Fifa is unfit for purpose, investigations abound but we’ve not seen convictions yet. The president has not been arrested, but, well, he has president over this enormous shambles, yet he refuses to resign. His resignation is needed to relieve the reputation of Fifa, the reputation of football itself. We all know this, but SFA chef exec, Stewart Regan said as much.
The SFA is Blatter’s role model. Regan conceded SFA president Campbell Ogilvie was horribly conflicted, as the Association dealt with the consequences of the biggest directorial negation of duty in Scottish football history – by Ogilvie, who was director and company secretary of the dysfunctional board.
Ogilvie never resigned. Ogilvie has still not resigned. Regan said nothing. Ogilvie’s supporters in the game rallied round, just as Blatter’s have today.
This is how human nature works. Ogilvie has been in enough committee meetings, pressed enough flesh, to ensure that despite the slaying he took at the hands of Lord Nimmo Smith’s SPL inquiry, he could brass it out. Accountability at the SFA does not exist. I get it. But, the SFA cannot have the audacity to make moralistic statements about the corporate accountability of others.
It is a depressing feature of Scottish life that we don’t have a culture of accountability, that the media are not sufficiently plural that such hypocrisy is exposed for what it is, that there isn’t a single elected representative prepared to disengage with the Scottish establishment on this today.
The new media are not there yet. We don’t have the authority of a broadcaster or politician to demand, and get, accountability. That’ll change in time.
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PETEC
Howdy,buddy. I see you are once again the proud owner of a UNITED IRISHMEN CSC shirt.
Smashing,aren’t they? I’m gonna wear mine to the CSA do tomorrow in Birmingham,I like to be different!
I recall you weighing your options on redundancy,difficult one for you. I didn’t realise the reasons why,that ‘suggestions’ were made. And why.
Nice one,mate. Keep on telling them the truth. Even if they are naïve enough to believe that freemasonry only represents cronyism,that in itself is proof of their subversion. The longest March begins with but a single step. BIG NAN gave a few examples of their road to ruin.
BIG NAN
Like many others on here,I greatly admire your fight for openness. I’ve read most of the articles you’ve provided over the years.
Your perseverance is its own reward,your personal and professional success only outward signs of that.
I’ve mailed your latest to one or two others.
Thanks,mate.
Last day for the good guys to renew their season tickets.
Some other teams haven’t even put theirs on sale yet.
Work calling…….
Morning bhoys and ghirls.
Well, well, well…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SKS_xcBS5w
Have a great one!
HH
/Bishop B
https://twitter.com/eirebhoy/status/604043970587578368
https://twitter.com/jobbytash/status/604035418498146304
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06d28cd0-055b-11e5-bb7d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=engage/email/headlines/registereduser/engagementheadlines/crm&utm_source=registereduser&utm_medium=email&utm_term=headlines&utm_campaign=engagementheadlines#axzz3bVYzDKeU
The growing scandal over corruption at Fifa threatens to entangle Nike, the US sportswear company that is a sponsor of the Brazilian national football squad, and other multinational sponsors of the game in Latin America.
US prosecutors alleged in an indictment that an intermediary, a company controlled by Brazilian businessman José Hawilla, helped secure a landmark $160m, 10-year sponsorship deal in 1996 between an unnamed sportswear company and the country’s football federation, or CBF, by paying bribes.
Prosecutors did not name Nike in their indictment, which was filed to a US district court, referring to it as “sportswear company A” or “E” in two separate documents. They have not accused it of any crime.
But the deal by the unnamed company described in the two indictments appears identical to the one signed by Nike and CBF in 1996.
Nike said that it “believes in ethical and fair play in both business and sport and strongly opposes any form of manipulation or bribery. We have been co-operating, and will continue to co-operate, with the authorities.”
In a later statement the company said: “The charging documents unsealed yesterday in Brooklyn do not allege that Nike engaged in criminal conduct. There is no allegation in the charging documents that any Nike employee was aware of or knowingly participated in any bribery or kickback scheme.”
The website of Traffic, Mr Hawilla’s company, mentions a deal in 1996 with Nike as one of its landmark transactions. Nike’s sponsorship of the Brazilian team was also at the centre of a congressional inquiry into football in Brazil in 2001.
A number of Fifa’s biggest sponsors, including Visa and Coca-Cola, were quick to speak out about the allegations of corruption and fraud that have engulfed world football’s governing body and some of its affiliates.
The allegations swirling around the Nike contract will be closely watched by multinationals interested in participating in Brazil and Latin America’s increasingly lucrative sports advertising market.
Successive CBF chairmen have endured a number of scandals but until now had emerged unscathed.
Fifa moneymaking machine still spins
The logo of the global football’s governing body FIFA is seen on October 3, 2013 at its headquarters in Zurich. FIFA kicked off a crunch meeting behind closed doors, amid claims of rights abuses by 2022 World Cup Qatar and wrangling over plans to hold the tournament in the winter.
