by Tetsuo Shima » 17 Dec 2015 01:07
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Blatter and Platini plan their next move
by 6ft Kerplunk » 21 Dec 2015 11:32
BBC "Swiss Blatter and 60-year-old Frenchman Platini have also been fined £33,700 ($40,000) and £54,000 ($80,000) respectively.
Both men continue to deny wrongdoing and a spokesman for Blatter confirmed he will appeal against the ban and is prepared to take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) in Lausanne.
Platini is expected to do the same."
ZacNaloen We need to establish which FA's are clean, promote from them and work from there tbf
Problem is I suspect none of them are.
GreenZacNaloen We need to establish which FA's are clean, promote from them and work from there tbf
Problem is I suspect none of them are.
Why look internally then?
Get in someone from another sport or even business. Someone like Seb Coe or Fred Dineage.
LUX bad timing guys.
This is a story from TODAY
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/35126635
bit of a long read, but the manipulating official is English (Davies) and there is the undercurrent of Coe's business interest meshing with his role as administrator.
Sutekh Latest from BBC Website
Michel Platini: Fifa committee was 'asleep for four years'
Banned Uefa president Michel Platini has accused world football's ethics committee of "sleeping" for four years before barring him from football.
Platini and Fifa president Sepp Blatter were ruled to have abused their positions over a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to Platini in 2011.
Both men are appealing against eight-year bans issued on Monday.
"What was the Fifa ethics committee doing between 2011 when I was paid and 2015?" said Platini. "Was it sleeping?"
In an interview with French media agency AFP, the 60-year-old former France captain added: "Suddenly it wakes up. Ah yes, it wakes up in a Fifa election year when I'm a candidate. It's amazing."
Swiss Blatter, 79 - Fifa boss since 1998 - had already announced he was quitting with a presidential election in February - with Platini, also a vice-president, tipped to succeed him.
Platini has been in charge of Uefa - European football's governing body - since 2007 and was backed in a statement on Monday, with the organisation saying it was "extremely disappointed" with the decision.
He has submitted his candidacy but cannot stand while banned from all footballing activities. Both men are appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Platini said: "I will fight. But then I'll take my responsibilities according to what happens.
"Whatever happens, my reputation has been sullied, I've been kicked in the teeth: I've been put in the same bag as Blatter."
Mr AngrySutekh Latest from BBC Website
Michel Platini: Fifa committee was 'asleep for four years'
Banned Uefa president Michel Platini has accused world football's ethics committee of "sleeping" for four years before barring him from football.
Platini and Fifa president Sepp Blatter were ruled to have abused their positions over a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to Platini in 2011.
Both men are appealing against eight-year bans issued on Monday.
"What was the Fifa ethics committee doing between 2011 when I was paid and 2015?" said Platini. "Was it sleeping?"
In an interview with French media agency AFP, the 60-year-old former France captain added: "Suddenly it wakes up. Ah yes, it wakes up in a Fifa election year when I'm a candidate. It's amazing."
Swiss Blatter, 79 - Fifa boss since 1998 - had already announced he was quitting with a presidential election in February - with Platini, also a vice-president, tipped to succeed him.
Platini has been in charge of Uefa - European football's governing body - since 2007 and was backed in a statement on Monday, with the organisation saying it was "extremely disappointed" with the decision.
He has submitted his candidacy but cannot stand while banned from all footballing activities. Both men are appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Platini said: "I will fight. But then I'll take my responsibilities according to what happens.
"Whatever happens, my reputation has been sullied, I've been kicked in the teeth: I've been put in the same bag as Blatter."
I read the report a few times and came to the conclusion that what Platini was bleating about was that the FIFA Ethics Committee failed to spot that he was as corrupt as Blatter, and on the take from anyone and everyone, 4 Years earlier.
An odd defence I'd suggest........
Mr Angry Jerome Valcke sacked by FIFA....................for the 2nd time!!
Unbelievable that an employee can get sacked for gross misconduct that cost his employer $90M, and is then re-employed a Year later!
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