re: Top FIFA officials arrested on corruption

Posted on 5/27/15 at 10:56 am to Grit-Eating Shin

Posted by Dr RC

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Posted on 5/27/15 at 10:56 am to Grit-Eating Shin

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Yeah. It's a little strange to me that the US was leading the charge, considering how much more popular soccer is in other powerful countries. What's the story with our involvement here?

my guess is that since soccer isnt anywhere close to being the #1 sport here that there is far less bribe money being funneled to cover FIFA's arse w/nefarious dealings but juuuuust enough money that the gov't be like "Where's my cut mother fricker?"

if this was the NFL getting popped we'd already have its lackeys on ESPN crying about how this is an injustice and an overreach by the DOJ.

FIFA will learn from this and starting spreading a ton more bribe money in the US from now on.

This post was edited on 5/27/15 at 10:59 am

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Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 5/27/15 at 10:59 am to Dr RC

The DOJ just said they have already found over $150 million in bribes.

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Posted by Baloo

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Posted on 5/27/15 at 11:01 am to Dr RC

The US is the only nation that would go after FIFA because we care just enough about soccer to care, but not enough to want to protect the way things are. The DOJ looks the other way over the NFL's corruption because, well, they aren't stupid and the Attorney General would like to keep his job, a political appointment. But going after FIFA? Go for it.

But really, the Qatar WC is a giant human rights scandal. Russia is just bribery and standard issue corruption. Qatar is murder, death, and human slavery. The US should completely boycott (meaning TV, too... that's where the money is).

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