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Re: You Have To Laugh
Posted by: "Edward Crusoe" Edward.Crusoe@btinternet.com edwardcrusoe
Wed Jun 1, 2011 10:37 am (PDT)

So our 2 main responses should be:

1. The politicians should stop talking bollocks about reforming FIFA.

FIFA likes being a corrupt little despotic empire where everyone greases
each other's palm with silver and the same people will get the perks and the
backhanders for a generation before handing over to another bunch just as
corrupt if not worse. The turkeys aren't going to vote to behead themselves
anytime soon. I'm sure the reward monies will soon be flowing downwards,
never to be seen by the people / sub-organisations on the ground that really
need them. It would likely have been just the same had someone else other
than Blatter won.

That's the reality and politicians should stop jumping on the bandwagon and
deal with something more important. The sad and concerning thing is that
this is the way the world is generally headed. On a wider macro-political
point the West is no where near finished, and the US in particular will
continue to be the leading power (and then a very, very strong power) for at
least another 25-50 years - but the powers that are rising are not
democracies that embrace universal values but despotic regimes riddled with
corruption that make FIFA look like Mary Poppins - and that is likely to
influence the globe as a whole over the course of the next century.

2. To quote Father Jack (a.k.a. Bill Thomas) "Feck em"

We've got the richest league in the world and that isn't likely to change
anytime soon. Money talks. And while FIFA may control the global game -
their grip on the club game is very, very weak - as is UEFA's. There may
well come a time when the clubs in the big European Leagues look to break
away again, and that more than anything else will spell the downfall of the
governing bodies.>

And the sun shines out the FA's arse!
Let's not forget that Dave Richards was chairman at Sheffield Wednesday when they hosted an FA Cup semi-final in 1989. Their "stadium" - Hillsborough" did not have a safety certificate! We all know what happened, and can only wonder what would have happened had Sheffield Wednesday been refused the tie due to no certified proof the stadium was safe to host the game.

Now Dave is Sir Dave and head of Team England...and the english FA hhave the gall to complain about dodgy goings on at FIFA!!!

Keith

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