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Nikita Simonyan, Russian Football Union acting president: [Michel Platini] “suits the role of president of Fifa better than anyone else … [He is] a more prepared and experienced person.”
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Give the 2022 World Cup to us. It's about time football returned to its roots. We have the opening ceremony nailed down pat. 
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Jun 3, 2015 08:44
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If Platini gets the job then absolutely nothing will change. He is probably even more corrupt than Blatter. Listening to TalkSport this morning they had Jerome Champagne on who was saying how Platini previously blocked his attempts at reform and was basically pretty shady in the time he worked at FIFA. The entire setup of world football is so hilariously corrupt and self serving I do not think anything can save it at this point. It would literally be better off with a benevolent dictator who just made all decisions by himself.
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Jun 3, 2015 08:50
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mackintosh posted:Give the 2022 World Cup to us. It's about time football returned to its roots. Man I love this tifo, it's a perfect representation of a corrupt organisation that needs to be destroyed. Sadly, the UEFA one isn't as good.
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Jun 3, 2015 08:51
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Dravs posted:If Platini gets the job then absolutely nothing will change. He is probably even more corrupt than Blatter. Cricket and Rugby manage, honestly if the good nations and England start a breakout cup they can set it up with the top nations in control. If the Solomon Islands don't like they have no say in matters they can stick with FIFA.
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Scapegoat posted:Cricket and Rugby manage, honestly if the good nations and England start a breakout cup they can set it up with the top nations in control. If the Solomon Islands don't like they have no say in matters they can stick with FIFA. Which would be great, but now that Blatter has actually stepped down has absolutely 0% chance of happening in the next 10 years.
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Jun 3, 2015 09:08
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Gonz posted:The 1990's were a strange time. Most things featured denim or dayglo colors. The 1994 World Cup was not immune to this illness, regardless of where it was held. 
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Jun 3, 2015 09:10
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Crazy Ted posted:Doesn't hold a candle to 1978: Oh good lord. That's hideous.
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Jun 3, 2015 09:21
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It just keeps getting better and betterquote:INTERPOL issues Red Notices for former FIFA officials and executives wanted by US authorities http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2015/N2015-071
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Jun 3, 2015 09:58
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Cant wait till it all comes crashing down and Blatter is dragged screaming to a CIA black site while private military contractors beat his kidneys with nightsticks as I wave Old Glory in the background
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Jun 3, 2015 10:08
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blatter was told predator drones can strike within 30 minutes of a location signal so hes constantly on the move that's why the press conference was so short. a fitting punishment.
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Jun 3, 2015 10:12
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Blatter is the corporate 1% that's destroying America and helping cops kill black youths in the streets of Detroit because Bush knew about Afghanistan. I wish we lived in the world of Hokuto no Ken   
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Jun 3, 2015 10:19
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euroboy posted:It just keeps getting better and better its better with the pic 
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Jun 3, 2015 10:27
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the glow posted:Cant wait till it all comes crashing down and Blatter is dragged screaming to a CIA black site while private military contractors beat his kidneys with nightsticks as I wave Old Glory in the background http://i.imgur.com/GD7ak5C.gifv
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Jun 3, 2015 10:28
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This is what South Americans actually believe.
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Jun 3, 2015 10:32
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My ex gf was ecuadorean and holy gently caress have our CIA done a fantastic job if even 10% of the stuff she thinks they do happens.
