What authority does the US have to arrest foreigners in a foreign country who run a foreign sport? Clearly out of their jurisdiction. The accused will walk.
What authority does the US have to arrest foreigners in a foreign country who run a foreign sport? Clearly out of their jurisdiction. The accused will walk.
Bad Wigins wrote:
What authority does the US have to arrest foreigners in a foreign country who run a foreign sport? Clearly out of their jurisdiction. The accused will walk.
Nexus law. If anyone uses even $1 or a bank based in the USA to do any wrong doing they can be prosecuted under American law.
Two Americans (one naturalized) were arrested both of whom were $influential$ in the decision to play the next South American Championships in the USA
Aaron Davidson
Davidson is president of Traffic Sports USA Inc., which owns the Carolina Railhawks, a North American Soccer League franchise based in in Cary, North Carolina. The company also has several sponsorship and media rights deals with CONCACAF.
He's the guy who created the new NASL organization to rival MLS.
Eugenio Figueredo
Current FIFA vice president and executive committee member; former CONMEBOL president and Uruguayan soccer federation (AUF) president. He faces a maximum term of incarceration of 10 years for a charge of naturalization fraud and could have his U.S. citizenship revoked, the Justice Department said. He also faces a maximum term of incarceration of five years for each tax charge. He was arrested in Switzerland.
FIFA- so they took bribes & did a little racketeering, big deal. We have worse criminals than that in the Clinton Foundation.
Corruption, tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering... gee, I thought we were talking about Hillary Clinton.
FIFA did contribute to the Clinton Foundation. Too funny!!
And if you don't trust Fox, here are other sources
Hey Hillary, I think it might be a good idea to return the money.
Not a Lawyer wrote:
Two Americans (one naturalized) were arrested both of whom were $influential$ in the decision to play the next South American Championships in the USA
Why is the USA upset about that? You'd think the South Americans would be the ones arresting people.
I am surprised that we havent seen the thread; "down goes FIFA, down goes FIFA".
That said, I don't know what the US's jurisdictiin is ....or isnt but this is a good thing.
People are being held in slavery to construct the infrastructure and that perhaps nedsto be addressed.
The fact that they awarded Qatar the host status, only to change it to the fall, when football in Europe is in high hear makes many of us mad.
Money must habe changed hands and to all those concerned, something ought to be done.
They ned to be prosecuted.
NativeSon wrote:
I am surprised that we havent seen the thread; "down goes FIFA, down goes FIFA".
That said, I don't know what the US's jurisdictiin is ....or isnt but this is a good thing.
People are being held in slavery to construct the infrastructure and that perhaps nedsto be addressed.
The fact that they awarded Qatar the host status, only to change it to the fall, when football in Europe is in high hear makes many of us mad.
Money must habe changed hands and to all those concerned, something ought to be done.
They ned to be prosecuted.
This really doesn't have anything to do with the US action, however.
The specifics of rigging the bidding is the subject of the Swiss inquiry.
Bad Wigins wrote:
What authority does the US have to arrest foreigners in a foreign country who run a foreign sport? Clearly out of their jurisdiction. The accused will walk.
They don't and they didn't.
Swiss authorities arrested these people and will hand them over to the US. Perfectly normal and works both ways. If a Swiss person who committed a crime in Switzerland lives in the US, US will hand them over to Swiss authorities.
When will the IOOC or USOOC take their hits?
Lets face , its known fact that FIFA was rotten to the core ,its safe to say if the US didn't get involved it would've been business as usual for them cats for many many years to come
Not FIFA wrote:
Corruption, tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering... gee, I thought we were talking about Hillary Clinton.
No, we were talking Dennis Hastert, the long ever serving Republican House speaker. Investigated by the FBI and indicted today by a Federal grand jury. Hastert paid $1.7 million out a promise $3.5 million in hush money to keep "misconduct" silenced. This one is going to blow up huge. A lot of Republican heads are going to fall.
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/05/28/latest-on-dennis-hastert-comment-sought-on-indictmentI am surprised that no one is talking about the numbers 8 and 1.
Brazil, often considered the very best football nation. If not close. Germany was always ranked very high. Two different systems, I get it, method versus art, marching versus dancing. Creativity versus system.
But how does the very best football nation/team lose 8-1 in the most important game? 4-1 is a drubbing. Three-one is a solid win. Eight to one?
It was amazing, jaw-dropping and confounding when it happened.
Not pre-arranged?
DO NOT FALL FOR IT wrote:
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THIS IS JUST A SMOKE SCREEN, DO NOT FALL FOR IT.
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It was 7-1 and I doubt Brazil would fix a semi final in their home nation to lose. Especially in the manor they did. They were just really awful that night and the team they had was very far from the best Brazil sides we've seen
Athletics Illustrated wrote:
I am surprised that no one is talking about the numbers 8 and 1.
Brazil, often considered the very best football nation. If not close. Germany was always ranked very high. Two different systems, I get it, method versus art, marching versus dancing. Creativity versus system.
But how does the very best football nation/team lose 8-1 in the most important game? 4-1 is a drubbing. Three-one is a solid win. Eight to one?
It was amazing, jaw-dropping and confounding when it happened.
Not pre-arranged?
Good points. Never mind.
Argentina vs Peru 1978 was the most obviously fixed World Cup game in history.
There were no semis that year and Argentina needed to win 4-0 to win their group and get to the final against Holland in their home country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIoGqzFQ5-E
They won 6-0.
The alleged price was for Argentina to "disappear" 13 Peruvian dissidents. Things were simpler in those days.