Should we pull out of FIFA..?

[Burtonblue]

A lot of overreaction here.
Whereas we obviously made a better pitch on the day, the decision to choose Russia had been made some time ago. Do you think Blatter and his pals in Zurich are going to tell Beckham and the PM that whilst being canvassed by them? Thought not.
Imo our bid was massively naive, late and obviously pointless.
Like it or not Russia is the right place for 2018 - never been in Eastern block / massive new Market etc etc. Quatar, on the other hand, I just don't get (other than the money!!)

 

[kevilldavies]

Who are FIFA and why do they run the World Cup when it was the British FAs that established the rules for the modern game in 1882? The British FAs formed the International arm to the sport in 1886 and FIFA became a member in 1913. FIFA introduced the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 and its popularity has increased ever since. The original ideals of FIFA could not be faulted. Bringing the peoples of the world closer together with the beautiful game. One of the first principles was to do with integrity and it is built into their code of conduct.

Integrity. We believe that, just as the game itself, FIFA must be a model of fair play, tolerance, sportsmanship and transparency.

Sadly the dream seems to be going wrong, as the present-day competition generates truly huge amounts of money, matched by the huge resentments amongst the losing nations and allowing speculation that the bidding process is open to fraud. That some members might be accepting bribes to influence the bidding process was behind the BBC programme.

TIME THEN FOR THE BRITISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS TO START THEIR OWN WORLD CUP STARTING WITH 2018 AND INVITE THE OTHER LOSING BIDDERS, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, HOLLAND, BELGIUM TO JOIN.

Russia can compete for the Jules Verne trophy, in a devalued tournament whilst England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic compete with others for the real World Cup with all the top teams. It is time for the inventors of the modern game to regain control of it's development.