Remember, Teixeira moved to Miami to avoid prosecution in Brazil. He's running out of places to hide.
Especially since Blatter had been an IOC member for the last 16 years until this summer.Joke of the week. The IOC scolding FIFA about ethics.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3354484/International-Olympic-Committee-fear-FIFA-criminal-investigations-affect-sport-organisations-five-years.html
A sports marketing company that was described in a sweeping indictment this month as retaining contracts because of the "support" of corrupt soccer officials has longstanding ties to the U.S. entertainment company 21st Century Fox, according to securities filings and other government documents.
The description of T&T Sports Marketing Ltd in the indictment signals that U.S. prosecutors have intensified their focus on media companies and what they might have known about any bribes, people familiar with the matter said.
It was a pay-off so that Fox wouldn't sue over a move of Qatar '22 to winter, I'm sure. While it seems a little unseemly, I'm not sure there's anything illegal about it.No way Fox is tied up in all this. Getting the rights to 2026 (possibly in the US) without any bidding was completely above board.
How significant is this decision? I'm giddy, but I'm tempering my excitement until I learn what are the implications of this decision.both banned 8 years from soccer-related activities http://www.espnfc.com/blog-fifa/story/2765839/sepp-blatter-and-michel-platini-get-eight-year-fifa-bans
Not as significant as we'd like it to be.How significant is this decision? I'm giddy, but I'm tempering my excitement until I learn what are the implications of this decision.
The tainted “executive committee” name of FIFA’s ruling panel will end April 26.
FIFA published the agenda Wednesday for its special election congress Feb. 26, which confirms the proposed rebrand to a “FIFA council” with less decision-making power.
Changes to FIFA statutes, including reforms agreed by the executive committee this month, take effect 60 days after they are formally voted through by the congress of 209 member federations in February.
This might actually work. I'm curious about this new governance panel of non-football peopleThe new council of up to 37 members will cede day-to-day decisions to the FIFA administration and must consult with a newly created panel of mostly non-football people.
Members of that governance panel will be elected at the annual FIFA Congress at Mexico City on May 12-13, FIFA said.
Non-football people who will be elected at the FIFA Congress...by football people. This strikes me as a flaw.http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/digest-fifa-announces-changes-for-rules-panel/article_410d72e4-160d-5444-bf90-c202eea4a718.html
This might actually work. I'm curious about this new governance panel of non-football people
But overall, a solid piece of work by ESPN's magazine team....another agent was eager to join the effort, a veteran of the Internal Revenue Service named Steve Berryman. Raised for a period in England, Berryman was a soccer fanatic who still called the game "football."
Seriously. That's Dick Butkus and Rusty Kuntz levels of awesomeness, right there.I don't understand how someone could not root for Tokyo Sexwale.
In case you missed it, USA went ahead and endorsed Prince Ali.The USSF won't publicly endorse any candidate in the FIFA election, but they are expected to cast a vote for either Prince Ali of Jordan or UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino.
I'm watching BBC coverage, and this is precisely what happened.Per Gab Marcotti, Tokyo Sexwale withdrew, and ended his speech by saying "It's your problem now!" I'm not joking.
How can they make corrupt backroom deals to decide the winner if someone wins on the first ballot?This is my first time watching a FIFA election. Why can't they just make the first vote simple majority? Why say on the the first ballot you need 2/3? Then have it go to simple majority the second time around?
Well I would have figured that the corrupt backroom deals would have been taken care of well before round 1.How can they make corrupt backroom deals to decide the winner if someone wins on the first ballot?
Not that this should be earth-shattering to anybody.Alexi LalasVerified account@AlexiLalas
We're witnessing the birth of #USA26 right now on the floor of the #FIFAelection.
As someone who doesn't get the politics of soccer... what is the theory behind this?Not that this should be earth-shattering to anybody.
At the basic logistical level, by the time 2026 rolls around there will have been 3 World Cups in Europe, 2 in Asia and 1 each in Africa and S. America since the last time N. America hosted.As someone who doesn't get the politics of soccer... what is the theory behind this?
I still think the new President of FIFA must look into the corrupt awarding of the 2022 World Cup.At the basic logistical level, by the time 2026 rolls around there will have been 3 World Cups in Europe, 2 in Asia and 1 each in Africa and S. America since the last time N. America hosted.
Beyond that, the US was singularly fucked by the Qatar win and I'm sure there's an overly simplistic belief held by the FIFAcrats that awarding us the Cup will prevent future USDOJ intervention.
edit: Also, there's a fuckton of money to be made from a US-hosted Cup. Only shame of it (for FIFA at least), is that they already awarded the TV rights to Fox without a bidding process to compensate for the Qatar Winter Cup.
Sure, but I wouldn't hold your breath on that.I still think the new President of FIFA must look into the corrupt awarding of the 2022 World Cup.
It may be too late to take it from Russia (maybe) but not from Qatar.