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Breaking news - Blatter suspended!!!
- Thread starter Cadiz Seagull
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Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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Glorious stuff. Curious to see what, if anything, is coming Plantini's way as well.
Not quite yet - only a recommendation to suspend so far. Not sure who has to approve it - probably Blatter!
Cadiz Seagull
Grey bearded old man
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BBC saying he IS suspended, albeit provisionally. "Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been provisionally suspended for 90 days."
They also say " Members of Fifa's ethics committee met this week after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against Blatter, 79, last month. A final decision is likely to be made on Friday by Hans Joachim Eckhert, the head of Fifa's ethics adjudicatory chamber. "
I'd be amazed if this wasn't confirmed by the head of the Ethics Committee. FIFA has little enough credibility left, the Sponsors will go apeshit if the commitee doesn't confirm the suspension and blame it all on Blatter.
As guilty as Blatter is there are plenty of other culprits. Watch FIFA hang Blatter out to dry as a scapegoat.
Couln't happen to a nicer guy.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Looks like he's being hoisted with his own petard. He created the Ethics Committee.
I do believe the reason why he's been hanging on is to try and leave with some credibility restored. The problem is that, even if he hasn't committed any wrongdoing himself, he must have known at least some of what was going on. It's best just to try and clear his name of any accusations himself, whilst resigning. He has to come to terms with this.
I do believe the reason why he's been hanging on is to try and leave with some credibility restored. The problem is that, even if he hasn't committed any wrongdoing himself, he must have known at least some of what was going on. It's best just to try and clear his name of any accusations himself, whilst resigning. He has to come to terms with this.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
good news,
Not Andy Naylor
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"This is provisional for 90 days but he is not actually suspended."
I'm glad they've made that clear, then ...
I'm glad they've made that clear, then ...
severnside gull
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Latest reports have him still at his desk (working on the cover-up).
One word from Coca-Cola and the whole thing comes tumbling down.
Shirley Blatter was summoned to appear in front of The (lack of) Ethics Committee.
Shirley Blatter was summoned to appear in front of The (lack of) Ethics Committee.
atfc village
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About time.
HawkTheSeagull
New member
It's amazing that when the people with the money start talking, things actually happen......
I assume they're saying "We've decided he's getting 90 days, but it's not effective until it's confirmed (or not) on Friday."
And it can't be a co-incidence that the three sponsors that spoke out were American companies ..... I wonder if they've been dropped the wink by the American investigators as to what they have found ?
Tricky Dicky
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Platinis chances of succeeding Sepp must be dwindling, if only by association.
Fair enough. The only suitable successors to Blatter will have to be people who have never in any way been associated with FIFA - the whole thing is so sceptic, that anyone in it at the moment is suspect.
Marxo
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90 days!
desprateseagull
New member
People at top of global organisations need to set themselves to a higher standard- any whiff of wrong-doing, taints the whole sport. He should have gone years ago.
The Modfather
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He will probably set up some sort of 'appeals committee' , headed by himself of course, to look into any decisions taken by the ethics committee.
Guy Fawkes
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- Sep 29, 2007
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This seems the most likely outcome. I remember the hundreds of FIFA staff giving Sepp his seemingly hour long round of applause when he announced his temporary resignation - FIFA can't just get rid of Sepp because Sepp is FIFA, Sepp is football and Sepp is still in charge.