Sepp Blatter

[Manchesteral]

I see old Sepps preparing the way for his forthcoming trial using the old "suffering from stress" strategy as his opening gambit, I can't wait for this to unfold ! next comes the dementia defence !

[tigersteve]

He will squirm out of it and hopefully croak it before he can spend all his ill gotten gains

[olive]

Can but hope.

[Manchesteral]

Looks like they're all in the broth now, Tee hee !!

[GerryinCajiz]

I do not see how he manages to get an entry on the Health ,Beauty, Fitness and Sport page. I think he fails all sub topics!

[TorreDelAguila]

Last night's BBC Panorama investigation was masterful.
The Godfather had nothing on these guys.
And it takes something for the Swiss to come crashing down on one of their own.
What on earth happened to sportsmanship in all this?
Personally, I blame Thatcher.
It will take some years, and a lot of effort, to get this monumental greed out of the system.
Trouble is, it's self-perpetuating.

[chrissyboy]

Last night's BBC Panorama investigation was masterful.

Personally, I blame Thatcher.

What on earth has Thatcher got to do with the FIFA scandal?

[TorreDelAguila]

The promotion of greed, and the loadsamoney culture.

[country boy]

The promotion of greed, and the loadsamoney culture.

Amazing rhetoric...no wonder Jeremy Corbyn got elected!

[Len S]

Country Boy, I would not describe it as amazing rhetoric. i would describe it as PATHETIC rhetoric born out of a truly warped sense of logic.

[Manchesteral]

I do not see how he manages to get an entry on the Health ,Beauty, Fitness and Sport page. I think he fails all sub topics!

Are you serious or do I miss some form of irony here ?

[Manchesteral]

And furthermore it looks like Seb Coe is riding the same train !

[markwilding]

Irony, me thinks.
I'd prefer it if these gangsters were not associated with sport.

[katy]

These organisations follow the same pattern, awash with money and a lack of accountability propped up by corrupt third world leaders. Even European football supported Blatter. The Olympic committee has been doing the same for years, being wined and dined and accepting kick backs. Money talks and none wants to kill the golden goose.

In the same league although not sport, is the Climate change Committee or whatever it's called, UNICEF. Too employs the likes of Beckham and Lots of other talentless famous for being famous to go on jollies around the world pretending they are giving up their time for charity when they are getting massive expenses and free publicity.

[markwilding]

As this is a sport section, I would question the fact that Beckham is talentless.
By far the best crosser of a football I've ever seen.

[katy]

Debatable and I would add the word WAS! He is an old tattooed has been.

[markwilding]

Wel,l he couldn't play at the top level any more but he looked pretty good to me a few weeks ago in a charity football match.
Not really debatable either. So many England managers, Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, and PSG can't all be wrong, can they?

[katy]

He won't play for a team again will he. He is now a hustler, the charity match was all arranged. He will have been paid for that too.

[TorreDelAguila]

Well, I'm glad I've been put right on all that, then . . .
No ludicrous salaries and bonuses
No back-handers
No political access in exchange for 'fees'
No Cabinet stuffed with Old Etonians and Bullingdon
No unaccountable remuneration committees
No-one in the UK earning in a day what some of their employees earn in a year
No such thing as society

My mistake. My attention must have been elsewhere.

[markwilding]

He won't play for a team again will he. He is now a hustler, the charity match was all arranged. He will have been paid for that too.

Did you know he gave away his salary he earned during his spell with PSG? £3.4m
He earned 47 million dollars in his last year as a professional. He has just bought a football club
I don't think he is scrambling around for cash.

Of course he's all hype isn't he?