The self-appointed world football’s governing body FIFA, headquartered in that well-known center of football dynamism, Zurich, says players who compete in a proposed European Super League will be barred from Fifa competitions. It added that its six confederations, including Uefa, located in another football-mad Swiss city, Nyon, would not recognize any such competition.
Personally I think there are far too many European competitions around these days and have no view on this proposal but I hate how a corrupt outfit like FIFA is still allowed to run the show unchallenged.
It uses football as a money machine and even trademarked the World Cup as a FIFA brand that has nothing to do with sport but is a lucrative industry that brings in a fortune and allows football “administrators” to line their pockets. Trips to Zurich and Nyon are also handy to help the FIFA members from obscure Asian, African and Caribbean places that don´t even have football pitches to top up their Swiss bank accounts.
The previous FIFA boss, Josef Blatter, resigned after facing charges related to bribery and corruption and has been banned from FIFA activities. He is alleged to have given bribes to guess who? None other than Michel Platini, when he was head of Uefa.
Maybe football needs a Kerry Packer type steamroller to come in and shake it all about.
Nominated by: Mr Polly



