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Red CB Toronto
05-29-2015, 09:32 AM
For anyone interested, here is a live feed of the FIFA President Election. Should be interesting to what happens with all that has gone on in the last few days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX-gu9pdKyg

kwhisperer
05-29-2015, 10:14 AM
What a spectacle - really makes you wonder who the hell these people think they are.

nobodybeatsthewiz
05-29-2015, 10:15 AM
one by one calling of 209 voting members. this is going to take the whole day.

flatpicker
05-29-2015, 10:35 AM
I just watched 20 seconds of this. Why is this even broadcast? And how much money have they wasted to organize an event? FIFA is so arrogant and self important. Not that I'm surprised.

denime
05-29-2015, 10:56 AM
Nothing special will happen, Blatter will be new/old president. Africa,Asia and CONCACAF are more then 50% ,plus Oceania he is safe.

Borga
05-29-2015, 10:58 AM
Pretty astonishing to hear Blatter's speech. The guy is in it up to his eyeballs and he's yapping about being accountable and making changes. The entire organization needs to be disbanded and rebuilt.

Suds
05-29-2015, 11:05 AM
Blatter gets the backing because he allowed the organization to create an environment to enrich those who run their federations. Why would all those people vote against the guy who has allowed for this to flourish? Prince Ali represents change (if it actually happens or not). Blatter represents the status quo. Those benefiting off the current model don't want change so Blatter will be back in.

Red CB Toronto
05-29-2015, 11:31 AM
209 votes at an old folks home for the blind would take far less time that this circus.

pdubs
05-29-2015, 11:35 AM
I wish more authorities would bust in now. Really shake things up lol.

pdubs
05-29-2015, 12:00 PM
Blatter needs 7 votes.

The corrupt keep corrupting.

Borga
05-29-2015, 12:00 PM
What a stupid process. Round 1 Blatter gets like 60% of the vote or something, but needs 2/3 to win outright. So they vote again, even though there's only 2 candidates, and he just needs more than 50%. FIFA really knows how to make things timewasting and idiotic.

OgtheDim
05-29-2015, 12:02 PM
Meh....its a sign of dissent I suppose. The guy, once again, promised not to stand in 4 years. Hope he doesn't last that long.

Captain
05-29-2015, 12:03 PM
OMG. Watching paint dry would be more fun.

So do I understand this correctly. 206 good votes. Prince Ali got 74 votes and Blatter got 132 but Blatter has to have at least 140 something votes so they have to vote again. This could like waiting for the white smoke.

Voodooman
05-29-2015, 12:08 PM
How were 3 votes not valid?? Since they are all there, just 3 countries decided not to vote?

I feel bad for the cameramen...they are really trying to avoid a single focused shot, but they can't find crap all...shocking

Borga
05-29-2015, 12:17 PM
Probably protest votes, spoiled the ballot because they didn't want to vote for either candidate. Or they were from some banana republic dictatorship and really don't understand the concept of how to vote.

cmonyoureds
05-29-2015, 12:18 PM
Gong show.

If Blatter wins, do sponsors start pulling out, as this is evidence of "same old, same old"?

kwhisperer
05-29-2015, 12:23 PM
Gong show.

If Blatter wins, do sponsors start pulling out, as this is evidence of "same old, same old"?

Prince Ali concedes and Blatter wins - uggggh!

flatpicker
05-29-2015, 12:26 PM
Prince Ali concedes and Blatter wins - uggggh!

Well, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.


Oh... wait a sec...

OgtheDim
05-29-2015, 12:27 PM
Blatter is still a target of the investigation - they just don't have enough yet to get a conviction. Give it a few years.

pdubs
05-29-2015, 12:35 PM
Andrew Jennings ‏@AAndrewJennings (https://twitter.com/AAndrewJennings) May 28 (https://twitter.com/AAndrewJennings/status/603869046925299712)
I gave the FBI the crucial documents that triggered yesterday's arrests. There will be more to come. Blatter is a target.

Oldtimer
05-29-2015, 12:50 PM
Andrew Jennings ‏@AAndrewJennings (https://twitter.com/AAndrewJennings) May 28 (https://twitter.com/AAndrewJennings/status/603869046925299712)
I gave the FBI the crucial documents that triggered yesterday's arrests. There will be more to come. Blatter is a target.

:flare:

ensco
05-29-2015, 12:51 PM
Gong show.

If Blatter wins, do sponsors start pulling out, as this is evidence of "same old, same old"?

