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Dravs posted:Who currently holds your passport? I hope you keep it in your back pocket all the time. It's due after the Brazil World Cup. I have my passport but require an exit permit and a bank clearance to make it past passport control 
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corpuscollossus posted:It's due after the Brazil World Cup. I have my passport but require an exit permit and a bank clearance to make it past passport control Not to feed on your personal misfortune but I would be legit interested in an "[Ask] me about
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sticksy posted:What would the criteria need to be for some sort of charges or at least penalties against Blatter / an organization like FIFA be? A US court probably wouldn't have jurisdiction under RICO, unless there's an American involved, and even then it would be difficult to prosecute, and even harder to enforce, since extradition would probably cause an international incident. The alien tort statute probably wouldn't work, because its a civil remedy and you'd have to find a person or organization who was directly harmed by FIFA's corruption, and you'd have to enforce the judgment via the Hague Convention, which would require the country of these shitlords to sign off on any judgment (assuming they even signed the convention. If they didnt it would just be ignored). So yeah, it probably has to be Switzerland.
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blue footed boobie posted:A US court probably wouldn't have jurisdiction under RICO, unless there's an American involved, and even then it would be difficult to prosecute, and even harder to enforce, since extradition would probably cause an international incident. Every country on earth could just pull the "arrest Sepp Blatter on sight" thing like they did with Dick Cheney and force him to never leave Switzerland.
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Jun 10, 2014 14:45
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/10/franz-beckenbauer-fine-fifa-investigation-world-cup Beckenbauer might get fined by FIFA for refusing to help with the corruption investigation
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Media are saying theres a massive protest being planned for the first game of the World cup. I wonder how the broadcasters will disguise the noise of people getting shot?
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Jun 10, 2014 17:21
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serious gaylord posted:Media are saying theres a massive protest being planned for the first game of the World cup. I wonder how the broadcasters will disguise the noise of people getting shot? Brazillian cops give no gently caress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skomhYqOqjM
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Jun 10, 2014 18:10
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serious gaylord posted:Media are saying theres a massive protest being planned for the first game of the World cup. I wonder how the broadcasters will disguise the noise of people getting shot? They could hand out vuvuzelas
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Jun 10, 2014 20:17
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27787841 The FA's are starting to turn on him.
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Jun 10, 2014 20:18
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This FIFA film couldn't have come at a better time. Maybe then the FAs that are causing trouble will see Sepp's vision and struggle.
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serious gaylord posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27787841 Danish FA voiced their disapproval today as well. It won't change poo poo because UEFA only has like 53 of the 204 votes. IMO, the important federations should have more votes
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Hegay posted:Danish FA voiced their disapproval today as well. It won't change poo poo because UEFA only has like 53 of the 204 votes. Racist.
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Katana Gomai posted:Not to feed on your personal misfortune but I would be legit interested in an "[Ask] me about This would be a bad idea.
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Hegay posted:Danish FA voiced their disapproval today as well. It won't change poo poo because UEFA only has like 53 of the 204 votes. About the only thing the European FAs can do to fight FIFA that would actually have an effect is withdraw entirely, start their own rival federation, and refuse to let their players play in any FIFA tournaments. Which would be just as poo poo, because the new organization would be run by Platini and he would be equally corrupt. Plus there's no chance of it actually happening.
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serious gaylord posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27787841
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In case anyone had any hope that anything meaningful will change or be done: it won't. Just a reminder.
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Hegay posted:Danish FA voiced their disapproval today as well. It won't change poo poo because UEFA only has like 53 of the 204 votes. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Votes based on FIFA Rankings. Spain gets like 1, American Samoa gets 250.
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Peanut President posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again. Votes based on FIFA Rankings. Spain gets like 1, American Samoa gets 250. They probably should change it to something along the lines of the top 40 countries get 5 votes each, next 40 get 4, next 40 get 3, and so on until the bottom 49 or whatever get 1 vote each. It prevents the larger and better countries from totally dominating the whole thing but also get rid of the coalition shenanigans we have now, but lmao if you think the guys from the Caribbean and Africa are giving up the power they get from having a shitload of countries in their continents.
