FIFA’s chief investigator is to
interview the 12 remaining members of the world governing body's executive
committee who were involved in the decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World
Cups to Russia and Qatar.
Michael Garcia is examining claims of
wrongdoing in the process.
FIFA's executive
committee is in Zurich for a two-day meeting.
This is such a waste of time, how can one of the
most corrupt organisations in the world investigate its own corruption?
Some of the people who voted in 2010 and chose Russia
and Qatar as hosts for 2018 and 2022 have since been banned or resigned over
allegations of corruption, so the whole process clearly had absolutely no legitimacy
about it.
Blatter and co aren’t interested in picking a host
who can best host the competition, they’re more interested in giving it to
someone who hasn’t had it before, which is fine in principal but then you’re
basically instantly excluding everyone who’s held the tournament before, which
again makes the bidding process unfair.
And as Qatar is demonstrating awarding the
tournament to a new country isn’t always the best idea.
I know I say this every time I read an article about
wrongdoing or incompetence at FIFA, but really how much lower can Blatter and
co sink?
What’s really worrying me is that I’m not surprised
by all these revelations anymore it’s become the norm, in fact I’d be more surprised
if I read an article about FIFA doing something properly and competently.
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