FIFA delegates getting their cummupence! Blatter GONE today.

[I'm With Stupid]

Here's the NY Times review of "United Passions." Apparently Sepp (as played by Tim Roth) utters this gem:

“The slightest breach of ethics will be punished.”
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Review: In ‘United Passions,’ a Fictionalized FIFA, Underwritten by the Soccer Group

United Passions

By DANIEL M. GOLDJUNE 4, 2015

Tim Roth plays Sepp Blatter in the film “United Passions.”

It turns out there is such a thing as bad publicity after all. Just ask Sepp Blatter.

As you may have heard, Mr. Blatter, the head of soccer’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has had a busy couple of weeks — avoiding arrest while 14 colleagues and associates were indicted on fraud and corruption charges; winning re-election to a fifth term as FIFA president; deciding to resign.

While he waits for other shoes to drop, he might want to curl up with “United Passions,” the dramatized history of FIFA that the association mostly financed and in which he figures prominently.

Or, maybe not. “United Passions” is one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that’s no good even for laughs. Directed by Frédéric Auburtin from a script he wrote with Jean-Paul Delfino, “United Passions” tracks the rise of the World Cup through three FIFA presidents: Jules Rimet (Gérard Depardieu), who thought up the tournament in the 1920s; João Havelange (Sam Neill), who expanded its reach in the ’70s and ’80s; and particularly Mr. Blatter (Tim Roth), who came aboard in the ’70s and succeeded Mr. Havelange in the ’90s.

The stories are of deals made — with Uruguay, to host the first Cup in 1930; with African soccer representatives for political support; with Coca-Cola and Adidas for exclusive marketing agreements — not games played. At least not soccer. (Indeed, surprisingly little soccer is shown.)

Yet there is barely a nod to the corruption scandals that have plagued FIFA for decades. Instead, what passes for drama comes when Mr. Blatter assumes command in 1998. He is shocked, shocked, to find affairs in disarray and tells his executive committee there’s a new sheriff in town: “Some of you feel this is an opportunity to close lucrative deals. Think again.” And, “The slightest breach of ethics will be punished.”

Other lines seem scripted by a legal defense team: One staffer tells Mr. Blatter, “You’ve been betrayed by the people you’ve put in power.” Another asks, “When are you going to do something to defend yourself?”

Mr. Auburtin and some of the actors, who surely knew better, have made noises about being hamstrung by FIFA’s financing. Not so fast. If cynicism were a crime, they’d be taking a sheet-covered perp walk of their own.

It reminds me of the film Mr. Burns made about himself in The Simpsons.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

It is claimed by the Americans that the corruption at FIFA amounts to $150 million.
That sounds like a lot of sleazy money, but this figure pales in significance to the amount of corruption and criminality attributable to Wall Street banks and other Western financial institutions. For example, British bank HSBC alone has been caught running tax evasion, money-laundering for drug cartels and other illicit schemes that is estimated at $180 billion – or more than a thousand-fold the scale of criminality alleged at FIFA. High-level US involvement in targeting FIFA strongly suggests a political direction being given by the Obama administration.The Americans and their trusty British ally are using the issue of alleged corruption in World Cup organising body, FIFA, as a stalking horse to further get at Russia over the geopolitical tensions in Ukraine. Another reason Blatter and FIFA became a target for US regime change (see Iraq, Afghanistan,Libya etc) was it's stance on Israel. That's how things work these days ....
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/...A-would-spell-end-of-world-soccer-body-404426

An alternative to Socialist Worker theory is that the FBI and IRS come down very heavily on fraud, corruption and embezzlement when it can be proven. They have an extremely strong record of doing so.

 

[bluethrunthru]

The FIFA movie opened in the US this past weekend and made a total of $607. LOL
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/fi...-own-movie-takes-dive-gets-red-carded-n371346

Its hard to believe their brass neck and the timing is proof that karma is a real tangible thing - I can imagine Sepp in his office fighting his rearguard actions when a minion says " Never mind Sepp - your movie opens this weekend in the states - then the world will appreciate what you are really like "

And from Sepp

" Ohhh ffffuuuucccckkkkk nooooooooooooooo ! "

 

[Malty]

I'm kinda bored of this now, nothing shocks us anymore.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

if you ever needed any indication at just how poorly the English are looked upon by the FIFA high-guard, then suffer that film. It is the biggest piece of anti-English propaganda published in my lifetime, from a Western organisation, and it is no wonder that those who commissioned it, denied us the right of hosting the World Cup.