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Peanut President posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again. Votes based on FIFA Rankings. Spain gets like 1, American Samoa gets 250. lol FIFA rankings are a massive joke
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Peanut President posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again. Votes based on FIFA Rankings. Spain gets like 1, American Samoa gets 250. And the guy with the fewest votes win?
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Jun 10, 2014 21:46
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Oh, yes, if only people like Platini had more votes we'd never have a world cup in Qatar...
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Katana Gomai posted:Not to feed on your personal misfortune but I would be legit interested in an "[Ask] me about Just watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJYXgMigfpo
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joepinetree posted:Oh, yes, if only people like Platini had more votes we'd never have a world cup in Qatar... He's at least calling for re-election
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Hegay posted:He's at least calling for re-election He was one of those most pro-Qatar, wasn't he?
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Was Taters posted:He was one of those most pro-Qatar, wasn't he? Yeah he is balls deep in oil money. He's just bluffing wrt a revote imo
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Jun 10, 2014 22:27
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My theory is that they all want a revote so that they can get another round of bribes. And who gives a poo poo if Qatar wins it again or not, it's not like Qatar can ask for their bribes back.
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vyelkin posted:My theory is that they all want a revote so that they can get another round of bribes. And who gives a poo poo if Qatar wins it again or not, it's not like Qatar can ask for their bribes back. They'll probably start dying of 'overdoses' though
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:They'll probably start dying of 'overdoses' though Now there's a FIFA movie I'd watch. The board's token young member has to escape when Qatari hitmen start taking out the rest of the FIFA Executive for taking bribes but then double-crossing them. Put Tom Cruise in it and make him run a lot, and you've got a $300m movie right there.
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vyelkin posted:My theory is that they all want a revote so that they can get another round of bribes. And who gives a poo poo if Qatar wins it again or not, it's not like Qatar can ask for their bribes back. But what about all those sweet contracts to supply "consulting" on building air conditioned outdoor stadiums and whatnot?
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vyelkin posted:Now there's a FIFA movie I'd watch. The board's token young member has to escape when Qatari hitmen start taking out the rest of the FIFA Executive for taking bribes but then double-crossing them. Put Tom Cruise in it and make him run a lot, and you've got a $300m movie right there. A movie like Munich but called Zurich... I'd watch that
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Jun 10, 2014 22:39
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Robocop 2 with Blatter and Platini as the bad guys.
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I bet Putin is laughing his nuts off at this, what with everyone completely ignoring that his country is not fit to host a world cup in 4 years time.
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serious gaylord posted:Media are saying theres a massive protest being planned for the first game of the World cup. I wonder how the broadcasters will disguise the noise of people getting shot? Vuvuzelas for everybody hooooonk
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DOOP posted:Vuvuzelas for everybody I'm triggering hard here And yeah it's laughable that Platini is now trying to act like a saint, he was one of the fuckers driving the hardest for Qatar to get the world cup and has come out to say he voted for them.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I bet Putin is laughing his nuts off at this, what with everyone completely ignoring that his country is not fit to host a world cup in 4 years time. At least Russia is a footballing nation with a half-decent league and a team that can realistically make it through their group at home. On the other hand, Qatar is so blatantly about the money, it's just stupid.
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tetsman posted:At least Russia is a footballing nation with a half-decent league and a team that can realistically make it through their group at home. On the other hand, Qatar is so blatantly about the money, it's just stupid. Yeah Russia at least has stadiums and infrastructure, and despite racism, corruption, bribery, and no-bid contracts for Putin's friends, at least their infrastructure probably won't see thousands of slaves worked to death in order to build it. It's not a good choice, but it's a choice that you could see a less corrupt organization still making if they thought it was a good idea. Qatar literally has nothing going for it except bribery.
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Der Shovel posted:I'm triggering hard here Platini is pissed that Blatter is standing for election again. There was an agreement after the last one that Blatter would step down and Platini would take over. Internal squabbles often bring out all the skeletons in the closet.
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Blatter vs. Platini thunderdome, give them chains and hooks and sickles and poo poo, watch them fight to the death. Once a victor emerges, after an hour-long struggle, scarred by battle and barely holding on to life, let him enjoy his victory for half a second before putting a bullet through the back of his head because football is dead.
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