I think this will happen now. Not down the road.

Red CB Toronto
05-29-2015, 12:52 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGMNp1DWUAA0Irn.jpg:large

Redcoe15
05-29-2015, 12:54 PM
Andrew Jennings ‏@AAndrewJennings (https://twitter.com/AAndrewJennings) May 28 (https://twitter.com/AAndrewJennings/status/603869046925299712)
I gave the FBI the crucial documents that triggered yesterday's arrests. There will be more to come. Blatter is a target.
Show no mercy, Andrew!

denime
05-29-2015, 01:17 PM
Blatter is still a target of the investigation - they just don't have enough yet to get a conviction. Give it a few years.

Blatter is lawyer ,I'm sure he will find the way to stay out if jail for few years,makes me wonder if he is going to be in Canada next week for opening ceremony of WWC 2015.

C.Ronaldo
05-29-2015, 01:22 PM
Andrew Jennings is a bad ass

ps

how does each country choose their person to vote?

kwhisperer
05-29-2015, 01:26 PM
Blatter is lawyer ,I'm sure he will find the way to stay out if jail for few years,makes me wonder if he is going to be in Canada next week for opening ceremony of WWC 2015.

There are no charges (yet), so he doesn't have to worry about extradition.

OgtheDim
05-29-2015, 01:43 PM
Apparently he makes sure he doesn't fly over US airspace. If there was an....unfortunate redirect....he would be held for questioning.

C.Ronaldo
05-29-2015, 03:36 PM
where theres shit smell, theres shit

cant wait to see this evil human benig get his comeuppance

kwhisperer
05-29-2015, 03:41 PM
where theres shit smell, theres shit

cant wait to see this evil human benig get his comeuppance

It just takes a little longer to reel in the big fish.

Red I
05-29-2015, 03:47 PM
where theres shit smell, theres shit

cant wait to see this evil human benig get his comeuppance




It just takes a little longer to wipe up the big shit.

... Fixed

kwhisperer
05-29-2015, 03:52 PM
... Fixed

I can live with that :-)

Richard
05-29-2015, 04:42 PM
Nobody in FIFA is fit to run anything. Nearly everyone involved in that organization has either been part of unethical/illegal behaviour or knew about such acts.

This organization needs to get nuked and disbanded full stop.

Its about time world football actually be run by football people; not politicians, lawyers, mafia, gangsters, cartels, princes, sheiks, kings etc.

This sport is a goddamn mess at the highest level and today just further proves that.

ensco
05-29-2015, 06:26 PM
Let's be realistic about the vote. It didn't matter.

Putin's statement yesterday was a show of force, and a threat. Nobody could be seen to be "voting" against Putin. This guy paid serious money for that 2018 WC, guys would literally be risking their lives to vote against Blatter and cause that to be reopened.

If a Russian gangster pays you off, you had better stay paid off.

For this reason I also think you will see declarations soon by Blatter's opponents, saying that, "whatever happened, it's too late to move 2018". Nobody wants to wind up dead over this.

The real action will move offstage now, Blatter will be gone in weeks (days?) and 2022 will be revoted. Not that there is a chance in hell that any of USA, England or Australia will get it. In fact I think it's most likely that Qatar would win it again, only this time their bid will include a couple of billion for the European leagues they are screwing over by playing in November.

Then it will be business as usual.

OgtheDim
05-29-2015, 07:03 PM
(http://NYT Sports ‏@NYTSports 11m11 minutes agoMore indictments expected in FIFA case, I.R.S. official says http://nyti.ms/1EG1bFn)http://t.co/sTL8F0Q1dr


More indictments coming.

Richard
05-29-2015, 07:55 PM
Let's be realistic about the vote. It didn't matter.

Putin's statement yesterday was a show of force, and a threat. Nobody could be seen to be "voting" against Putin. This guy paid serious money for that 2018 WC, guys would literally be risking their lives to vote against Blatter and cause that to be reopened.

If a Russian gangster pays you off, you had better stay paid off.

For this reason I also think you will see declarations soon by Blatter's opponents, saying that, "whatever happened, it's too late to move 2018". Nobody wants to wind up dead over this.

The real action will move offstage now, Blatter will be gone in weeks (days?) and 2022 will be revoted. Not that there is a chance in hell that any of USA, England or Australia will get it. In fact I think it's most likely that Qatar would win it again, only this time their bid will include a couple of billion for the European leagues they are screwing over by playing in November.

