Mentioning no names

We're tiptoeing round a certain situation in a way in which the print and broadcast media are not. How very restrained we are!

I'm not - I am not sure how it works but I think that the whole football association in the world of football should either start an alternative FIFA or everyone should resign and the whole thing rebuilt without any corruption and absolute transparency.

As Blatter has refused to resign or withdraw from the election (saying it's 'too late') Michel Platini has not ruled out the possibility of European football teams boycotting a World Cup if Mr Blatter is re-elected, according to Sky News.

The whole thing stinks!

So why can't the world of football ostracize FIFA? Couldn't a new one be set up?

I think there's a huge conspiracy involved, interestingly Putin/Russia are backing the Chairman (probably only person who is!)

Whole shenanigans stinks!

Are they looking at the votes for Qatar and Russia? If not they ought to as I can remember D of C and D B looking absolutely confounded when the results were read out/

What about the banks?

What? I don't know enough about this really. I tend to ignore anything to do with football.

I mean about the principle of the CEO resigning when it's discovered that people have rigged things and bribed others. How many bank CEOs have resigned?

whitewave, I'm a footie fan. Mum was born in 1922 and lived in manchester, her family was CofE and traditionally, they supported City, she supported United. Her father was horrified that she supported the "left footers'. She somehow ensured all 3 of her daughters were, and remain Man U supporters. I married a southern red (that's someone from London who nonetheless supported ManU from the age of 8, he was born in 1950, long before ManU became a global team) anyway, that's a summary of some of the complexity of footi fan dome.

So - having provided a none essential and very northern England and northern european take on footi I feel partially qualified to say that there is a Big Problem between Russia, Qatar and the corrupt people in Fifa (who we definitely won't name) alongside their supporters, none of whom are northern europeans, and we northern(and southern) europeans. It's difficult init. If "we" split from Fifa, as I feel we should, we'll be accused of racism and colonialism.

I'm already apologising if this summary is incorrect, biased or inflammatory. I don't like corruption and I love footi. I'm watching Channel 4 news as I type. The number of deaths of workers building the various stadiums in Qatar is beyond anything that would be "accepted" in northern europe. I suppose that's another thread altogether but I feel so uncomfortable and cross about this whole situation

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