Blatter Resigns!

maxwell smart

That didn't take long, they must have some 'stuff' on him!

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/breaking-sepp-blatter-resigns-as-fifa-president-31273608.html

The_Valeyard

Why now? Why not years ago!!

darkpagandeath

The little pigs must have rolled over.

maxwell smart

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Why now? Why not years ago!!

Indeed, the stuff they have on him must be watertight!

Odyssey 2005

Blatter to resign. Guess them Mericans had some dirt on the weasel after all .:cool:

PARlance

Losing Delaney's support eventually hit home

PARlance

Blatter check out the other thread

sjb25

Suitcases filled with money and catching a plane to somewhere that won't extradite him I'd say

The_Valeyard

You got blattered by two minutes.

Odyssey 2005

PARlance wrote: »

Blatter check out the other thread

Just saw it.
Mods can remove/close this one if they wish.
Still good news thou.

Tamoreit

Delighted the corrupt ****er is gone, it's long overdue.

Tombi!

Mod: merged threads

catallus

This is awful news.

A lawfully elected official hounded out of office by invisible enemies and everyone claps like trained seals.

Under his guidance, World Football has grown in strength and depth and now his legacy is going to be obliterated by the highest bidder.

For shame.:mad:

P_1

catallus wrote: »

This is awful news.

A lawfully elected official hounded out of office by invisible enemies and everyone claps like trained seals.

Under his guidance, World Football has grown in strength and depth and now his legacy is going to be obliterated by the highest bidder.

For shame.:mad:

Jack Warner is that you?

diomed

Large severance package?

Gatling

Now strip qutar and Russia of there world cups and investigate those who have been keeping him in power

Spanish Eyes

Why did he go through the sham of an election process.

The little blx, retiring/resigning now at 80 yrs of age so he will get oodles of dough as his package out.

I just hope it was the sponsors who had a hand in this. If so, fair play.

Penn

catallus wrote: »

This is awful news.

A lawfully elected official hounded out of office by invisible enemies and everyone claps like trained seals.

Under his guidance, World Football has grown in strength and depth and now his legacy is going to be obliterated by the highest bidder.

For shame.:mad:

That was the problem; it wasn't about football, it was about the highest bidder.

endacl

Football.

Blah.

Eutow

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Why did he go through the sham of an election process.

The little blx, retiring/resigning now at 80 yrs of age so he will get oodles of dough as his package out.

I just hope it was the sponsors who had a hand in this. If so, fair play.

Maybe because he gets some severance package to cover the rest of his tenure (4 years because he got elected last week) Corrupt a$$hole, just like the rest of the so called "Fifa Family".

mikemac1

#delaney4prez

Jan Laco

Now they just need to show how Russia bribed the World Cup bid and give it to the USA instead.

Copa Mundial

Fifa calling it a "courageous" decision. What a load of! Trying to kick the traces and wash his hands of his wheeling and dealing is all it is. Good riddance, but I wouldn't be surprised if his replacement changes nothing. I'm sure Fifa is rotten to the core.

Yellowblackbird

Twenty euro a head? We'll get him a nice watch.

Spanish Eyes

Eutow wrote: »

Maybe because he gets some severance package to cover the rest of his tenure (4 years because he got elected last week) Corrupt a$$hole, just like the rest of the so called "Fifa Family".

That's exactly what I was thinking.

He was elected again for four years, and now can get a nice big fat severance package, which he wouldn't have got if he resigned before the election.

Talk about scheming little bstrd.

Gatling

He wanted "limitations on mandates and terms of office and his efforts were counteracted"

Really Sepp why didn't you resign years ago rather than running in the sham elections that you repeatedly ran in and won

BoJack Horseman

Jan Laco wrote: »

Now they just need to show how Russia bribed the World Cup bid and give it to the USA instead.

Well the Russian bid committee rented their computers & laptops..... Then the computers were returned & destroyed.

Which is understandable.
As we know, computers are the size of a tennis court, affordable to only the 4 richest kings of Europe.

Makes total sense for for the otherwise bottomless pit of cash called 'Putin vanity projects' to trim the pennies by renting PC's that immediately get destroyed instead of rented again.

Seems legit!

aaronjumper

Had never heard of him prior to this thread. Epic name though.

"The names Blatter. Sepp Blatter."

anncoates

endacl wrote: »

Football.

