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Originally Posted by demonrail666
you're gonna have to be a bit less vague with this, cos as it stands it reads like a load of old bollocks thought up by someone who appears not to have the foggiest idea what they're talking about - and I'm sure that's not the case.
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The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan put pressure on the Nigerian team, threatening to prohibit them from international competition, frankly something not quite within his powers. It is in reality no different then Sarkozy's public reactions to France's team's meltdown, Italian politicians talking about bribery, the Brazilian government pressuring their national team to fire folks to keep face for the 2014 Cup. FIFA apparently put pressure on the Nigerian president to back off and so he did, or at least thats how the BBC reported it. The headline even reads "Nigerian President Bows to FIFA Demands"
I didn't read or hear about FIFA putting in pressure on France, or Italy, or Brazil whose government, politicians and populations have been rather poor sports about their respective losses..
Further, FIFA has been banning African countries from World Cup qualifying matches for decades, claiming political corruption or war in the African countries, and yet the European, or the Americas or the United States' teams are not punished for the same atrocities and injustices which occur on a daily basis. It is clear and obvious hypocrisy..
I've already explained how Ethiopia was banned, not only from playing in the qualifying matches, but also from housing several qualifying and exhibition World Cup matches in Addis Ababa as initially scheduled..
FIFA discriminates against Africa time and time again..