Who gives a fuck if Fifa have some corrupt delegates and we won the bid? Whats the worst that could happen, Russia accuse us of bribing Fifa?
As long as we run a clean bid, the most important thing was to get the world cup here, to boost the economy and boost football at the grass roots in this country. Oh and also give us half a chance of winning the thing. And actually, I happen to think the message would have been a hell of a lot stronger if the allegations were made AFTER we won. What reason would "we" have to make them when we won, apart from genuinely wanting to get it cleaned up? The bloke should be sacked. We pay his wages, we have no choice, he is not directly accountable for his actions, so the BBC should be forced to sack him. -----Original Message----- From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of Simon Austin Sent: 03 December 2010 22:25 To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: Re: [LU] Non LU - More on World Cup On 03/12/2010 21:23, John Sykes wrote: > If no one else, ITV, SKY or whatever was going to air with the story > of corruption, then why did BBC have to do it when they did. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2010/11/fifa_football_panorama.html "In terms of its timing, we only obtained the list of these payments last month after a secret out-of-court settlement was reached in June 2010 year. That followed an investigation into the ISL bribes by a Swiss magistrate and concluded with unnamed Fifa officials paying back £3.5 million. It has taken many weeks to ensure that the allegations we are making were properly tested and that all those named were given a fair opportunity to respond. There have also been calls for us to put the programme out after the vote on the bid. I understand why people feel strongly about us not tipping the chances against England's 2018 bid. But surely it's right for the British public to be informed about the nature of Fifa and its demands before we win - if we do?" _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
