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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i think nigerians should be grateful that fifa protected their favorite game from the authoritarian caprices of a megalomaniac
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as if Goodluck Jonathan had any such authority, he was selling as many wolf tickets as Sarkozy in this regard
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Originally Posted by nicfit
Well, dude, the "politician" who talked about bribery is a well known dickhead (and racist) who had an ictus a few years ago and who likes to make sensationalistic claims, only to be forced to apologize and "correct them" the day after ("it was just a joke", etc..) to be able to stay in our present, hideous government.
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Originally Posted by SYRFox
France actually got FIFA "threats" too because of interference (politicians asking for the French Federation's president to resign) ...
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I agree with you completely, but my point is simple. FIFA puts pressure through threats, intimidation and black mail on african countries such as Ethiopia and Nigera and they in turn pay lip service to FIFA.. it is not fair. Why doesn't FIFA put this kind of pressure on other countries? They banned Ethiopia for two years over domestic political corruption (that wasn't even related to the Ethiopian national team in the slightest!) and they continue their FIFA style and put this same kind of pressure on Nigeria. Why did Nigeria cave so quickly? That is simply, Nigeria has seen the way in which FIFA opperates and enforces a double standard for African nations.
I'm not gonna try to sit here for hours and dig up old news articles documenting all the time FIFA has either threatened to ban or outright banned African national teams and African nations from either international play or hosting international qualifying/exhibition matches, but its a clear and obvious double-standard, one which has been pissing me off for years and years now.. It is no surprise to see it show its face again to Nigeria (and not necessarily France)
the bigger issue is not just FIFA targeting the mingling of politics and futbol, but actually trying to use its authority as a kind of bully pulpit, targeting African nations in regards to politics alone having nothing to do with futbol. The US is a corrupt, war hungry nation, is there team banned? No, but thats why Ethiopia was banned.
Nigeria, (or Brazil or North Korea or Honduras or USA or Mexico or Germany etc etc) is a nation with deeply entrenched political corruption, but only they were singled out and not the others?
it is exasperating!