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FIFA have sacked Miguel Maduro, who barred Russia's World Cup head (and Deputy PM) from FIFA's ruling council. They have also sacked Cornel Borbely, the chief ethics investigator, and Hans-Joachim Eckert, the judge who banned Blatter and Platini. All were considered reformists in the organisation. 

Apparently, the sacking threaten to overshadow FIFA's congress in - did you guess? - Bahrain next week. 

https://www.ft.com/content/79ed66e2-3504-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e

Mods - I tried to copy the text from the FT website, but they appear to have made this impossible. There are other sources for the other two sackings, but only the FT are reporting Maduro's sacking. Sorry if this is wrong. 

 

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51 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

Mods - I tried to copy the text from the FT website, but they appear to have made this impossible. There are other sources for the other two sackings, but only the FT are reporting Maduro's sacking. Sorry if this is wrong. 

There is nothing on that link except the FT begging for money.

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2 minutes ago, limpid said:

There is nothing on that link except the FT begging for money.

Ah, okay. If you Google 'ft FIFA ousts government chief in 'night of the long knives' you can click on the result and that will take you to the article. 

 

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Behold the great future of football.

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Football reforms: Scrapping 45-minute half to be debated at Ifab

A proposal to scrap 45-minute halves is to be looked at by football's lawmakers to deter time-wasting.

Instead, there could be two periods of 30 minutes with the clock stopped whenever the ball goes out of play.

Lawmaking body the International Football Association Board (Ifab) says matches only see about 60 minutes of "effective playing time" out of 90.

The idea is one of several put forward in a new strategy document designed to address football's "negativities".

Another proposal would see players not being allowed to follow up and score if a penalty is saved - if the spot-kick "is not successful", play would stop and a goal-kick awarded.

Other ideas include a stadium clock linked to a referee's watch and a new rule allowing players to effectively pass to themselves or dribble the ball when taking a free-kick.

Where have these proposals come from?

The ideas have been put forward to Ifab by stakeholders in the game to tackle "on-field issues" and form part of what it calls its "Play Fair strategy", which has three aims of:

  • improving player behaviour and increasing respect
  • increasing playing time
  • increasing fairness and attractiveness

Part of the problem the new document highlights is that a 90-minute match has fewer than 60 minutes of playing time because of stoppages and time-wasting.

Which plans need no law changes?

The document has put forward a number of radical ideas for discussion, but suggests some proposals can be implemented immediately without the need for law changes.

Most of these apply to trying to combat time-wasting. The document says match officials should be stricter on the rule which allows keepers to hold the ball for six seconds and be more stringent when calculating additional time.

Additionally, it suggests match officials stop their watch:

  • from a penalty being awarded to the spot-kick being taken
  • from a goal being scored until the match resumes from the kick-off
  • from asking an injured player if he requires treatment to play restarting
  • from the referee showing a yellow or red card to play resuming
  • from the signal of a substitution to play restarting
  • from a referee starting to pace a free-kick to when it is taken

Which plans are ready for testing?

Some of the proposals are already being tested. The idea of only allowing captains to speak to referees - to prevent match officials being mobbed - will be trialled at this summer's Confederations Cup, which starts on Saturday.

Another proposal involves changing the order of kick-taking in penalty shoot-outs, known as 'ABBA'. It is similar to a tie-break in tennis, with team A taking the first kick, then team B taking two, then team A taking two. That is a change from the traditional 'team A, team B, team A, team B' pattern.

New suggestions also include players who are being substituted leaving at the closest part of the touchline to them instead of at the halfway line.

Which ideas are up for discussion?

This is where it gets interesting. One of the proposals would allow being able to dribble straight from a free-kick to "encourage attacking play as the player who is fouled can stop the ball and then immediately continue their dribble/attacking move". Other measures include:

  • passing to yourself at a free-kick, corner and goal-kick
  • a stadium clock which stops and starts along with the referee's watch
  • allowing the goal-kick to be taken even if the ball is moving
  • a goal-kick being taken on the same side that the ball went out on
  • a "clearer and more consistent definition" of handball
  • a player who scores a goal or stops a goal with his hands gets a red card
  • a keeper who handles a backpass or throw-in from a team-mate concedes a penalty
  • the referee can award a goal if a player stops a goal being scored by handling on or close to the goal-line
  • referees can only blow for half-time or full-time when the ball goes out of play
  • a penalty kick is either scored or missed/saved and players cannot follow up to score to stop encroachment into the penalty area

Who has come up with these proposals?

