FIFA President Elections...Time for Change

Hazys

The position of FIFA president is up for election on June 1st; Sepp Blatter is re-running for President, his only opposition may come from Mohamed Bin Hammam from the soccer stronghold of Qatar. A journalist i follow on SI.com and on Twitter Grant Wahl is going to run just to stop the madness of the backwards, corrupt, sexist, homophobic Blatter.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/grant_wahl/02/15/blatter.presidency/index.html

Although he may come across as token off the wall candidate like in most elections but in comparison to Blatter he looks like the most sane choice.

I doubt he'll even come close cos FIFA is as corrupt as it gets for an organization.

Consider, Blatter is one of only two FIFA presidents in the last 37 years!

There's not many dictators around the world who get that much time in power as Blatter has, even Mubarak got kicked out.

SDTimeout

Wahl is winning a preference poll at the moment by 98% . He posted it on his facebook / twitter so granted it will be tilted in his favor.

Guy:Incognito

Surely Bin Hamann runnign is a smokescreen? It was said at the time and it's hard to ignore but it's entirely possible Quatar got the WC and as part of the deal Bin Hamann backs Blatter. Being the token opposition puts a face of "oh look he's runnign against me" on it.

Pauleta

Theres more chance of Robert Mugabe being voted out than Sepp Blatter. Its time the big clubs in Europe broke away and started their own league.

Revolution9

This is almost as important as the upcoming General Election to me, football is stuck in the dark ages with the current president firmly holding it back. And the vote to give Qatar the 2022 World Cup would suggest it's more than just Mr Blatter who is holding the game back. Big changes needed at FIFA.

UnitedIrishman

For the immediate future, it really doesn't matter who gets in as a lot of them are as corrupt as each other.

Headshot

As if Mohamed Bin Hammam will run for it, why do you think Qatar got the WC

We're going to be stuck with that corrupt ********* Blatter

The man and his hench men incl Jack Warner should be ****ing kicked out of FIFA

CiaranC

Pauleta wrote: »

Theres more chance of Robert Mugabe being voted out than Sepp Blatter. Its time the big clubs in Europe broke away and started their own league.

Jesus, you are over on the other thread championing turning the CL final into the superbowl and over here saying you support an elite European superleague. Do you not think football is skewed enough towards the monied elites as it is?

Paully D

Wahl will win it.

Bye bye Blatter

Pauleta

CiaranC wrote: »

Jesus, you are over on the other thread championing turning the CL final into the superbowl and over here saying you support an elite European superleague. Do you not think football is skewed enough towards the monied elites as it is?

I just want to be entertained from the comfort of my home. The current system is dull, old fashioned and potentially socialist. Im not some deranged barstooler. I go to most Shels home games. I accept that for what it is but when im watching TV i want to be entertained. I want to see the best against the best.

CiaranC

Pauleta wrote: »

I just want to be entertained from the comfort of my home. The current system is dull, old fashioned and potentially socialist. Im not some deranged barstooler. I go to most Shels home games. I accept that for what it is but when im watching TV i want to be entertained. I want to see the best against the best.

If you want to be entertained in your own home then watch a film. That "dull, old fashioned and potentially socialist" system has made football the worlds most popular sport for over a hundred years. I resent the idea of converting it into some kind of sporting version of American gladiators or X Factors when in order to do so you would have to destroy the game as hundreds of millions of real football fans know and love it.

Hazys

CiaranC wrote: »

If you want to be entertained in your own home then watch a film. That "dull, old fashioned and potentially socialist" system has made football the worlds most popular sport for over a hundred years. I resent the idea of converting it into some kind of sporting version of American gladiators or X Factors when in order to do so you would have to destroy the game as hundreds of millions of real football fans know and love it.

Ciaran, so do you believe that FIFA is well run and not corrupt?

CiaranC

Hazys wrote: »

Ciaran, so do you believe that FIFA is well run and not corrupt?

I dont really know enough about the inner workings of FIFA. On the surface they look pretty corrupt yeah.

the untitled user

Football? Potentially socialist? Do you know what the word means?

aidan24326

Pauleta wrote: »

I just want to be entertained from the comfort of my home. The current system is dull, old fashioned and potentially socialist

Football these days is a LONG LONG way from being socialist. You really need to familiarise yourself with what that word actually means.

Im not some deranged barstooler. I go to most Shels home games. I accept that for what it is but when im watching TV i want to be entertained. I want to see the best against the best.

Ever hear of the Champions League?