And yet, the 2nd FIFA president doesn't fit well into the timeline of the film's narrative, as he was English, and did a lot of what is credited to Rimet in the film.

 

[west didsblue]

It is claimed by the Americans that the corruption at FIFA amounts to $150 million.
That sounds like a lot of sleazy money, but this figure pales in significance to the amount of corruption and criminality attributable to Wall Street banks and other Western financial institutions. For example, British bank HSBC alone has been caught running tax evasion, money-laundering for drug cartels and other illicit schemes that is estimated at $180 billion – or more than a thousand-fold the scale of criminality alleged at FIFA. High-level US involvement in targeting FIFA strongly suggests a political direction being given by the Obama administration.The Americans and their trusty British ally are using the issue of alleged corruption in World Cup organising body, FIFA, as a stalking horse to further get at Russia over the geopolitical tensions in Ukraine. Another reason Blatter and FIFA became a target for US regime change (see Iraq, Afghanistan,Libya etc) was it's stance on Israel. That's how things work these days ....
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/...A-would-spell-end-of-world-soccer-body-404426

What do you think Blatter and FIFA's stance on Israel is? There's no clue in the link you've posted.

 

[mat]

What do you think Blatter and FIFA's stance on Israel is? There's no clue in the link you've posted.

One of the motions at the FIFA congress supported by the majority of federations was calling for an international football ban for Israel.

 

[Moriati]

What do you think Blatter and FIFA's stance on Israel is? There's no clue in the link you've posted.

How is Israel connected? Philip Giraldi explains:

“The answer, at least for the timing of the arrests, might just be Israel.

“The Palestinian Football Association had previously called for a vote to suspend Israel from FIFA because Israeli teams routinely play in the occupied West Bank while the Israeli government both harasses and restricts the movements of Palestinian players between the West Bank and Gaza as well as to international matches. The suspension vote requires a 75% majority of the 209 FIFA members and it would have devastating impact in Israel, somewhat similar to what happened when South Africa was suspended from most international sporting activity due to its apartheid laws.Benjamin Netanyahu recognized the danger and vowed to resist any such moves very aggressively even if it would lead to the destruction of FIFA. Preceding the FIFA arrests, it wasconsidered quite possible that the Palestinian appeal would be successful.

“So was it just a coincidence that three days before the Palestinian vote the U.S. government ordered the Swiss policeto raid the hotel where the FIFA functionaries were staying to make arrests on corruption charges going back more than twenty years? And how was it that reporters and photographers from the New York Times appeared in the hotel lobby at dawn to record the incidentin real time? Was the timing and media coverage intended to delay or cancel the vote? If that was the intention, it succeeded as the Palestinians came under intense pressure at last Friday’s chaotic FIFA meeting and withdrew their motion, delighting Netanyahu .

 

[bluethrunthru]

Or it could be a coincidence.....................

 

[VOOMER]

It is claimed by the Americans that the corruption at FIFA amounts to $150 million.
That sounds like a lot of sleazy money, but this figure pales in significance to the amount of corruption and criminality attributable to Wall Street banks and other Western financial institutions. For example, British bank HSBC alone has been caught running tax evasion, money-laundering for drug cartels and other illicit schemes that is estimated at $180 billion – or more than a thousand-fold the scale of criminality alleged at FIFA. High-level US involvement in targeting FIFA strongly suggests a political direction being given by the Obama administration.The Americans and their trusty British ally are using the issue of alleged corruption in World Cup organising body, FIFA, as a stalking horse to further get at Russia over the geopolitical tensions in Ukraine. Another reason Blatter and FIFA became a target for US regime change (see Iraq, Afghanistan,Libya etc) was it's stance on Israel. That's how things work these days ....
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/...A-would-spell-end-of-world-soccer-body-404426

What are your thoughts on the increasing prison population in China?