Country: Wales
Until FIFA allows decisions to be made by the benefit of replay I'll never truly trust them.
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Some countries, say Italy, about never lose without a conspiracy.
The most fixed match I can remember was Argentina v Peru at the 1978 WC. Brazil were robbed of playing the final.
Haven't been following this very closely but can someone tell me why the US is leading this?
It's not like there's any shortage of corruption on their own shores to deal with. Did someone miss a payment?
I'm all for FIFA getting their comeuppance but this does seem quite suspicious...
There are 2 investigations on going.
The US one is one that has been in the making over 3/4 years and is about (alleged) activities of so many current and former FIFA persons over the span of around 20years. Such activities are from Fraud, Racketeering and various bribes dating back to the early 1990's. The reason the FBI has been doing it is because the monies involved have passed through the US Banking system and is mainly centred (so far) on the CONCACAF personnel.
The 2nd is a Swiss led investigation that stems from the report over the investigations of the 2018 & 2022 World Cup bidding process that was done by Michael Garcia. This started because FIFA handed the document over to the Swiss Authorities last year. The cynic in me believes that this was done so that by doing so, for legal reasons, they couldn't make the document available to be given to those that demanded to see its contents.
They both happened to be thrown in yesterday because it suited both parties and so was done in unison. FIFA were all holed up in a hotel in Switzerland for this conference, and so they were all in one place for the US to request arrests and could be done swiftly as possible. The Swiss have also used this to raid FIFA head quarters for documents for their own investigations and questioning personnel which will continue over the coming weeks. Swiss FIFA members have been told not to leave the country, and that includes dear old Sepp Blatter.
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Since when does FBI have such jurisdiction to indict FIFA officials in Zurich?
Since when does FBI have such jurisdiction to indict FIFA officials in Zurich?
I'm not buying any of this charade. Nobody cared when Brazil, South Korea or Germany greased palms everywhere to host a World Cup, now suddenly, coincidentally shortly before Russia hosts one, the FBI of all ****ing people cares about football and "uncovers" what everyone and their dog already knew.
Even if they managed to clean up the mess that is FIFA I don't believe for a second that football will become any cleaner for it. The next generation of corrupt ****s at the helm of the sport in Platini and his cronies is in the blocks already, and even if those were ousted too after another half a century (or however long Blatter is in power now) a corporation like Adidas would find someone else to ruin the sport for everyone.