FIFA delegates getting their cummupence! Blatter GONE today.

[bluevengence]

Glad these bastards have been locked up, Qatar and Russia my arse it should have been England and USA!!!

If these countrys are shown to have bribed these greedy cunts then surely they should be stripped of the WC and banned from FIFA.....Why are they seemingly getting off without any criticism?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

At last a chance to clean up the most corrupt sport in the world (except boxing and the nags :) )

And cycling. And athletics.

 

[Blue Haze]

Re -- testimony about Blatter et al . . . I think it's pretty clear that this is the expectation, as it is in most conspiracy investigations. Today's arrests almost assuredly stem in part from testimony by Chuck Blazer, Jack Warner's kids and this guy from Traffic Sports. All their guilty pleas were "unsealed" today. Serious, serious things they've plead to per ESPNFC:

"They face maximum jail terms of incarceration of 20 years for the RICO conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice charges."

These are the kind of charges (i.e. the RICO statute) prosecutors use in going after mobsters. They won't get near 20 years because I'm sure they've plea-bargained in exchange for testimony about the 14 arrested today. Blazer was forced into being an informant after the Feds threatened him for not paying taxes on his kickbacks while at FIFA.

The net is cast wide on the evidence but also under the assumption one or more of the 14 will flip on Blatter and other higher-ups in exchange for a reduced sentence.

This is very, very serious. IMO Blatter cannot survive.

Oh wow, haha, did they really hit FIFA with RICO? That wasn't mentioned in the article I read.

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

Oh wow, haha, did they really hit FIFA with RICO? That wasn't mentioned in the article I read.

They hit animal rights protesters who hold placards up in parks with RICO. It is now a catch all for "you might be doing something linked to terrorism, so we will use RICO to gather information" It is now no longer used in the way it was created, rather like most laws to do with crime and invading peoples private information.

 

[VOOMER]

We'll see more flips than you'd see in a gymnastic floor routine!

 

[SilverFox2]

Someone on here posted about four months ago this would happen if the FBI got involved.

Now that's what I call ITK :-)

Not sure if this thread fits the bill but I think it was in the FT and probably other media at the time..

http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/law-change-in-switzerland.308537/

Also earlier in the FT just before the last World Cup there was an article about the need for a change of law in Switzerland because FIFA in particular was acting like a sovereign state and the only way the FT saw to get to them was via their USA based sponsors.

 

[RandomJ]

There's no way some of these will go to jail for Blatter. The feds need only apply a little pressure and they'll throw him under the bus. This is the spark that was needed. The whole world knew they were corrupt, openly as well but no one dared do anything because you piss off FIFA and your country will never host a big event. The yanks not being into football are the perfect country to have a go at them and this isn't some small investigation this is the fucking FBI they'll have done their homework and have a mountain of evidence. And after this the Swiss have started looking into the world cup bidding. I can see more and more countries pile on this now and hopefully this might be the start of the game we love being run properly.

 

[Blue Haze]

Breaking- UEFA calls for FIFA election postponement

 

[Paladin]

Well at least we've got David Gill about to be elected to FIFA. We can look forward to him getting in there and cleaning things up.

 

[bobmcfc]

Sepp not allowed to leave the country