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GAH · 06-03-2015, 02:29 PM

My understanding of all this is that FIFA and all the bribes started as far back as when João" de Havelange ousted Sir Stanley Rous back in 1974 (because he supported Apartheid) and Sepp Blatter was appointed General Secretary at the same time. Between them for the next 20+ years they openly accepted and admitted to [commercial] bribes, with it not being illegal to do so in Switzerland until the turn of the century. Not only do the Swiss remain neutral in all wars, make chocolate and offer secret banking accounts, bribes too were happily sought.

De Havelange was found guilty of personal embezzlement of over $50m and replaced as President of FIFA by – guess who – Blatter in 1998, and the corruption continues. Blatter set about inviting every country he could find on an atlas to join FIFA and each country gets an equal amount paid each year (of a multi-billion-dollar fund just for being a member, even if their country could only muster eleven players to make a team from their island, they would get exactly the same amount as USA, Brazil, Argentina, England etc were being paid (eg the Cayman and Cook Islands. As of yet, the Vatican has yet to accept, plus the Pope is shit at football). Committee members were extremely happy to jet around the world, stay in 5 star hotels, get paid lavish expenses, and such perks attending many meetings. In return they vote for Blatter each time, one vote per country. It was now African and Asian nations holding the power, having the most members within FIFA. They were untouchable.

The gripes mainly come from the countries that ran a clean bid, like Australia's $46m taxpayer-funded bid on their 2022 tournament, yet they only received one vote, losing to a country no one had heard of or knew how to pronounce, Qatar.

Thanks to the sponsors like Adidas, Coca-Cola, VISA, McDonalds and Budweiser making waves has Blatter had to resign. Not forgetting Gazprom (who) but they have made no such threats, possibly having something to do with them being Russia's major energy supplier and that Russia is hosting the next World Cup. Read into that what you will.

The relentless witch hunt against Blatter by the British Press for decades now has not helped England's chances of getting a tournament, and the English FA chief, Greg Dyke, was the only one willing to openly offer to boycott the 2018 World Cup to get Blatter to resign, not helped by Germany, Spain and France saying they would not, with France and Spain voting for him at the recent election. Thanks to America, the sponsors and a lot of bad press, it has a happy ending – so long as an African doesn't get into the next Presidency, that would make things even worse than it is now.

It's only a game!

06-03-2015, 02:29 PM
GAH Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 88	My understanding of all this is that FIFA and all the bribes started as far back as when João" de Havelange ousted Sir Stanley Rous back in 1974 (because he supported Apartheid) and Sepp Blatter was appointed General Secretary at the same time. Between them for the next 20+ years they openly accepted and admitted to [commercial] bribes, with it not being illegal to do so in Switzerland until the turn of the century. Not only do the Swiss remain neutral in all wars, make chocolate and offer secret banking accounts, bribes too were happily sought. De Havelange was found guilty of personal embezzlement of over $50m and replaced as President of FIFA by – guess who – Blatter in 1998, and the corruption continues. Blatter set about inviting every country he could find on an atlas to join FIFA and each country gets an equal amount paid each year (of a multi-billion-dollar fund just for being a member, even if their country could only muster eleven players to make a team from their island, they would get exactly the same amount as USA, Brazil, Argentina, England etc were being paid (eg the Cayman and Cook Islands. As of yet, the Vatican has yet to accept, plus the Pope is shit at football). Committee members were extremely happy to jet around the world, stay in 5 star hotels, get paid lavish expenses, and such perks attending many meetings. In return they vote for Blatter each time, one vote per country. It was now African and Asian nations holding the power, having the most members within FIFA. They were untouchable. The gripes mainly come from the countries that ran a clean bid, like Australia's $46m taxpayer-funded bid on their 2022 tournament, yet they only received one vote, losing to a country no one had heard of or knew how to pronounce, Qatar. Thanks to the sponsors like Adidas, Coca-Cola, VISA, McDonalds and Budweiser making waves has Blatter had to resign. Not forgetting Gazprom (who) but they have made no such threats, possibly having something to do with them being Russia's major energy supplier and that Russia is hosting the next World Cup. Read into that what you will. The relentless witch hunt against Blatter by the British Press for decades now has not helped England's chances of getting a tournament, and the English FA chief, Greg Dyke, was the only one willing to openly offer to boycott the 2018 World Cup to get Blatter to resign, not helped by Germany, Spain and France saying they would not, with France and Spain voting for him at the recent election. Thanks to America, the sponsors and a lot of bad press, it has a happy ending – so long as an African doesn't get into the next Presidency, that would make things even worse than it is now. It's only a game!