...kickbacks-file
Soccer's governing body said it will not comment on the document's contents until its release has been cleared by the court. The decision by the state court in Zug court was reported Tuesday by the Zurich business weekly Handelszeitung.
The document details a settlement announced in 2010 in which senior soccer officials acknowledged taking kickbacks and repaid $6.1 million.
The 10-year-old scandal stems from alleged payments made by the ISL marketing agency before its 2001 collapse with debts of $300 million.
"We are back bitches" - Adolf Hitler.
Someone could probably put together a book of some best quotes from FIFA officials. It would be best seller for its humour.
some of the best would cover: Hot pants in the womens game, Jews, Hand shake settles racism, Red cards, six and five, The faulkland islands...etc
Last edited by Free kick; 12-28-2011 at 12:34 PM.
Any chance this will explain the allocation of 450,000 seats
by Blatters son for the 2018 and 2022 competitions? Nar didn't think so.
That document should reveal what everyone already knows:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11841783
Three senior Fifa officials who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids took bribes in the 1990s, according to the BBC's Panorama.
Nicolas Leoz, Issa Hayatou and Ricardo Teixeira took the money from a sport marketing firm awarded lucrative World Cup rights, the programme alleges.
"We are back bitches" - Adolf Hitler.
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