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© Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Blatter says FIFA corruption probe won't lead to him
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nath
The corruption occurred under Blatter's watch. He has to be removed to restore public confidence in FIFA.
gelendestrasse
blather, blather, blather....
Nessie
A Blatter supporter? What's next, unicorns?
itsonlyrocknroll
Sepp Blatter acceptance speech, 'I take the responsibility to bring back FIFA. I'm convinced we can do it, I will be in command of this boat called FIFA. We will bring it back, we will bring it back offshore and bring it back to the beach'....For some bizarre reason there was a reference to beach soccer...In essence this was the promise Sepp Blatter made four years ago.
Where was any assessment report detailing 'true financial visibility/viability' of commercial/ TV rights franchising agreements. The financial structure must be quantified for robustness in reporting to a directorship. Preparation of finance board reports avoid inheriting fraud or fraud risk from negotiation more effectively, and uncovers “off balance-sheet” issues. Accounting objective appraisal will detail finance structuring options. All these are essential requirements.
Quarterly or monthly management accounts reports?
Control risks policy structure on the avoidance of bribery and corruption, checks and balances?
These are the reasons Sepp Blatter must resign, whether Blatter is complicit in any wrong doing is a matter for the Swiss and US authorities investigations and due process.
Sepp Blatter is simply either, negligent and/or lacked the competence to carry out his duties as President of FIFA.
To fall back on accusations that the US authorities and British press are conspiring to topple him is risible, ludicrous, and throws more suspicion on his motives of denial?
What should be made of the posturing President Putin, claiming that the arrests were an attempt to undermine Blatter and destabilize the Russia 2018 World Cup?.......President Putin, if Swiss authorities undercover fraud and corruption to the 2018 World Cup bidding process, will have betrayed not only the Russian FA, but the integrity of the Russian people.
Because the Russian bid could have stood alone and won fair 'n' square.
jerseyboy
Arrogant old man. He is an embarrassment to the world's most popular sport.
Don't need to say anymore. He is attacking someone trying to rid his sport, and his organization, of corruption, while getting telegrams from a fellow dictator.
Several senior FIFA executives under indictment, and sponsors like Visa putting them on notice, and he says that? No wonder he and Putin are good friends, they are able to construct altrenate views of reality to suit their needs.
bass4funk
And you don't think Blatter is corrupt??? ROFL
Probably he woke up with a horse's head in his bed recently. Why do you think he won reelection? We are talking about Soccer, remember?! If you don't think Blatter is knee deep swimming in corruption, you need to put the drink down.
Nicholas Tee
Anyone that remains in FIFA will do so because they are part of the corruption. THose that leave will have demonstrated that they won't accept it. Why do you think that it was the Africa and South American countries that supported him? ... because they were the ones that were receiving the payoffs. AND they are all too stupid to realize that by supporting ol' man Blatter, they are telling the world they like and benefit from the corruption.
I sincerely hope that Visa, Coka Cola, Nike, Adidas, Sony, Emirates, JVC, McDonalds, Fuji Xerox, Fujifilm, Canon, Al;fa Romeo, Hyundai, Seiko, Philips, Toshiba, and all the other sponsors have the balls to pull out of FIFA. If they don't it means that they are part of the corruption.
If you are Japanese and love football, then it is your responsibility to tell the Japanes companies involved, that you will blacklist them if they continue to sponsor FIFA.
lucabrasi
@Nicholas
And if you're not Japanese...?
smithinjapan
I hope soccer takes the nuclear option and European leagues, North, and South America all pull out of WC and host their own "Clean Cup". That will DEFINITELY have the sponsors pull out of FIFA, and Blatter will try to fight tooth and nail but he'll be done for sure. Let him cry about being some imaginary scapegoat, and unrightfully ousted all he likes -- he'll be gone.
nath
No. They are companies looking to promote their products. Football is a huge world-wide sport, the perfect venue for these companies to promote their product. Unless they are directly subordinating corruption, they are not part of it. Think of it this way: a supermarket you shop at regularly all of a sudden has an outbreak of food poisoning. You continue to shop their after the incident (for the sake of this example). Are you part of the food poisoning incident?
wtfjapan
hes the captain of the ship thats full of rats, he need to take responsility for those under him whether he knew about it or not
John-San
Blatter supporter ? Is that a incontentences device. A reason why 2004? FBI did say this is just the beginning and FBI are probably working towards the present. A reason why make arrests just before the FIFA election. They wanted the first round of arrests be achieved the most efficient way. By interview the accuse all at the same time separately and all being in the same place at once. This allow the FBI to get all the statement of the accused at same time so they can review the statements one against the other while still under arrest. It also blunt any post discussion by the accuse to work out alibis,collaborate statements, and make sure of the paper trial are destroyed. They are following protocol so evident gathering is not tainted.
Why Has FIFA allow Russia to still host a FIFA world cup after the downing of a Passenger air flight. Is it because Putin has evidence of the corrupt moneys and FIFA people involved. Putin fire off a response only hours latter the arrests. When it took a fortnight to respond to the down Passenger Jet. The EU, England, America, Asia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand all FIFA members have embargo against Russia. Why haven,t the FIFA imposed a football embargo on Russia. After this week most people would agree that the FIFA can not say that do not get involved in Politics.
AyameM
Sony and Emirates already terminated their contracts at the end of 2014.
SuperLib
It's always kind of fun to watch guys like this go down.
Triumvere
Of course he did.
You are so incredibly naïve.
bass4funk
Question is, how exactly did he win it?
Go and Google FIFA corruption and you'll get a couple of hundred hits from all over the world, NOT just the Western media, all pretty much saying the same thing.
You are talking about 3rd world countries that could definitely benefit from financial help, endorsements and advertisements and big name recognitions to help bring more attention, players and fans to their countries. We're talking about a lot of money.
Honestly, I don't even think YOU believe that. I'm not buying it!
Not only should he be ousted, but he should sitting in a cell somewhere for a lengthy amount of time to ponder and think about the shame and disgrace he brought to FIFA, the fans and the honest people that are truly dedicated to making the WC and honest and respectful event, they deserve honesty and integrity.
SuperLib
FIFA can't find someone who stands up for smaller countries yet isn't corrupt?
bass4funk
Probably. We are talking about "The Beautiful Game."
There is a lot to be gained by it.
So then all this scandal going on is trumped up by whom??? The Illuminati??
Yeah, keep telling yourself that. LOL
The harsh reality is sports like Soccer, Baseball, Boxing, the Olympics especially have always been corrupt and to think otherwise is just not dealing with reality and the facts, I wasn't surprised about Blatter being knee deep in this corruption, I am just shocked that it took so long to come out. But as they say, Sunshine is indeed the best disinfectant.