It’s almost a dream come true for every soccer hater on the planet. The FIFA elections couldn’t have gone and continue to go any worse.
First bribery, then scandal, and now desperation.
Current FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, is reaching out to keep his votes. Blatter is looking to be re-elected to serve his fourth and final term. The Prez wants every federation to vote on future World Cup hosts – not just the corrupt (read: editorialized) executive committee.
Blatter proposed the change on Wednesday.
This in hope that it would lay to rest a sliver of the anger, suspicion and general unrest in regards to the choice for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup vote in December.
Blatter’s idea is to reduce the 24-man executive committee’s role. Think of it, like creating the shopping list and the 208 federations get to go to the store. He said the committee would “make no recommendation” as to which place to pick.
FIFA... c'mon!
This desperate stretch seems unnecessary to me, you know, because he is running unopposed.
That’s right! In a surprise (read: editorialized, again) move by FIFA – despite England’s call for a postponement amid soccer’s corruption scandals – the show must go on!
And it’s true, Blatter is the only candidate after his only challenger, Mohamed bin Hammam, withdrew. Apparently Bin Hammam thought it might be hard to get elected while fighting bribery charges.
The Associated Press reports:
Hours ahead of the election, Blatter told his Congress that the worst scandal in the body’s history could be solved within FIFA itself with him in charge.
England FA president David Bernstein said that “a coronation without an opponent provides a flawed mandate,” as he called for a postponement for several months to allow for corruption scandals to be cleared up.
Well, maybe FIFA isn’t that desperate after all. Only 17 (of the 208) voters supported postponing the election. (Read: D’oh!)
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