[Soccer] FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland,

mikerc · Jun 2, 2015

Sepp Blatter has resigned as FIFA president.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32982449

You couldn't have done that last week?

GasBandit · Jun 2, 2015

mroosc1979 said:
Sepp Blatter has resigned as FIFA president.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32982449

You couldn't have done that last week?

It makes me wonder what may have changed or is about to come to light.

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PatrThom · Jun 2, 2015

GasBandit said:
It makes me wonder what may have changed or is about to come to light.

...that the staff is corrupt?

--Patrick

Piotyr · Jun 2, 2015

GasBandit said:
It makes me wonder what may have changed or is about to come to light.

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Written letter of a $10 million dollar payment from South Africa to Blatter's #2.

DarkAudit · Jun 2, 2015

Piotyr said:
Written letter of a $10 million dollar payment from South Africa to Blatter's #2.

Ever since the news broke earlier this morning, I was wondering what Sepp's version of Nixon's "smoking gun" tape would be. this may be it.

sixpackshaker · Jun 2, 2015

Sepp Blatter Resigns From FIFA With Generous Severance Bribe -The Onion

Piotyr · Jun 2, 2015

Piotyr · Jun 2, 2015

For Ravenpoe, from Last Week Tonight:

bhamv3 · Jun 2, 2015

It might also have been because Sepp realized UEFA were serious about breaking away and forming a new tournament to compete with the World Cup. Imagine a World Cup without Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, England...

Okay, England wouldn't be a great loss. But the rest.

blotsfan · Jun 2, 2015

Not to mention the US. This next world cup is gonna be the one where we go far and soccer starts to become popular in America.

jwhouk · Jun 3, 2015

blotsfan said:
Not to mention the US. This next world cup is gonna be the one where we go far and soccer starts to become popular in America.

That's like saying "Oh, Castro's regime will be falling any day now..."

Bubble181 · Jun 6, 2015

bhamv3 said:
It might also have been because Sepp realized UEFA were serious about breaking away and forming a new tournament to compete with the World Cup. Imagine a World Cup without Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, England...

Okay, England wouldn't be a great loss. But the rest.

You should check who's officially number 2 in the world ;-p

bhamv3 · Jun 8, 2015

Bubble181 said:
You should check who's officially number 2 in the world ;-p

Really? England are number 2 in the world? Wow.

DarkAudit · Jun 8, 2015

Reports now that Russia and Qatar could be stripped of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if bribery allegations are confirmed.

jwhouk · Jun 8, 2015

DarkAudit said:
Reports now that Russia and Qatar could be stripped of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if bribery allegations are confirmed.

...and given to China and Cameroon in compensation.

Bubble181 · Jun 8, 2015

bhamv3 said:
Really? England are number 2 in the world? Wow.

Belgium, you silly foreign twit

Fifa rankings as of this moment:
1 Germany
2 Belgium
3 Argentina
4 Colombia
5 Brazil
6 Netherlands
7 Portugal
8 Uruguay
9 France
10 Spain
11 Switzerland
12 Romania
13 Italy
14 Costa Rica
15 England
16 Czech Republic
17 Slovakia
18 Croatia
19 Chile
20 Austria

14 out of the top 20 are from UEFA...It would pretty much neuter the World Cup if they were actually absent.

Gruebeard · Jun 8, 2015

Canada would finally get in!

Yeah, that's not a World Cup worth watching. Or even playing

Cheesy1 · Jun 8, 2015

PatrThom · Jun 8, 2015

Cheesy1 said:

Interestingly enough, it is stunts like this that increase his credibility.

--Patrick

bhamv3 · Jun 8, 2015

Bubble181 said:
Belgium, you silly foreign twit

Fifa rankings as of this moment:
1 Germany
2 Belgium
3 Argentina
4 Colombia
5 Brazil
6 Netherlands
7 Portugal
8 Uruguay
9 France
10 Spain
11 Switzerland
12 Romania
13 Italy
14 Costa Rica
15 England
16 Czech Republic
17 Slovakia
18 Croatia
19 Chile
20 Austria

14 out of the top 20 are from UEFA...It would pretty much neuter the World Cup if they were actually absent.

But... but... how did Belgium get so good? You don't have any good players!

I mean, okay, apart from Kompany. And Hazard. And Fellaini. And I guess Courtois is decent. Witsel too. Benteke's not too shabby up front, I suppose. And neither's Lukaku.

Hmm... y'know what, you guys deserve it.

Bubble181 · Jun 9, 2015

bhamv3 said:
But... but... how did Belgium get so good? You don't have any good players!

I mean, okay, apart from Kompany. And Hazard. And Fellaini. And I guess Courtois is decent. Witsel too. Benteke's not too shabby up front, I suppose. And neither's Lukaku.

Hmm... y'know what, you guys deserve it.

We're not bad, and the calendar's been very kind in some ways

DarkAudit · Jun 9, 2015

FIFA spent $29 million on a movie about itself. It earned $607.

jwhouk · Jun 9, 2015

And $140 of that was one theater in North Hollywood. I suspect the patrons thought they were going to see some sort of art film.

MindDetective · Jun 9, 2015

NPR said $900 on the way in this morning. It was only in 10 theatres, I think. Still, quite the boondoggle.

HCGLNS · Jun 9, 2015

It is a nice way to launder money though. Their $1oo,000 movie suddenly ran into massive costs! Ooops! Better spend another $10 million on it.

Cheesy1 · Jun 15, 2015

PatrThom · Jun 15, 2015

"Special thanks to: FDNY Explosives Unit"

--Patrick

GasBandit · Jun 16, 2015

Uh oh... is it too late to puke up that Bud Lime?

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sport...reconsidering-resignation-20150614-story.html

drifter · Jun 16, 2015

It's never too late to puke up Bud Lime.