Finally, the law appears to have caught up with them.

Sweet music to the ears of true football fans

Fifa corruption charges: senior officials arrested amid World Cup voting inquiry – live updates | Football | The Guardian

I always believed that the next two World Cup venues had been fixed.

I hope they can nail Blatter as well.
It's difficult to believe he's not in the middle of it.

The whole set up stinks to high heaven and has done as long as I can remember.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/sp...mong-them.html

It looks like a big thanks to Uncle Sam on this one.

Netted them all in one fell swoop just at the very moment they were about to enjoy some of the rewards of their dodgy dealings.

Poor old Blatter must be scratching his head wondering just how those he was in charge of could be so dishonest.

UEFA has finally come out against FIFA and requested that the Friday meeting should be postponed.

Blatter is still intending to bury his head in the sand and go ahead and get himself re elected regardless.

Fancy he will still come out smelling of roses as there is simple to much money involved. (time will tell)

I'm not so sure.
I'd be surprised if there's nothing in all the documentary and other evidence which has been seized, to incriminate him.

Supposed to be a non profit making organisation yet they're sitting there with one and a half billion in the bank on top of huge sums in there own private bank accounts world wide.

Fifa officials pocketed $150m from 'World Cup of fraud'

I see Spain voted for Blatter.

Maybe no great surprise, birds of a feather and all that or maybe even feathering their own nest for future events ?

A guy on my local forum expressed the situation somewhat eloquently.

Blatter is like a lingering turd that you just can't quite get rid of.

Will the European federations pull out if the world cup, will the sponsers withdraw.
Of course not despite Blatter there is just so much money to be made.

He's gone

Were it all so simple.

It's what follows that matters most. He is still in a position to sway a decision regarding his successor with the backing of so many nations looking for more of the same.

Also interesting to see if the next to World Cup venues will be changed.

Just imagine the reaction of Putin for instance, especially as it's the action of the US which has probably tipped the scales.

Doesn't bear thinking about. I expect he'll be issuing his usual threats to Nuke the whole world and his wife.

The 'Holier than though' sponsors worried NOW about their brand are also somehow culpable..... Corruption allegations have been around for YEARS and that didn't stop them .... When there was millions (billions?) to be made.

If corruption isn't surprising to us 'common people'.... then it couldn't have been a shock to the corporate 'compliance' lawyers and the brand marketing execs!
Jon

PS NUKE everybody & wife.... as the Dutch dyslexic sex maniac said

I quite agree, the sponsors have been very slow to respond and even now there seems to be a very mixed response.
A pity more public pressure hasn't been applied to them.
If the corruption issue was widely shown to be detrimental to their brands they'd surely have taken more notice.

Another FIFA Flop.

Fifa film flops at the box office - BBC News

So Blatter finally has to face the music.

He'd only ventured out of Switzerland on one occasion since the scandal broke, and that was to visit his pals or accomplices in Russia.

Let's hope that his sidekick Platini is out of the running to replace him otherwise we could probably expect more of the same.

Football is corrupt to the core and I simply cannot find one nice thing to say about the professional game be it organisers, clubs, managers, players, fans or the media

The cheating, whinging, childish spats, unprofessionalism, greed, obscene wages, obscene transfer fees, obscene prize money and selfishness has simply ruined the whole sport

Can't wait until the bubble bursts - it is long overdue

Just shows that you cannot trust those foreigners.