Ifab is made up of Fifa and the four British home football associations - of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - and is responsible for making the final decision on law changes.

Former English referee David Elleray is Ifab's technical director and has overseen the document.

"Referees, players, coaches and fans all agree that improving player behaviour and respect for all participants and especially match officials, increasing playing time and the game's fairness and attractiveness must be football's main priority," he said.

The next stage would involve the ideas being discussed at various meetings before decisions are taken on whether to develop them further or discard them.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40311889

Sure these ideas has nothing to do with suiting the American public or getting commercial breaks in for sponsors. Having to wait 45 minutes for the privilege to watch an add for caffeinated sugar water is simply not bearable.

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FIFA & UEFA vice president and president of the Spanish FA Angel Maria Villar has just been arrested on allegations of corruption.

His son and other members also arrested.

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The president of the Spanish Football Federation and his son have been held as part of a corruption investigation, judicial sources say.

Angel Maria Villar Llona was arrested on suspicion of embezzling funds, El Pais and Efe news agency reported.

Mr Villar, a former Spain international footballer, has been president of the association since 1988.

His son Gorka was among a number of other people also arrested during a number of raids early on Tuesday.

Spain's High Court told Reuters that one of its investigating magistrates and anti-corruption prosecutors were leading the probe.

Efe reported that the allegations centred on the falsification of documents and misappropriation of funds, all related to the organising of international football matches.

There has been no comment yet from Mr Villar or his lawyers.

In Villar's time as president of the federation, Spain's men's football team has won two European championships as well as the 2010 World Cup, becoming one of football's dominant forces.

He has also served on the council of football's world governing body Fifa for the past 29 years, but was reprimanded by Fifa for failing to comply with its internal inquiry into the 2018/22 World Cup bidding process.

Richard Conway, the BBC's sports news correspondent, said his arrest is significant and a clear signal that the many issues surrounding officials who presided over world football in recent decades continue.

Mr Villar was acting president of Uefa, Europe's footballing body, while its chief Michel Platini was under investigation.

"Uefa is aware of the reports regarding Mr Villar Llona," a statement by the organisation said. "We have no further comment to make this at this time."

Gorka Villar served as the director-general of the South American football confederation Conmebol before standing down last year.

Before standing down, he had been accused of extortion by a number of Uruguyan football clubs.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40642635

 

I've noticed that I often use the phrase "rotten to the core" nowadays when I talk about football.

Football really is broken. Although it has been for decades in reality.

Here's hoping Infantino and his people are next.

 

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FIFA demands 2026 World Cup bidders guarantee a tax holiday, copyright protection and exemption from labour laws

So FIFA is saying for a nation to host the World Cup, fifa has to be exempt from Labour laws, and should not have to pay any taxes whatsoever. 

Can't see the World Cup going to first world nation again then. We will see a lot more middle eastern nations with huge pockets hosting the world cup. They are ruining the cup. 

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$25bn bid made by a japanese bank led conglomerate wanting a 49% stake in FIFA tournaments, they want to introduce a club word cup every 4 years featuring the top 24 club teams from around the world and then every 2 years have a national team league tournament

could be the beginning of the end, got some very wealthy backers behind it

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thats the sales pitch and the problem, the group say it wants to expand the club world championship or whatever its called, one of the quotes was that the football audience is global rather than just european so they want a proper global tournament, of course featuring 12 european teams...UEFA are the main opponents of it because it will step on the CL toes

apparently it was raised at the last FIFA meeting on the quiet and they were told to put some meat on the bones, a formal proposal will be raised at the next meeting

this will be FIFA again claiming to support the little man, 1 FA 1 vote, i think it will be very popular even to the likes of our FA who will be lining up 2 or 3 of those 12 european slots and seeing it as a potential new market opportunity

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i dont think there is any official ranking system for club teams

at the moment its teams from the 6 confederations + 1 team from the host with then the tiered system so the CL and CL winners start in the semis

i doubt details of the qualifying teams will be announced any time soon they are proposing the competition starts in 2021

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FIFA now 'open' to increasing '22 world cup in Qatar to 48 teams and spreading it around the Middle East (Kuwait, UAE & Saudi Arabia mentioned)

FIFA just need to be nuked. 

 

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