In their indictment, US prosecutors said the unnamed sportswear company approached the CBF about a sponsorship deal around 1994.
The CBF and Traffic, which was then its marketing agent, began negotiations with the company.
Under the deal eventually signed with Nike in 1996, the CBF agreed to remit a percentage of the payments it received from the sportswear company to Mr Hawilla’s Traffic.
Mr Hawilla, who has pleaded guilty in the case as part of a plea-bargain agreement, then agreed to pay half of everything he made from the deal as kickbacks to a senior member of the CBF board, identified in the indictment as “co-conspirator 11”.
Prosecutors said that “co-conspirator 11” was also at various times a high-ranking official of Fifa and Conmebol, the South American football confederation.
The prosecutors said additional financial terms between Traffic and the unnamed sportswear company were not reflected in the CBF agreement.
Under these additional terms, the unnamed company agreed to pay a Traffic affiliate with a Swiss bank account an additional $40m in “base compensation” on top of the $160m it paid the CBF.
Three days later, the unnamed company and Traffic signed a one-page contract saying that the CBF had authorised Traffic to invoice the unnamed company directly “for marketing fees earned upon successful negotiation and performance of the . . . [agreement]”, it is alleged.
The 10-year sponsorship was terminated in early 2002. Nike is the current kit sponsor of the Brazilian national team.
The prosecutors also alleged that a sports marketing company involved in the negotiation of sponsorship deals for the Copa Libertadores, the South American championship run by Conmebol, paid bribes to secure the exclusive rights.
Toyota became the tournament’s first title sponsor in 1998, followed by Santander in 2008 and Bridgestone Corporation starting in 2013.
[Nike] believes in ethical and fair play in both business and sport and strongly opposes any form of manipulation or bribery
The prosecutors alleged that a sports marketing company, identified only as “sports marketing company A” and based in New Jersey, paid a series of bribes mainly to Nicolás Leoz, who was the president of Conmebol between 1986 and 2013, and a member of Fifa’s executive committee.
The payments, which started in the early 2000s, were in exchange for his support for the sports marketing company securing the exclusive rights to the tournament.
Santander declined to comment. Toyota and Bridgestone were not immediately available for comment.
Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s president, said this week she welcomed the Fifa investigation, saying the country’s normally aggressive public prosecutors had been unable to tackle alleged corruption in football in the country because it was run by private organisations.
“I say that if it needs to be investigated, investigate it — all the World Cups, everything,” she told reporters on a trip to Mexico.
Additional reporting by Robert Wright in New York
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I really hope the U.S. sports marketing firm is IMG,and that a certain Scottish employee is involved. That would be a tad amusing.
https://twitter.com/lewisb_1888/status/604012804740399104
BIG NAN
THE BARCAMOLE mailed his appreciation of your article too.
Your experiences are similar to his own.
Morning all.
Happy Mothers Day!
HH!!
https://twitter.com/67dixie/status/604055657327808512
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Hunhunhunhunhunhunhuny
Basturts!!!!!!
On days like this….ye need a Jungle packed wi ecstatic Tims to deliver the medicine properly.
It would add to the ecstacy just watchin Focus trying to dampen the enjoyment….ha.
Btw….who downsized the passion-levels of YNWA….?….wtf was that on Sunday…?
Anyway……
YNWA…for me…was always the message from the Celtic support that Timmy will ‘never’ be beaten….’never’….tampering wi YNWA would be like doing away wi the green & white hoops….in the Mr Stein era….we were ‘dumped’ into the ole uncovered Celtic ends at, Hampdump and ibrokes….but, know what…imho…the best YNWA’s come from those ends to the extent that all the hun could retort with was – “Green & White shi#e….allo-allo..”…the walk-on’s from the ole Celtic ends were for me…the best I’ve ever seen or, been delighted to be involved in…coz we had no roof which was to give the huns an advantage….hmmmm…the echo was awesome…pure-Celtic-heaven-on-earth-awesome….please bring those days back…….the walk-on’s in the new all-seated era have, in their own way been quite grand as well…especially in the huns games or, in Europe, I love the walk-ons’ in the Broomloan when we’re there but, don’t like the walk-on’s in a stadium were, the seats are too far away from the pitch…Hampdump :(…..Seville :( was a major disappointment from a walk-on point of view…imho…best walk-on of recent times v Dundee United in the League Cup Final near the end of the 90 mins know why?….coz it was done without the aid of a CD being played over the tannoy….imho…the YNWA at home v’s Juventus recently was pure awesome….then, Efe pulled the plug:))
tallybhoy
08:05 on 29 May, 2015
Morning all.
Happy Mothers Day!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ……took me a wee minute…!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
:)))))))))))))))))
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Len Brennan
23:26 on
28 May, 2015
Rangers will be turning in their graves at this performance! :D
Night ,night bhoys and ghirls!