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Jun 3, 2015 10:34
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the glow posted:Cant wait till it all comes crashing down and Blatter is dragged screaming to a CIA black site while private military contractors beat his kidneys with nightsticks as I wave Old Glory in the background I can't wait for 10 years from now, when control of the FIFA Headquarters building is split between a loose coalition of militias, and ISIS
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Jun 3, 2015 11:11
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NTRabbit posted:I can't wait for 10 years from now, when control of the FIFA Headquarters building is split between a loose coalition of militias, and ISIS At least they'd get rid of womens football
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Jun 3, 2015 11:23
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the glow posted:At least they'd get rid of womens football Something we can all get behind
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Jun 3, 2015 11:26
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the glow posted:At least they'd get rid of womens football and men's football
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Dravs posted:If Platini gets the job then absolutely nothing will change. He is probably even more corrupt than Blatter
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Jun 3, 2015 12:17
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PerpetualSelf posted:Ok here's a idea. 3/5ths of a vote for africa
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Jun 3, 2015 12:27
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Xenomrph posted:What are the chances of him being taken down in this whole thing, too? Highly unlikely because 1. He is head of UEFA not FIFA, and 2. he doesn't take bribes in money, he gets them in political "favours". For example for his Qatar vote he took the Qatar delegate to the palace to dine with Nicholas Sarkozy where they agreed Qatar invest shitloads into French football and French business. (details probably not precise, someone can probably clarify a bit better)
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Jun 3, 2015 12:51
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Dravs posted:Highly unlikely because 1. He is head of UEFA not FIFA, and 2. he doesn't take bribes in money, he gets them in political "favours". For example for his Qatar vote he took the Qatar delegate to the palace to dine with Nicholas Sarkozy where they agreed Qatar invest shitloads into French football and French business. He came back from Qatar with a couple million pound watch and a job his son is in no way qualified to do.
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Dravs posted:Highly unlikely because 1. He is head of UEFA not FIFA, and 2. he doesn't take bribes in money, he gets them in political "favours". For example for his Qatar vote he took the Qatar delegate to the palace to dine with Nicholas Sarkozy where they agreed Qatar invest shitloads into French football and French business. He takes bribes in the form of paintings though http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...world-cup-vote/
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Jun 3, 2015 12:55
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serious gaylord posted:He came back from Qatar with a couple million pound watch and a job his son is in no way qualified to do. Aren't we all 'that son' though?
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Jun 3, 2015 13:08
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JunkDeluxe posted:He takes bribes in the form of paintings though Are paintings truly 'real', though, which is a requirement for something being a bribe? Real things are ephemeral by nature, whereas true art transcends the limitations imposed by both entropy and society. Makes you think
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Jun 3, 2015 13:13
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dex_sda posted:Are paintings truly 'real', though, which is a requirement for something being a bribe? Real things are ephemeral by nature, whereas true art transcends the limitations imposed by both entropy and society. Makes you think
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Jun 3, 2015 13:30
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Are they going to arrest someone from an important country like Germany or are they just going to keep arresting people from the Solomon Islands?
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Jun 3, 2015 13:36
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About time fifa emptied the blatter imo
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Jun 3, 2015 13:44
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El Hefe posted:Are they going to arrest someone from an important country like Germany or are they just going to keep arresting people from the Solomon Islands? They should arrest Mr. "I've seen no slaves in Qatar" Beckenbauer just for the hell of it.
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Jun 3, 2015 13:45
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Jun 3, 2015 13:59
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El Hefe posted:Are they going to arrest someone from an important country like Germany or are they just going to keep arresting people from the Solomon Islands? Probably not. The Swiss are investigating the Russian and Qatar bids for the World Cup and the FBI is investigating corruption in North and South America. No one is looking at the other worldcup bidding processes, if they did France/Germany/South Africa/Japan/S.Korea etc. would all be in the poo poo as well.
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Jun 3, 2015 14:03
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“When we organised the World Cup we were dealing with people, not gangsters. The fact that later they turn into gangsters is not our problem. We can not check everybody with sniffer dogs.”
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Jun 3, 2015 14:06
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Nill posted:As a solution I propose hosting the next "US" World Cup entirely within the Great State of Texas whose obscene number of pre-existing, high capacity (american) football stadiums could service the whole event as-is. 
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Jun 3, 2015 14:39
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elwood posted:They should arrest Mr. "I've seen no slaves in Qatar" Beckenbauer just for the hell of it.
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Jun 3, 2015 14:42
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PerpetualSelf posted:Ok here's a idea. gently caress you
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Jun 3, 2015 14:58
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Arrest everyone, ban the op, gas this thread
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Jun 3, 2015 15:04
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Crazy Ted posted:Seriouspost: the fundamental problem with having the World Cup in the United States is that you're spreading it across an area the size of Continental Europe. If memory serves me correctly, in 1994 no such considerations were made for this and teams would have to travel a thousand miles or more for games in the group stage. No doubt that would have been a burden on traveling supporters too.
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Canada is hosting the Women's World Cup and each group is just assigned to one of the cities so there's no absurd travel. Aside from Team Canada who I think goes on a bit of a tour so everyone can see them? hosed if I know.
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