baron-pierreIV Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Mm. The best of a bad bunch - he deserves a chance at least to clean things up. He's got to work hard, & work quickly, if he wants to gain people's confidence - if such a thing is even possible anymore. Even from his acceptance speech, there was humility and sincerity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Even from his acceptance speech, there was humility and sincerity. Well... He has the passion to do it, so we should see how well he is in using that passion to change FIFA in 1-3 years from now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Just glad it's not the slimy Salman. Didn't realise till I read earlier: the man behind this victory? Mike Lee. Some record he's got now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Just glad it's not the slimy Salman. Didn't realise till I read earlier: the man behind this victory? Mike Lee. Some record he's got now. Really? Well, he has some amends to make for sending Khatar to the 2022 victory. Edited February 26, 2016 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bernham Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Just glad it's not the slimy Salman. Didn't realise till I read earlier: the man behind this victory? Mike Lee. Some record he's got now. London 2012, Rio 2016, Qatar 2022, Paris 2024, and now this guy? That is a record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacre Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Well, jokes aside at least it wasn't an arab. That would had been worse. An honest Arab leader would have been very good for FIFA. It seems as if Sheikh Salman is not clean, though. I think FIFA itself will enact some genuine reforms now. Even the 40 team World Cup will be a good thing. (It will be bad for clubs, but top European teams are raking in money, so I don't pity them too much.) The problem, though, is really the corrupt confederations and FA's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrishigh765 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Who's gonna be the new president of UEFA with Euro 2016 100 days away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I guess Maria Villar will keep being UEFA president for the moment while they don't elect a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) :/ Same old Fifa. The more things change, the more they stay the same. C'est la vie. Edited February 26, 2016 by Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 "No one cared who I was until I became president" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 German media love to point out that Infantino's hometown is just up the next valley from Blatter's. It all stays in the family :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) :/ Same old Fifa. The more things change, the more they stay the same. C'est la vie. There's a long way to go, but I can't think of a better (realistic) outcome than this. Europe's candidate until a few months ago was a man who voted for Qatar so would've been compromised from the start. The alternative to Infantino - and the man everyone expected to win - was a man who is accused of torturing footballers involved in pro-democracy protests and mis-using FIFA funds for his own campaign. Imagine the mess FIFA could've been facing today! I'm more hopeful for FIFA's future than at any time during the past decade after yesterday. Of course, he could prove to be a fraud or as corrupt as the rest, and to get himself over the line he had to promise more FIFA cash to FAs so in a sense that's straight out of the Blatter play-book. But he seems decent enough and untainted by corruption, so I want to give him a chance. Edited February 27, 2016 by Rob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 /\/\ Well said, Rob!! Besides, he looks like Gabby Giffords' astronaut-husband, so how bad could he be? At most, he'd bring in more Men's Hair Care products as major sponsors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 So, Sepp's right hand man Gianni turns out to be a crook too. Shocking I know. The IOC is soo glad FIFA exists to make them look good by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 ^^ Dunno what's so surprising, tbh. We all knw Gianni was corrupt as well but compared to all those arab princes he was the lesser of two evils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 :/ Same old Fifa. The more things change, the more they stay the same. C'est la vie. ^^^ a new president. a different scandal. this drama sure is old. the whole lot need dismissed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Quote Gianni Infantino faced investigation by Fifa ethics committee for alleged malpractice Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, was under investigation by the organisation’s ethics committee for more than one separate alleged instance of malpractice when he organised the sudden removal of the committee chairmen and members last month. The Guardian has learned that the Swiss prosecutor Cornel Borbély, who was chairman of the ethics committee’s “investigatory chamber”, had begun examining complaints that Infantino and the Fifa general secretary, Fatma Samoura, improperly sought to influence the election in March of their favoured candidate for president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad . The allegations are understood to include claims from senior figures in African football that Infantino and Samoura promised FA presidents, in a series of private meetings, that they could accelerate the payment of Fifa development money to their football associations if the presidents voted for Ahmad. Infantino is said to have manoeuvred for the ousting of the longstanding CAF president, Issa Hayatou, because Hayatou did not support him in the Fifa presidential election last year, instead endorsing the rival candidate, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain. Borbély is also understood to have been in the early stages of an investigation into a further possible ethics breach by Infantino. More @ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/18/gianni-infantino-fifa-president-ethics-committee-under-investigation-alleged-malpractice?CMP=share_btn_tw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger87 Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 5 hours ago, Rob. said: More @ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/18/gianni-infantino-fifa-president-ethics-committee-under-investigation-alleged-malpractice?CMP=share_btn_tw Quelle surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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