TraderStav posted:

This is great and all, but does this mean that America will be instrumental in the 'new FIFA' that's to come once this is dismantled?

Hello playoffs, annual world cups, and commercial breaks!

JSARSOM posted:

You're retarded.

Total Meatlove posted:

You need to learn what IFAB is and does

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This is a difficult time for football, the fans and for FIFA as an organisation. We understand the disappointment that many have expressed and I know that the events of today will impact the way in which many people view us.

As unfortunate as these events are, it should be clear that we welcome the actions and the investigations by the US and Swiss authorities and believe that it will help to reinforce measures that FIFA has already taken to root out any wrongdoing in football.

While there will be many who are frustrated with the pace of change, I would like to stress the actions that we have taken and will continue to take. In fact, today’s action by the Swiss Office of the Attorney General was set in motion when we submitted a dossier to the Swiss authorities late last year.

Let me be clear: such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game. Following the events of today, the independent Ethics Committee – which is in the midst of its own proceedings regarding the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups - took swift action to provisionally ban those individuals named by the authorities from any football-related activities at the national and international level. These actions are on top of similar steps that FIFA has taken over the past year to exclude any members who violate our own Code of Ethics.

We will continue to work with the relevant authorities and we will work vigorously within FIFA in order to root out any misconduct, to regain your trust and ensure that football worldwide is free from wrongdoing

Loving Africa Chaps posted:

A high speed chase to the russian border is the only way today could get better

Total Meatlove posted:

You need to learn what IFAB is and does

African AIDS cum posted:

This news is good and all but does anyone know where I can find tasteless jokes rooted in homophobia?

straight up brolic posted:

take a look at your sex life

straight up brolic posted:

Sepp Blatter dropped a statement

Kurtofan posted:

African AIDS cum posted:

This news is good and all but does anyone know where I can find tasteless jokes rooted in homophobia?

Kurtofan posted:

stickyfngrdboy posted:

the only people who want him NOW are the tiny African nations who get loads of free watchesimean football pitches for kids and amateurs. The entire way the organisation is run is to keep him in position - anyone who runs against him suddenly finds they have no friends.

We're talking about an organisation which gives San Marino (population under 40, 000 with a national team made up of electricians and binmen or something) the same power as Germany (population 80 million, current World Cup holders).

African AIDS cum posted:

This news is good and all but does anyone know where I can find tasteless jokes rooted in homophobia?

African AIDS cum posted:

Now that FIFA has gone down, we can finally see Freddy Adu pay for the horrible sex crimes he did to teen pop star JoJo.

CubanMissile posted:

All they had to do was not award the World Cup to the most obvious bribe country possible and these assholes could have made a killing for eons to come.

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It reports how England’s bid officials were warned that Vladimir Putin, then the Russian prime minister, had “cranked up . . . the operation” months before the secret ballot and was alleged to have tasked a trusted cabal of oligarchs with doing “deniable” deals to win the support of FIFA voters.

Some of those “deniable” acts, according to the Sunday Times, included the handing out of high-priced art to FIFA voters, including a painting believed to be by Pablo Picasso to UEFA’s Platini and an additional landscape painting to FIFA voting member Michel D’Hooghe of Belgium. The latter painting was said to be wrapped in a paper bag and given to D’Hooghe by Vyacheslav Koloskov, a former FIFA vice president and Russia 2018 World Cup committee member.

CubanMissile posted:

All they had to do was not award the World Cup to the most obvious bribe country possible and these assholes could have made a killing for eons to come.

Mr. Mambold posted:

Remember when Sepp was seen as the "somewhat ethical" alternative to Joao Havelange and pulled off a coup? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

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The Rule of Two states that there would be only two Sith at one time, a Master and an Apprentice, guaranteeing that when the Apprentice becomes powerful enough in the ways of the dark side to take the title of Master, only then would they be worthy of the title.

straight up brolic posted:

Sepp Blatter dropped a statement

MikeJF posted:

How easy is it to flee anyway?

MikeJF posted:

How easy is it to flee anyway?

mackintosh posted:

Surprisingly easy, as long as Mossad isn't after you. If Mossad is after you, it is close to impossible.

Dirk Pitt posted:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rule_of_Two

Reign Of Pain posted:

If the US takes down Blatter will the rest of the world forgive us for Bush?

African AIDS cum posted:

The USA basically does whatever they want with SWIFT and there is no banking alternative. Unless their money is in Iran they will never see it again.