Then it will be business as usual.

If sponsors pull out its game over, it wouldn't matter if Putin paid for a WC if a boycott took place, right now there a million reasons to not have the WC in Russia.

Blixa
05-29-2015, 08:10 PM
$150 million in bribes. That's a staggering figure given the annual FIFA budget.

ensco
05-29-2015, 08:32 PM
If sponsors pull out its game over, it wouldn't matter if Putin paid for a WC if a boycott took place, right now there a million reasons to not have the WC in Russia.

Of course no one wants to go to Russia. It's not about the million reasons.

No one wants to sleep with the fishes.

ag futbol
05-29-2015, 09:01 PM
FIFA's arrogance knows no limits it would seem. It is comical how far their heads are up their asses. The party is going to come to a screeching halt pretty soon.

As currently constructed the sponsors are not going to be opting to back out, they are going to have to back out because they can't give FIFA money and stay onside of AML and maybe even RICO laws.

The collection of banana republics that swing the votes and their undying support is cute but once the cash stops coming in they matter little.

ensco
05-30-2015, 06:54 AM
First Putin, now Blatter threatens those who voted No. This is the Godfather, in real life.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/30/blatter-says-will-forgive-but-wont-forget-uefa-attempts-to-block-his-fifa-re/

ensco
05-31-2015, 12:31 PM
Arrest of Blatter may be coming soon

http://news.sky.com/story/1493507/fifa-boss-could-be-questioned-under-arrest

There are several of these stories out there. Blatter will be made the scapegoat now. It is required for the machine to survive.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201505310077.html

Blixa
05-31-2015, 05:18 PM
This is unreal:

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/05/31/jack-warner-accused-ex-soccer-official-cites-onion-spoof-article-in-defence-of-fifa

Richard
05-31-2015, 10:14 PM
^^^^
Edit: I see you posed it haha

This is hilarious. :facepalm:

Ex-FIFA(Jack Warner) official defends himself, attacks U.S. by citing article from … The Onion (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/05/31/ex-fifa-official-defends-himself-attacks-u-s-by-citing-article-from-the-onion/)

He thought the World Cup was awarded to the USA this year. :facepalm: T

This guy going senile? Like Blatter?

jazzy
05-31-2015, 10:25 PM
I really hope someone in the world seriously starts serious boycotts of ANY FIFA sponsor .....it could just snowball from nothing .

C.Ronaldo
06-01-2015, 08:57 AM
time for uefa and north american and anyone else who will follow, to start a new body

ensco
06-01-2015, 04:46 PM
Endgame coming fast now. Valcke is a prime target.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/sports/soccer/sepp-blatters-top-fifa-deputy-jerome-valcke-is-said-to-have-transferred-money-central-to-bribery-case.html?module=Notification&version=BreakingNews&region=FixedTop&action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=35178914&pgtype=Homepage&_r=0

mistercorporate
06-01-2015, 05:14 PM
An alternative World Cup with UEFA, North America and the key South American nations, Australia and anyone else who voted against Blatter would be all that's needed to force through a change.

Richard
06-01-2015, 06:39 PM
An alternative World Cup with UEFA, North America and the key South American nations, Australia and anyone else who voted against Blatter would be all that's needed to force through a change.

The problem is UEFA along with CONOMBOL have corrupt members, there is going to be a lot of blockading going on as they are divided on the issue. A lot of reputable people took money.

Truly the only way this gets fixed is if most of every governing body(world, continental) disbands, from there you could have all the major leagues FA decide to form a new body.

Initial B
06-01-2015, 07:22 PM
You don't even need to do that. Just have the FAs of the strongest European Countries, the US and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, South Korea, and whatever South American, Asian, and African FAs that aren't corrupt and form their own governing body with a new constitution that puts all the checks and balances into place to prevent corruption. Any members who want to join will have to agree with the new constitution. You can bet that the sponsors and , more importantly, the TV networks would drop their contracts for a chance to get in at the ground level of high quality soccer. FIFA would collapse upon itself once the gravy train ended.

Auzzy
06-01-2015, 07:49 PM
I liked this line from the Guardian article:


FIFA announced Monday that, “due to the current situation,” Mr. Valcke would not attend the opening of the Women’s World Cup in Canada next week. “It is important that he attends to matters at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich,” the organization said in a news release.

Yeah I'm sure that's why Valcke isn't coming to Canada... :D