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There must be some insane damage control going on behind closed doors as FIFA realizes that there's literally nothing they can threaten the US with (What? Banned from the World Cup? gently caress you, just for that here's more charges)
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Mercury_Storm posted:So I take it the situation in Europe was that everyone knew this poo poo was going on, but didn't or didn't want to do anything about it? How did the organization start its slipslide into becoming the corrupt entity it is now anyways? Yes. Obviously FIFA couldn't outright say "Drop it or you'll be banned from the world cup" but their influence over football is so massive that any country that cares about it has to play along and wait their turn to bribe the officials.
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May 27, 2015 23:05
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The DOJ is going to hold FIFA down and gently caress them into obscurity, and then spearhead the launch of a new International Football organization, with the European countries who played ball the most (so far Switzerland) being given free reign to set it up.
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May 28, 2015 06:39
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How's the European reaction to this? Talking heads and media figures have railed against FIFA for years but the governments have never done anything about it.
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May 28, 2015 08:20
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oversteer posted:Headline news in the UK for the past two days. They're being prosecuted under the same legal statues that were used to break the back of the Mob, there's been a high level informant feeding them information for years, a major billion dollar corporation has agreed to work with the US by turning over files, etc. Anyone getting extradited to the US is going to get hosed hard, and they'll either immediately cut a deal or probably flee to a non-extradition country after they skip on their bail.
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May 28, 2015 08:57
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The Born Approx. posted:So in other words, there's really no reason to give a single gently caress about this case? What do I care if FIFA runs itself into the ground through inefficient business practices? Depressing, but not surprising, that this is what the U.S. is going after them for when there are far more egregious issues to consider. 4-500 deaths projected for Qatar to finish their world cup stadiums, a bid that should have never been accepted as its literally impossible to play soccer there during June/July so FIFA moved the world cup to Jan/Feb which will impact the Euro leagues drastically, to which FIFA said "Tough poo poo".
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May 29, 2015 07:20
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Xandu posted:He's so hosed So is FIFA going to outright say "Well we didn't break any of OUR laws so we didn't commit any crimes" as a defense? They're going to implode.
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Teach posted:Late to the weather chat here, but Qatar-based goon checking in. Yesterday was a hot one - it felt like one of the hottest days of the year so far. And just FYI, it will get hotter. Of course. How many indentured servants died to build your villa?
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