DoJ takes aim at FIFA and hits!

Admiral Halsey · 05-27-15, 12:33 AM

http://screamer.deadspin.com/reports...r-d-1707109298

Finally the bastards running FIFA get what was coming to them. Hopefully the 2022 World Cup will soon be leaving Qatar.

HunterICX · 05-27-15, 03:51 AM

The real rammer blow would be it to cause FIFA to dissolve, but I doubt that'll happen anytime soon and since the member nations are spineless crooks who like FIFA see nothing else but...

instead of boycotting the next couple of Europe Cups and World Cups it'll allow to continue on.

Betonov · 05-27-15, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by HunterICX

instead of boycotting the next couple of Europe Cups and World Cups it'll allow to continue on.

The people will sooner gang up on fast food franchises or start taking active constructive parts in their governemnts columnating in a true democracy than boycott boringball.

Even more likely, they'd sooner lynch whoever might take FIFA down than help it fall.

Jimbuna · 05-27-15, 06:24 AM

Blatter doesn't appear to be involved (officially thus far apparently) so the vote for the president will go ahead on Friday.

I'd like to think Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein will win the election and bring legitimacy and 'a sprit of freedom and independence' to Fifa but I doubt it.

mapuc · 05-27-15, 11:18 AM

Dream on...there are so huge amount of money, that our justice have very little to say.

Yes maybe a FIFA-member or two will be accussed(lets call them scapegoat)

The real person behind-will go free.

Markus

vienna · 05-27-15, 12:33 PM

New FIFA cry:

"JAILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!"

<O>

STEED · 05-27-15, 01:09 PM

The bigger the criminals the bigger the money they have the less likely they will be punished.

Admiral Halsey · 05-27-15, 02:32 PM

Well a friend of mine said Sky has reported that the Swiss have barred anyone of Swiss nationality working for FIFA from leaving. Also the UEFA has released a statement basically saying either postpone the vote for electing the president of FIFA or they'll boycott.

Bilge_Rat · 05-27-15, 03:32 PM

of course, the beauty of using RICO and treating FIFA as a "criminal enterprise" like the Mafia is that the U.S. will be able to seize 100% of the U.S. assets of FIFA as proceeds of crime, should make a nice dent on the U.S. deficit.

mapuc · 05-27-15, 04:03 PM

The question for me is. Will there be a second vote( don't know the english name for a "re-vote" on the world cup in 2018 and 2022

Markus

Aktungbby · 05-27-15, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

of course, the beauty of using RICO and treating FIFA as a "criminal enterprise" like the Mafia is that the U.S. will be able to seize 100% of the U.S. assets of FIFA as proceeds of crime, should make a nice dent on the U.S. deficit.

It's conspiracy then fer sure...anything with football and money is open season

for the Feds; Inflated balls sure didn't help the NFL either!

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The NFL has been tax exempt since 1942 under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code which grants tax exempt status to organizations with a goal “to promote the common business interest” with activities “directed to the improvement of business conditions of one or more lines of business as distinguished from the performance of particular services for individual persons.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2015/05/01/fix-the-tax-code-friday-nfl-money-tax-exempt-status/

vienna · 05-27-15, 06:29 PM

The biggest mistake the NFL made was in not seeking anti-trust exemption and immunity when they formed. Major League Baseball has such exemption and immunity, but the elitists of the NFL thought it was beneath them. It became a really big issue when the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and the NFL tried to stop the move. The courts ruled against the NFL and the NFL, in turn, tried to get an exemption through Congress. The whole thing fell apart when the NFL insisted on having the exemption apply retroactively to the Raiders' move...

<O>

Aktungbby · 05-27-15, 06:58 PM

either way:" the game'$ afoot Watson!" The Great Satan's a homin' in on 'filthy or untaxed Lucre'

Torplexed · 05-27-15, 07:42 PM

The irony in all this is that FIFA has been trying for years to get the United States interested in "soccer". The US Justice Department is interested. Bet they're regretting that now.

Frömmler Vogel · 05-28-15, 03:48 AM

So the some of the piggies have been caught with their snouts in the trough. Blatter claims to not know anything and wants to carry on as if nothing is wrong. The regional Federations need to give him the boot, but I suspect they are worried about their respective snouts and will do nothing. At least the FA seems to have a pair and have called for his resignation. If any company had this sort of mess, the chairman or CEO would fall in their stupid. Can't see Blatter doing that though.

05-27-15, 12:33 AM	#1
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	DoJ takes aim at FIFA and hits! http://screamer.deadspin.com/reports...r-d-1707109298 Finally the bastards running FIFA get what was coming to them. Hopefully the 2022 World Cup will soon be leaving Qatar.

05-27-15, 03:51 AM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	The real rammer blow would be it to cause FIFA to dissolve, but I doubt that'll happen anytime soon and since the member nations are spineless crooks who like FIFA see nothing else but... instead of boycotting the next couple of Europe Cups and World Cups it'll allow to continue on. __________________

05-27-15, 06:24 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Blatter doesn't appear to be involved (officially thus far apparently) so the vote for the president will go ahead on Friday. I'd like to think Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein will win the election and bring legitimacy and 'a sprit of freedom and independence' to Fifa but I doubt it. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-27-15, 12:33 PM	#6
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,715 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	New FIFA cry: "JAILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!" <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	The bigger the criminals the bigger the money they have the less likely they will be punished. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,541 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Dream on...there are so huge amount of money, that our justice have very little to say. Yes maybe a FIFA-member or two will be accussed(lets call them scapegoat) The real person behind-will go free. Markus

05-27-15, 02:32 PM	#8
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Well a friend of mine said Sky has reported that the Swiss have barred anyone of Swiss nationality working for FIFA from leaving. Also the UEFA has released a statement basically saying either postpone the vote for electing the president of FIFA or they'll boycott.

05-27-15, 03:32 PM	#9
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	of course, the beauty of using RICO and treating FIFA as a "criminal enterprise" like the Mafia is that the U.S. will be able to seize 100% of the U.S. assets of FIFA as proceeds of crime, should make a nice dent on the U.S. deficit. __________________ Last edited by Bilge_Rat; 05-27-15 at 03:38 PM.

05-27-15, 04:03 PM	#10
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,541 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	The question for me is. Will there be a second vote( don't know the english name for a "re-vote" on the world cup in 2018 and 2022 Markus

05-27-15, 06:29 PM	#12
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,715 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The biggest mistake the NFL made was in not seeking anti-trust exemption and immunity when they formed. Major League Baseball has such exemption and immunity, but the elitists of the NFL thought it was beneath them. It became a really big issue when the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and the NFL tried to stop the move. The courts ruled against the NFL and the NFL, in turn, tried to get an exemption through Congress. The whole thing fell apart when the NFL insisted on having the exemption apply retroactively to the Raiders' move... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

05-27-15, 06:58 PM	#13
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,023 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	either way:" the game'$ afoot Watson!" The Great Satan's a homin' in on 'filthy or untaxed Lucre' __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-27-15, 07:42 PM	#14
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The irony in all this is that FIFA has been trying for years to get the United States interested in "soccer". The US Justice Department is interested. Bet they're regretting that now. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

05-28-15, 03:48 AM	#15
Frömmler Vogel Watch Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 27 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So the some of the piggies have been caught with their snouts in the trough. Blatter claims to not know anything and wants to carry on as if nothing is wrong. The regional Federations need to give him the boot, but I suspect they are worried about their respective snouts and will do nothing. At least the FA seems to have a pair and have called for his resignation. If any company had this sort of mess, the chairman or CEO would fall in their stupid. Can't see Blatter doing that though.