Blatter accused of corruption
#1
Posted 28 May 2011 - 02:08 PM
FIFA opens Blatter ethics inquiry
Now, this is being driven by Mohamed bin Hammam, who's running against Mr. Septic Bladder for the FIFA presidency. And it's not like anyone thinks Blatter is the only corrupt person in FIFA. So this is bound to get ugly and/or entertaining.
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#2
Posted 28 May 2011 - 02:10 PM
BMAB: Drunkenese for By Me Another Beer!
"For fear that one drink will be lonesome, take another to keep it company, and another to keep the peace between them." -Anonymous
Hey, Kool Aid!
For the love of beer, it was a pretzel!
#3
Posted 28 May 2011 - 07:59 PM
#4
Posted 28 May 2011 - 11:39 PM
ditto!End Corruption...Grant Wahl for president?
BMAB: Drunkenese for By Me Another Beer!
"For fear that one drink will be lonesome, take another to keep it company, and another to keep the peace between them." -Anonymous
Hey, Kool Aid!
For the love of beer, it was a pretzel!
#5
Posted 30 May 2011 - 02:35 AM
Bin Hammam, 62, is president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and, until he withdrew Sunday morning, was running against incumbent Joseph "Sepp" Blatter in Wednesday's FIFA presidential election.
That election will go ahead, but with Blatter, 75, as the only candidate. He is expected to be rubber-stamped for a fourth term when FIFA's 208 member nations vote in Zurich.
Geezus fuck nuts!
The Godfather.
#6
Posted 30 May 2011 - 02:52 AM
-H. L. Mencken
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The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.
#7
Posted 30 May 2011 - 11:25 AM
You don't get to Blatter's position without knowing how to side-step a few landmines.
If I'm correct, we may see Bin Hamman, Warner and Qatar (or at least their WC Bid) get the boot. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Say what you will about Blatter, but if there's any chance that we won't have a World Cup in Wario World, it's in his hands.
EDIT: The other possibility is that Bin Hamman realized how much attention Qatar's bid was getting and tried to run in an attempt to come to power, cover-up and ensure the Qatar bid. I REALLY hope this whole thing ends with Qatar losing the WC.
#8
Posted 30 May 2011 - 11:56 AM
#9
Posted 30 May 2011 - 12:39 PM
Or they could pull a mass Budd Dwyer.If any of them had a shred of decency, they would attend the full board meeting after swallowing a live hand grenade.
#10
Posted 30 May 2011 - 01:14 PM
That has the ring of truth. Well, there's still 11 years for that to fall apart.And FIFA announces no investigation into Quatar bid. I'm down with Ives' theory that Bin Hamman dropped out in exchange for keeping the 22 Cup.
Proud "been a fan since '96" douchenozzle
Cogito me cogitare, ergo cogito me esse. Et futuito istam pullam!
http://www.nybooks.c.../15/our-moloch/
#11
Posted 30 May 2011 - 01:41 PM
-H. L. Mencken
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The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which "unskilled people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.
#12
Posted 31 May 2011 - 07:02 PM
Chuck Blazer was fired by the Interim president of CONCACAF.
The CONCACAF committee then released a statement saying Lisle Austin (Interim president) didn\'t have the authority to fire Blazer
Am I the only one that sees a real "If i'm going down I'm taking you with me" situation brewing?
Isaac: So when I told you guys we were on it, I meant to say we're on the motherfucker, go back in there and relax...
#13
Posted 31 May 2011 - 07:08 PM
Shit is popping off in CONCACAF
Chuck Blazer was fired by the Interim president of CONCACAF.
The CONCACAF committee then released a statement saying Lisle Austin (Interim president) didn't have the authority to fire Blazer
Am I the only one that sees a real "If i'm going down I'm taking you with me" situation brewing?
Ah, so THAT'S what happened. I read Wahl's Tweet and was confused.
I would be all "America, fuck yeah" but now I've read allegations of Blazer inappropriately selling comped tickets to France '98 just like everyone hates Warner for doing, albeit on an apparently much smaller scale. Blazer had an alibi (flying to London with Henry fucking Kissinger, of all things) though.
#14
Posted 31 May 2011 - 07:29 PM
It's on...
Bill Archer's blog on bigsoccer.com is a fantastic source for all of the latest news on this stuff. It's nuts.
#15
Posted 31 May 2011 - 07:38 PM
ps. am I the only one who thinks the Banana Republics should NOT be in charge of FIFA? I'm sorry but I can't see Iceland, Azerbaijan and Latvia holding the top spots in UEFA.
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