All you need to know right there.....The fcuks who run fifa care about ONE thing....it's green, it folds...and in goes in their pockets.
That's not in dispute. My point is that those revenues are all LOCATION NEUTRAL, i.e. approximately the same no matter who hosts the World Cup.
FIFA's new chief reformer, Mark Pieth, has announced his plans to prevent future corruption: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/s...-reforms-to-prevent-future-corruption?cc=4716 Key Points :: The FIFA president should have a limited term in office, as should FIFA members. :: There should be independent members of the FIFA executive committee, with a lead director to hold elected members to account. :: World Cup votes are "highly visible and politically sensitive decisions and are actually a mix of corruption risk and conflict of interest concerns". The voting procedure needs to be revamped. :: Any payments to FIFA's member associations and to people close to them need to have "close financial scrutiny". :: Payments to contractors and service providers should be analysed to ensure no corruption. :: Cash for development projects such as the GOAL programme should be controlled from beginning to end to ensure the money does not end up in the pockets of officials. :: Specific rules need to be drawn up to clarify FIFA's position towards gifts and hospitality, political and charitable contributions. :: A "discreet disclosure channel" hotline to report corruption should be made available. :: FIFA should adopt corporate anti-corruption and anti-conflict of interest controls. :: FIFA officials should be subject to due diligence to establish whether they are suitable for office.
An older article discussing how the upcoming reforms could take away influence from the four British "home nations" in FIFA: http://www.worldsoccer.com/columnis...could-undermine-british-influence-within-fifa
Wait, I thought all these allegations of FIFA corruption were just the mumblings of the bitter English after they failed to get WC '18? So why is any of this needed? This is all so confusing.
Article from The Guardian on the proposals. I did like this particular bit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/nov/30/fifa-anti-corruption-head-governance
We'll see if FIFA actually does any of that. In related news: http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/7301688/anti-corruption-watchdog-cuts-ties-fifa Transparency International is no longer working with FIFA.
Havelange resigns from IOC, but it's nothing at all to do with the FIFA/ISL probe outcome due on Thursday, purely coincidental: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...from-the-International-Olympic-Committee.html
"health and age" according to Jacques Rogge. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/06122...-shelve-corruption-probe-havelange-quits.html I doubt he even believes that himself.
FIFA accepts decision to release kickback files: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/socc...-corruption-kickbacks-sepp-blatter/52247474/1
"Jack Warner, the former Fifa vice-president, has claimed that he acquired the World Cup television rights for Trinidad & Tobago for as little as $1 in 1998 after helping Sepp Blatter get elected as president of football's world governing body, according to reports." http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/dec/29/jack-warner-sepp-blatter
Oh, this is starting to get good! Too bad we can't believe anything that comes out of Warner's mouth.
Bill Archer told us BS readers this same thing a long time ago, but it's nice to see the mainstream media picking up on it finally. Not sure what Warner thinks he will garner from this, as much crap as FIFA/Blatter will surely get for the bribe, Warner himself then turned around and resold it for millions, all of which went - allegedly - into his pocket. It tells me that Warner knows he's cooked in football governance, and wants to put out in the open information of bribes and facilitating bribes against Blatter that are similar to the bribery accusations against Warner. Blatter will need to be expelled from futbol as well if the claims hold up, or FIFA will lose any shred of cred they may still posess. I'm waiting to see what Archer's next piece will say about all of this.
The thing is nothing will happen even though everyone knows that FIFA are a bunch of crooks and now it's all coming out in the mainstream media aswell. FIFA have a monopoly over power in world football which means no one can really effectively challenge the ExCo from within the world of football. Likewise no national governments are willing to waste time and effort tackling FIFA because knowing FIFA they'd probably kick their national team out of all competitions.
All the proof you need of Fifa's corruption, is that they sell the broadcasting rights to their own cronies, rather than to broadcasters. Why would they do that if not so they can take a cut themselves?
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Guess who's back in the news! http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/16/ttff-jack-warner-haiti-funds