Comment about FIFA Web site

iowa007 · Mar 12, 2003

Is it just me, or does it seem that the www.fifa.com web site is a sepp blatter propaganda tool. They always seem to put articles that have him in a good light. is it supposed to be a fifa web site, or a sepp blatter web site...

no wonder he got reelected to head fifa, and as soon as he did, he disbanded the committees looking into fifa fraud and mismanagement...how come the web site does not mention any of that?

in my oppinion, some government should investigate FIFA finances...since it is headquartered in Switzerland, the swiss should do it.

any thoughts on the FIFA web site? or sepp blatter conflict of interest?

sincerely,
iowa007

beachesl · Mar 13, 2003

FIFA just an official organ like Pravda was.

No more, no less. At least some of the semi-information is reliable.

JG · Mar 13, 2003

The Swiss courts made a ruling today:

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,913010,00.html

beachesl · Mar 13, 2003

Swiss courts? Is that like Iraqi democracy?

Obviously easier to swat a minor official from an impoverished state than to deal with corrupt officials within their own state.

Crowdie · Mar 13, 2003

Somali's football federation is one of three associations to have payments from Fifa's financial assistance programme stopped. The Burundi and Puerto Rico federations were also unable to prove "documentation to substantiate the use of part of the funds they had received".

Fifa said that a further three associations, Nepal, Vietnam and Chile, have been given until next month to provide documentation to clarify the use of FAP payments made to them. The FAP was created in 1999 and each national association receives $1m (£625,000) every four years. The payments are intended to improve infrastructure, enable teams to take part in competitions, cover grassroots development and cover personnel costs.
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It is fair enough that FIFA wants to know where the $1m dollars these countries received to "improve infrastructure, enable teams to take part in competitions, cover grassroots development and cover personnel costs" went. If they spent it on the above then all they have to do is provide a report listing the improvements they made. If they spent the money on new BMWs or similar, then they are about to get what they deserve.

Crowdie.