FIFA executives arrested on US charges
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saw that this morning. what can come out of this? Could this possibly get the world cup pulled from Qatar?
I'm enjoying reading the Euro newspapers who are all thanking the US for finally having the balls to do this.
Funny, the country that cares about soccer the least will be the one that finally fixes the worldwide soccer governing body.
Funny, the country that cares about soccer the least will be the one that finally fixes the worldwide soccer governing body.
thats what happens when you arent paid up with the right senators in this country...
reading more and the IRS is involved...once again, you can commit crime in this country as long as you pay taxes...unless you are the head of the senate committee on taxes, then you don't pay them and apologize...
reading more and the IRS is involved...once again, you can commit crime in this country as long as you pay taxes...unless you are the head of the senate committee on taxes, then you don't pay them and apologize...
And now a larger criminal investigation is happening.
http://www.espnfc.co.uk/fifa-world-...stigation-begins-into-2018-and-2022-world-cup
http://www.espnfc.co.uk/fifa-world-...stigation-begins-into-2018-and-2022-world-cup
I'm thinking that more nations will become involved before this is over. Right now we have the US taking the lead, and the Swiss looking at the Russia and Qatar bids. What other nations will publicly announce some sort of criminal investigation before the day is over?
Very good read: http://screamer.deadspin.com/reports-justice-department-brings-the-goddamn-hammer-d-1707109298
Those people include nine FIFA officials:
Those people include nine FIFA officials:
- Jeffrey Webb (Cayman Islands) - President of CONCACAF, member of FIFA Executive Committee
- Eugenio Figueredo (Uruguay) - President of CONMEBOL, member of FIFA Executive Committee
- Jack Warner (Trinida and Tobago) - President of CONCACAF from 1990 to 2011, former FIFA vice-president
- Eduardo Li (Costa Rica) - President of the Costa Rican Football Federation, CONCACAF representative to FIFA
- Julio Rocha (Nicaragua) - President of the Nicaraguan Football Federation, FIFA development officer
- Costas Takkas (Cayman Islands) - Former general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association
- Rafael Esquivel (Venezuela) - President of the Venezuelan Football Federation since 1988, member of the FIFA disciplinary committee
- José Maria Marin (Brazil) - President of the Brazilian Football Confederation from 2012 to 2015, president of the 2014 FIFA World Cup committee
- Nicolás Leoz (Paraguay) - President of CONMEBOL from 1986 to 2013
- Alejandro Burzaco (Argentina) - CEO of Torneos y Competencias, which owns various sports television channels and broadcasted Argentine domestic football matches from 1992 to 2009, and the 2006 World Cup
- Aaron Davidson (United States) - President of Traffic Sports USA, which organizes and handles marketing for a variety of CONCACAF soccer events, like World Cup Qualifying and the Gold Cup. Chairman of the Board of the North American Soccer League, the soccer tier below MLS
- Hugo Jinkis (Argentina) - President of Full Play, which owns some sort of rights (I am unclear which ones) to hundreds of South American soccer matches
- Mariano Jinkis (Argentina) - CEO of Full Play, which owns some sort of rights (I am unclear which ones) to hundreds of South American soccer matches
- José Margulies (Unknown) - Margulies is somehow involved with Traffic Sports
Putin comes out against the arrests and says the US is playing politics. In unrelated news, water is wet.
