I doubt she’s alive. It wouldn’t surprise me if he had her killed for the insurance money.

As a foreign policy generating culture, you’re complete gits, Americans.

it’s legal to hire lobbyist because they do not have a vote on the matter, however, can access the individual with the vote. The part that becomes illegal is when guaranteed offers are made by the lobbyist that the voter accepts as “payment” for said vote that directly benefit the voter. Example lobbyist promises to…

Giving money to a federation is somewhat legal - it’s the fact that Warner et al. have been so brazen in putting the cash in their personal accounts that’s the issue. Even Blazer tried to tell Warner to be less obvious about getting and moving the cash.

If he’s not dead, I’d go with the lead actor from Schulze Gets the Blues.

Not even $10M worth of Detrol can stop them now!

Sad, Blatter, the leaks have started.

What if you see it shoot a tennis ball 50 feet and hit a small target, dumping a politician into a pit filled with chicken shit?

They all have staffers who interned with Blatter or Goodell. (Only The Onion has one that interned with Jack Warner.)

* Hope I can find a Solo beer cup to pee in.

Yes, requesting public documents is participatory, not a spectator, sport.

Seemed appropriate given what I was responding to.

It’s uplifting to know there are investigative reporters around who doggedly construct paper trails that expose corruption (of which many insiders are aware but don’t disturb for fear of losing a meal ticket, or worse).

Or, NFL Europe is just around the corner again.

The Washington Post has a nice profile of Andrew Jennings, a British investigative reporter who first started digging into FIFA 15 years ago. “‘These scum have stolen the people’s sport. They’ve stolen it, the cynical thieving bastards,’ [Jennings] said. ‘So, yes, it’s nice to see the fear on their faces.’” [Post]

...continuing through 2011, I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup.

Blazer and Sepp

Calling Deadspin LLP — isn’t the FCPA (and the even more onerous UK anti-bribery act) lurking over this like a dark cloud? Are people at Nike, Adidas, and ESPN losing sleep over this shit?

Chuck Blazer Took Bribes for World Cup Votes

Chuck Blazer Admits Taking Yearly Bribes Of Cookies And Milk From Hopeful Children The World Over