limpid Posted January 10, 2016 Administrator Share Posted January 10, 2016 29 minutes ago, r1hvy said: What do you guys think of an American stlye wage cap? I know there is an issue in Europe with human rights or something which says you cannot cap the wage of an individula but surely a cap on the club whihc we kind of have now would work. Not pro rata but literally a total wage allowance per club which is standard for the division not based on income?! If you'd like to discuss that then please start a new topic. This one is about FIFA corruption. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 5 candidates up for FIFA presidency election. Please let Tokyo Sexwale win 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 17 hours ago, rjw63 said: 5 candidates up for FIFA presidency election. Please let Tokyo Sexwale win I watched both the NFL conference championship games and for about 6 hours, every second ad on Australian ESPN was promoting some special they are having about the race for the FIFA presidency. Long story short, this meant a very serious and deep American accent repeating "Tokyo Sex Whale" about 50 times during the telecast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 27, 2016 Moderator Share Posted January 27, 2016 Sounds like something the Japanese would sell alright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa of the Bahrain Royal Family is the odds-on favourite to win the FIFA Presidency tomorrow. The rap sheet: * Chairing the committee responsible for identifying athletes (including international footballers) who took part in the 2011 pro-democracy demonstrations in Bahrain - many of whom were tortured and some of whom are still in prison today * Threatening penalties and suspensions against those who “violated the law” including athletes, administrators and coaches who participated in “illegal demonstrations” or any other act that aims to “overthrow the regime or insult national figures”. * Using £1.6m of FIFA development funding money in his election campaign which he lost to the later disgraced Qatari Mohamed bin Hammam * Accusing the US and Swiss authorities of pursuing a "publicity stunt" and saying that any issues are the fault of individual confederations, not FIFA * Not actually being interested in football. When asked if he planned to watch the next World Cup Final (having not watched the last one), replied: "If I’m Fifa president I suppose I’ll have to" On the bright side, they're probably going to elect the candidate who will hasten their demise the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Why are normal, decent people not going for the job? I just don't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 This Salman guy is a shit of the first order who is considerably worse than Blatter if truth be told. As said above though, maybe he ends up hastening the demise. And look on the bright side, the more time he spends jetting about Zurich and shopping in Paris, the less time he has to devote to torturing Bahrainis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 3 hours ago, Genie said: Why are normal, decent people not going for the job? I just don't get it is it any different than most other politicians Figo should have won it first time around as I think he would have done a good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 7 hours ago, Zatman said: Figo should have won it first time around as I think he would have done a good job Me too. I wonder why people like David Gil, Daniel Levy, David Dean etc are up for it? It must be a sweet job and these seem to be the kind of people that I'd expect to be a perfect fit. There must be a lot of ex or current Chairmen / CEO / MD's of big football clubs who could do a great job here. Maybe it is the media scrutiny it brings with it? Having all your past trawled through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 maybe its the pandering to the smaller nations and smaller associations rather than trying to work at the business end of the game tbf thats how blatter kept his power you promise tahiti a couple of grand towards developing the sport in their country, help them build a stadium, give them an increased albeit still incredibly unlikely chance of qualifying for a world cup and they will vote for you...compare that to the work you'd have to put in to secure englands vote, who want your entire organisation invetigated, the qatar world cup moved somewhere else, more technology, probably bigger slices of the sponsorship pie at tournaments... its a no brainer which FA's vote you are going to target Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: you promise tahiti a couple of grand towards developing the sport in their country, help them build a stadium, give them an increased albeit still incredibly unlikely chance of qualifying for a world cup and they will vote for you...compare that to the work you'd have to put in to secure englands vote, who want your entire organisation invetigated, the qatar world cup moved somewhere else, more technology, probably bigger slices of the sponsorship pie at tournaments... and Tahiti improved by beating New Zealanf and winning their 1st ever continental trophy and going to Confederations Cup for first time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 exactly, it works, its easier to have a manifesto based on the wants of the bottom 100 FIFA nations than it is to have one based on the demands of the top 20 the problem being the bottom 100 isn't going to fix what is wrong at FIFA, they have completely different concerns like i said its what blatter knew and he used it to stay in power, platini got elected to UEFA because he gave BATE borisov a chance to play in the CL and albania a chance to play in the euros, he didnt get it because of what he could do for england, spain, germany etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 no Tokyo Sexwale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 So the guy who wants the 40 team world cup has won... should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Infantino it is then. Good result? Must say I know little about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 10 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Infantino it is then. Good result? Must say I know little about him. I think that's a good thing. If there was dirt on him I reckon it would have come out already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Congratulations, Stevo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Genie said: So the guy who wants the 40 team world cup has won... should be fun. What a terrible idea that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: What a terrible idea that is. I know. Even more dross than usual. Lots more £££'s from the extra games though I guess. That's what its all about of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 5 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: Infantino it is then. Good result? Must say I know little about him. he is a Platini puppet, only other skills is he does a brilliant Champions League draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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