1arC Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 It looks like criminal proceedings are just about to get underway against Sepp Blatter. There is plenty of mention about TV rights being allocated illegally allegedly and that may well point to certain company in Switzerland and possibly even a super agent. In the words of Kevin Keegan in a now famous rant "I would love it" if this is the beginning of the end! Quote
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yoda Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) you mean this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34363289 posted in FIFAF thread Edited September 25, 2015 by yoda Quote
1arC Posted September 25, 2015 Author Posted September 25, 2015 you mean this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34363289 posted in FIFAF thread Yes I heard it break on SSN. Sorry I didn't know how to resurrect the previous thread. Probably no need to start a new one! Quote
Reedy You're A Star Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 What Swiss-based company recently (and conveniently) wound up do we know of that dealt with TV rights? Hope the slimy @#/? JA and Huber get what's coming to them. Does Brunei have an extradition treaty with The UK? 3 Quote
USABlue Posted September 26, 2015 Posted September 26, 2015 Platini implicated too? Couldn't happen to a nicer pair. 2 Quote
Moderation Lead K-Hod Posted June 4, 2018 Moderation Lead Posted June 4, 2018 https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fifa-fine-england-16k-after-12642847 Quote
philipl Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/opinion/sunday/world-cup-fifa-corruption-russia.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20180608&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=7&nlid=51793659emc%3Dedit_ty_20180608&ref=headline&te=1 Why the Steele Dossier has the credibility it has. 1 Quote
Norbert Rassragr Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 It's obvious Russia bribed their way to the world cup. Qatar was much more up front and probably showered the voters with watches, money and gold but Putin would have used more subtle ways like gas deals, blackmail and threats. 1 Quote
philipl Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/sports/fifa-teixeira-qatar-2022-bribes.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_MBE_p_20191206§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=51&instance_id=14322&segment_id=19342&user_id=ea9bf3fba8ef2ae1ebee7fe2fad99a21®i_id=51793659ion=whatElse FIFA own goal posting Qatar bribed their own officials on the official FIFA website. Quote
philipl Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 https://www.ft.com/content/4dabc976-177d-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385?emailId=5de9f183631a400004a9cb73&segmentId=269ab16c-599f-119f-3d76-260b55fc8e43 This is going to totally destroy football. Quote
bluebruce Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 Please don't use sources I have to subscribe to just to read it. I'm not going to. 2 Quote
Backroom Silas Posted December 6, 2019 Backroom Posted December 6, 2019 Just now, bluebruce said: Please don't use sources I have to subscribe to just to read it. I'm not going Yahoo version of CVC Story Don't worry, you can get most things for free nowadays if you try hard enough. Quote
bluebruce Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Just now, Silas said: Yahoo version of CVC Story Don't worry, you can get most things for free nowadays if you try hard enough. Whether free or not, I don't want to register to news sites. Got enough crap I have to sign up to already these days! I didn't look for whether they cost, I just immediately binned them off. I don't want to try hard enough lol Cheers for the link. Edited December 6, 2019 by bluebruce Quote
Vinjay Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 UEFA have done a "great" job of destroying football already. Quote
Norbert Rassragr Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Silas said: Yahoo version of CVC Story Don't worry, you can get most things for free nowadays if you try hard enough. This private equity firm are steadily increasing their influence in rugby union, possibly at the detrement of the sport. They're involved with the Premiership in England, and just bought a stake in the Pro 14 (the Welsh/Irish/Scottish/Italian regional league). I fear that they will create a closed off super League involving these clubs and promotion and relegation will not be allowed. Therefore all the big money will be carved up between a cabal of super clubs, and everyone else will have to survive as best they can. As for the proposed world league, mentioning Auckland City playing Real Madrid is a joke. Auckland City are about the same level as Morcombe and play against teams worse than the national League north/south. Edited December 6, 2019 by Norbert Rassragr Quote
philipl Posted December 9, 2019 Posted December 9, 2019 So are Russia banned from the Euros or the World Cup and the next Euros? Quote
philipl Posted December 9, 2019 Posted December 9, 2019 Answering my questions: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50716196 Russians will have to play naked and UEFA is a minor sports organisation... Quote
philipl Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 Courts and FIFA have prevailed against third party ownership of players. Quote
Stuart Posted August 26, 2020 Posted August 26, 2020 Really interesting that @philipl thanks. At times it seemed a little tinfoil hat territory but it certainly does make one think back to that period between 2011 and 2013... Quote
Amo Posted August 26, 2020 Posted August 26, 2020 Where there's money, there's corruption. I don't know how people could think football is any different. Quote
Stuart Posted August 26, 2020 Posted August 26, 2020 Perfect timing... this is from today on Fb!! Quote
philipl Posted August 27, 2020 Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) I remember debates on here in 2011 when many were absolutely certain it was impossible to fix matches. For what it is worth, today and for many seasons now I think Rovers inconsistency and surprise results both good and bad are the product of ineptness combined with squads capable of more than they achieved come season's end and not the product of anything untoward. I have felt the total opposite in the past. I would add in defence of British journalists, the use of UK libel laws contributes enormously to their silence. I can think of six who probably have files at least as thick as Declan Hill. Declan has certain privileges as an academic which commercial journalists don't enjoy but he is also very smart in how and where he is specific. In that video, Hill talks about a pool of $1.6 trillion cash sloshing around. One year GDP of the entire UK economy? $2.8 trillion. Edited August 27, 2020 by philipl Quote
philipl Posted August 27, 2020 Posted August 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Stuart said: Perfect timing... this is from today on Fb!! I remember something similar to that in 2013 offering games across the English leagues. For some reason, National League South was especially dodgy in the UK. I would watch Leagues 1 and 2 next season following the introduction of the salary cap. Quote
philipl Posted September 22, 2020 Posted September 22, 2020 The head of International Athletics jailed for corruption- https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-athletics-corruption/ex-head-of-world-athletics-diack-found-guilty-of-corruption-idUKKBN267249 This raises huge questions over numerous athletics and Olympics medals. Europol have just issued a report into football. This reads like Rovers in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and Wigan more recently. Football most targeted Football is the most targeted and manipulated sport by international organised crime groups because of its worldwide popularity, financial dimension and large turn-over betting market attached to it. The size of the global betting market is estimated at €1.7 trillion, with football on its own accounting for €895 billion. Europol warned that South-East Asian, and particularly Chinese, networks were trying to acquire smaller football clubs in financial difficulty for the purpose of sport manipulation. “Individuals and companies are involved in taking control, or attempting to do so, of EU football clubs for the purpose of betting-related match-fixing. Details of the concrete involvement of Chinese organised crime groups operating in or having an impact on the EU in sports corruption remain a major intelligence gap,” Europol said. Buying or sponsoring clubs Europol said the more ‘professional’ method used by certain crime groups was to buy a club, or sponsor it to an extent of gaining effective control over the team. The targeted club is bought for the sole purpose of fixing matches and to launder money. “High illegal gains are secured through the execution of an extended series of manipulated matches for betting purposes,” Europol said. This is a growing trend especially in football, where clubs of lower divisions, sometimes beset by heavy financial problems, are taken over by foreign individuals and companies. Europol said that it is commonly observed that the new investors of a club will transfer specifically selected foreign players in the targeted teams and use them to execute match-fixing schemes. Quote
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