Fa Damages Fifa's "good Name" - Pmsl

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30031405
Now the FA are no angels but really It's like the great train robbers criticising a shoplifter! Qatar process not bent, right oh! Is FIFA fit for purpose?

[ChillDoubt]

Yep, you couldn't make it up. Bar certain governments/regimes, FIFA is probably the most corrupt and inept body in the world and they're beating off some stiff competition whilst at it.

[sandyRoe]

The words, 'kettle', and 'black', come to mind.

[dannyk13]

Surely this should have been posted in the Jokes section

[jno]

so the FA behaved unethically but you prefer to blame those darn foreigners for behaving worse, eh? Standard British defence.

[ichkeria]

There is currently an FBI investigation going on into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids. Tho' at this moment in time I'd bet more money on the 2018 World Cup not going ahead as planned.

Is FIFA fit for purpose? It certainly seems to fit Blatter's purpose :-)

[ToraToraTora]

well there's a suprise, jno, anti British, who would have thought it?!

[bazwillrun]

@TTT

his keyboard is locked in anti-brit mode

[Ellipsis]

It seems to go something like this ...

1) FIFA is corrupt
2) You don't stand a chance of winning a FIFA bid without partaking in a bit of corruption
3) All the bidders for all the competitions were therefore engaging in corruption to a greater or lesser extent, including the FA
4) Stories of the corruption come to light
5) FIFA task a lawyer to carry out an internal enquiry
6) The lawyer has no power to demand anything of anybody
7) The FA confess to their bit of corruption, but nobody else does. The FA's corruption is on a fairly minor scale - no wonder it only got them two votes!
8) The result of the enquiry is that all are exonerated - except the FA, of course, for being honest

> Is FIFA fit for purpose?

Depends on the purpose. Organising a corruption free World Cup? No.

[ToraToraTora]

so what you are saying ellipsis is that the FA needs to raise it's "corruption" game and bung some more delegates! Bunch of amateurs!

[Ellipsis]

Their approach was classically British:

"Ooh we really want to host the World Cup. Ugh, but it's so corrupt. We're going to have to get our hands dirty if we want to get anywhere. OK, we'll do it but we'll whine about corruption."

... time passes ...

"What? Only two votes? Qatar wins? Golly gosh, how much corruption was involved in that?

... time passes ...

"Oh great, they're having an investigation. We'll participate fully and really knock the head on this corruption once and for all."

... time passes ...

"What mugs we are!"

[ludwig]

Really what should happen is that Fifa is boycotted as the joke it is, and an alternative organisation is set up. That'll never happen though because it'll mean that people will lose money in the meantime.

So it'll just rumble on with people moaning about corruption but nothing being done to change it.

[janbee]

FIFA has a good name? Wow, when did that happen?

[ubasses]

After listening to the news on Radio 5 they announced that the report writer has now issued a statement saying what he is hearing is not a true representation of his findings.

[Gromit]

Why did the English FA Sponsor a gala dinner for the Caribbean Football Union, at a cost of £35,000?

The report accepts that it was to by a vote. Can there be any other conclusion?

[ToraToraTora]

is anyone disputing that?

[ChillDoubt]

What a shambles:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30037729

Everyone from Blatter down needs to resign for football to regain any semblance of credibility it may have.

[ichkeria]

Regardless of what the FA may or may not have done, the idea that a FIFA investigation - on what amounts to corruption by itself - could be taken seriously is a non-starter.

[Deskdiary]

FIFA pay a lawyer to investigate the corruption allegations, and the lawyer they paid finds the allegations are unfounded.

To quote Mandy Rice-Davies.....well he would say that, wouldn't he.

Despite the excellent job of the Insight team on The Sunday Times, is anybody surprised by this outcome?

I'm not.