HH
/Bishop B
A belated Congratulations to Mr & Mrs BlantyreTim
A grand ole couple indeed – Hail Hail
p.s. Mr & Mrs KevJungle – 23 years married on 2nd July
and, 31 years together on 16th November.
…that’s it for the day…oot.
Great craic last night …missed most of the first half …just got sat down with a nice glass of red when the third went in
Sevco are dross..btw the result was despite some fairly consistent Mibbery ….from the double standards free kick decisions to the four and a half mins of extra time …their brother tried his best …thankfully there wasn’t a big decision for him to make …notwithstanding the Huns falling like ninepins in the box
A wee bit slow this morning …..can’t think why …,:-)))
tallybhoy
08:05 on 29 May, 2015
Morning all.
Happy Mothers Day!
HH!!
Brilliant mhate! :D
HH
/Bishop B
22 yrs married today …as I was just advised :-))
Seems I’ve forgotten again
TALLYBHOY
Surpassed yersel there,bud! Belter.
PF AYR
This time next year it will be yer 24th. Just think 24-hour garage,where yer off to shortly ennroute to the doghouse,as a reminder.
And congratulations,of course!
Bankiebhoy
7/41
That’s my MO for today …..that kills them …smug satisfaction .,,
Just saw a news headline on BBC website – “Alloy bounces back 10 million times”
Naturally assumed that McCoist had chucked himself off a bridge after last nights result. Then I noticed the letter “O”….
TIM MALONE
10 million Tims want him to bounce back.
Pfayr
;-)
Petec
There must be some number of CQN Cornerers needing to get to Specsavers if they mistook a red beanie with a Norwegian flag on the front for a butchers apron!
;-)
HH jamesgang
JAMESGANG
Go to specsavers instead of the pub,that would be a start!
Two Well forwards ran Sevco ragged last night….Irwin and Ainsworth I think.
Once Well closed Lee Wallace down…they took control.
Wallace is Sevco’s only outlet…..block him, they flounder badly.
I only hope Well don’t do anything daft in 2nd leg.
However, they are better than Sevco.
Sevco GIRUY
HH
….pfayr supports weeoscar
08:16 on 29 May, 2015
I’ve forgotten 44 times…….. :)
Game last night you say?
What game was that. I must have missed it…….
3-1 you say. That’s a decent lead to take into the 2nd leg isn’t it? Ooooooh 3-1 to the other team….aaaaah, not so good.
Who were you playing again?
Aaaah motherwell. Didn’t you used to always beat them? You know when that wee ginger guy was their Manager? You know the one – looked like Keith Chegwin. What happened to him anyway? He seems to have disappeared off the scene.
Still, must dash. Off to Dobbies cos Ally and Kenny are doing a ‘come and learn’ session on how to use manure.
HH jamesgang
Ever the dutiful husband …I’m off to a beer festival at lunchtime …giving mrs peace and quiet …that’s how I’m trying to spin it …not sure I’m getting away with it
Anybody git a number for an Ayrshire florist :-))
The phone in’s tonight will be comedy gold.
Getting my cargo planned already for the event! :D
HH
/Bishop B
the green man
08:29 on 29 May, 2015
Two Well forwards ran Sevco ragged last night….Irwin and Ainsworth I think.
Once Well closed Lee Wallace down…they took control.
Wallace is Sevco’s only outlet…..block him, they flounder badly.
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And there my friends in Timdom is your match report. In a nutshell.
And the more the FOD have to chase the game the more dangerous the nippy (big, strong, robust) wingers become.
HH jamesgang
green man
08:29 on 29 May, 2015
For me, the best aspect of last night was the categoric evidence that they are mince, total mince….. Couldn’t bring myself to watch them, but the score tells it’s own story….TOTAL MINCE
Bobbio
That would be a terrible move. Pubs give out beer goggles for free. Though ultimately you can pay a heavy price I’ll grang you!
Shame on you! Wash your mouth out. With Guinness!
HH jamesgang
PF AYR
Looking for a wreath?
jamesgang
08:29 on 29 May, 2015
Game last night you say?
What game was that. I must have missed it…….
3-1 you say. That’s a decent lead to take into the 2nd leg isn’t it? Ooooooh 3-1 to the other team….aaaaah, not so good.
Who were you playing again?
Aaaah motherwell. Didn’t you used to always beat them? You know when that wee ginger guy was their Manager? You know the one – looked like Keith Chegwin. What happened to him anyway? He seems to have disappeared off the scene.
Still, must dash. Off to Dobbies cos Ally and Kenny are doing a ‘come and learn’ session on how to use manure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You’re a bad MHAN….hahahahahahaha
Motherwell ….
Second worse team in the SPL ….dreadful away record
Sevco 1..Motherwell 3… Hilarious …
JAMESGANG
Not touched a drop since Monday lunchtime. But since you insist,I’ll finish my coffee and head straight in.
Fidel McGrain top on,twinkle in the eye,spring in the step.
Tally-ho!
First rule of football supporting:
Never gloat at half-time. Save it all up for the fat lady singing.