Simpleχity;1064667722 said:Will There Be Enough Votes To Oust Sepp Blatter?
Despite the ingrained corruption that emanates from the top, Sepp Blatter will undoubtedly win yet another term as FIFA president today. There are 209 member nations and each has one vote. Blatter plays this like a Chicago politician and ensures the votes of poorer nations with financial grants to their soccer associations which is greatly appreciated.
Blatter's only opponent is Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein who needs 105 votes to unseat the corrupt incumbent. It won't happen. Chicago machine politics on an international scale.
Blatter was elected primarily by votes from countries where bribery, corruption, and fraud are simply the cost of doing business. And it will continue until everybody else decides enough is enough. Perhaps when the death toll in Qatar reaches 5,000 or so it might happen.
Is that a joke about waterboarding?Don't hold your breath.
'interverntionalism' - word! That's not a word.
I'm not encouraging the US to invade Switzerland, although that would be way up my list of deserving countries!
I'm delighted that perhaps the only power on Earth with the resources capable of tackling the corruption of a global body is doing so, albeit limited to wrong-doings that are within its jurisdiction.
I think you'll find it was UEFA + US votes that went to Ali Bin Hussain. All the rest of the confederations voted in majority for Blatter.Why doesnt the UEFA and the nations of Europe ratchet up the pressure now as well? Everyone pile on while we have them on the ropes.
Something's going to happen at UEFA, but I wouldn't get too excited. Platini couldn't organise his sock drawer.USA doesn't really have the power to tackle FIFA alone, we can help but I think leadership from that needs to come from Europe where soccer has its global epicenter.
I think you'd find most CONCACAF and CONMEBOL countries sticking with Blatter.UEFA, commebol, and concacaf ought to give FIFA the middle finger and host our own World Cup while boycotting theirs.
Nice idea. Not going to happen.Especially if they want to hold it in the winter....we hold ours in the summer. We have all the better teams with the better players, at a better time of year in a better location. Coup de tat complete
I think you'll find it was UEFA + US votes that went to Ali Bin Hussain. All the rest of the confederations voted in majority for Blatter.
Something's going to happen at UEFA, but I wouldn't get too excited. Platini couldn't organise his sock drawer.
I think you'd find most CONCACAF and CONMEBOL countries sticking with Blatter.
Nice idea. Not going to happen.
No wonder soccer and FIFA are such a mess, you guys are unwilling to pull the wagon and take charge of anything.
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