Blah..tter

Fixed

bnt

He cites "a lack of support in the world of Football". You don't say, Sherlock?
You might say "but he was democratically elected", but there are doubts about that process, too.

A vote for Blatter was a vote for "business as usual", which suited large blocs of national FAs just fine. Call me elitist, but the idea that e.g. American Samoa's vote carries as much weight as e.g. Germany's vote is silly. One of them has contributed immensely to the legacy of Football, the other ... well, at least they're having fun. :cool:

Odyssey 2005

I hope the FBI spit roast the crooked kcnt

My name is URL

Copa Mundial wrote: »

Fifa calling it a "courageous" decision. What a load of! Trying to kick the traces and wash his hands of his wheeling and dealing is all it is. Good riddance, but I wouldn't be surprised if his replacement changes nothing. I'm sure Fifa is rotten to the core.

Sepp Bladder was the core

Of course it's always gonna be corrupt though... what does anyone expect when so many National Associations are themselves corrupt?! The way to fix corruption isn't to bring a load of corrupt people together, hand them unbelievable power and allow them to oversee billions of euro per year.

Rezident

Brilliant news for football. Blatter has been a cancer on world football for so long. I have waited so long for this day. This is a great day for football.

Kristopherus

Hope the Yanks are waiting for him when he goes there next week.

NotASheeple

Jan Laco wrote: »

Now they just need to show how Russia bribed the World Cup bid and give it to the USA instead.

The Americans know enough about dodgy dealings in sport. If the doped up US team at the 1984 Olympics and all those failed dope tests that were brushed under the carpet, are anything to go by. Great to see Blatter finally getting the shove though.

Very Bored

Good riddance. Hope he takes that gobbo Platini with him.

Gatling

According to the nytimes Blatter is under FBI investigation

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Gatling wrote: »

According to the nytimes Blatter is under FBI investigation

Didn't take the press to tell us that. I even reckoned it was the case when the who thing broke and for me more goes on watching paint dry than a football match.:)

Birneybau

aaronjumper wrote: »

Had never heard of him prior to this thread. Epic name though.

"The names Blatter. Sepp Blatter."

What's the weather like on Mars these days?

Infini

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/sepp-blatter-resignation-smoking-gun-led-fifa-president-to-quit-claims-fa-chairman-greg-dyke-10293057.html

Aaaaaaand he is gone. Apparently the feds are after him now which is very convenient timing!

Niall558

A little bit of a slow start there today infini2?

Very Bored

BBC Radio 4 morning news said Platini is favourite to succeed Blatter. Out of the frying pan then...

circadian

Birneybau wrote: »

What's the weather like on Mars these days?

Red.

FluffyAngel

and this is AH version of an own goal...

BoJack Horseman

Attention people!

The Falkland islands have been invaded!
I repeat.... The Falkland islands have been invaded!

Boom_Bap

Multiple threadz merged.

Hoop66

The problem with taking the world cups away from Russia & Qatar - which should be done imo - is that, unless they can find watertight eveidence of corruption in the bidding process, the host nations will certainly be going to court. And, in the case of the Qatari royal family certainly, they have very deep pockets.

Very Bored

You are spot on Hoop. However, its not the only recourse that could be taken. Even without watertight evidence, there is nothing to stop nations pulling out. If the major nations which are against Blatter, FIFA and the awarding of these two venues were to pull out it would leave an almost intenable situation for Russia and Qatar. We know, for example, that England are dead opposed. I know from regular reading of Italian sports media and from following Italian football closely that Italy is of the same opinion. I can't see Germany having any usual with corruption. Even if those three pull out and plan their own, the World Cup starts to look ridiculous. I suspect many other major nations would follow suit even if just those three initiated the process. I know Spain backed Blatter, but from what I can tell they were pretty much alone in terms of the top nations so let them go to Russia and Qatar and obliterate the opposition winning what would effectively a tin pot in the process. I agree that the legal wrangling would leave the actual moving of the World Cup almost impossible to do but it doesn't mean nothing can be done. In fact, its almost more important that something is done because if corruption goes unpunished this time then it leaves the door wide open in future.

Very Bored

*that should read truck not usual - flipping predictive text.

Yellowblackbird

Hoop66 wrote: »

they have very deep pockets.

With these big cloak type robes they wear

Vandango

I was delighted to see the Blatter the little Napoleon, forced from his corrupt throne.