Sepp Blatter is currently being investigated due to what the United States Justice Department calls “rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted” corruption at soccer’s world governing body.
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Despite speculation he would renege on stepping down, he insisted he would not be standing as a candidate and said he may work in radio after his retirement from FIFA. “I cannot be the new president because I’m an old president”.
Potential candidates are already planning campaigns for the most high profile job in sports politics. During this time-frame, he will indulge in skulduggery of the worst kind.
FIFA executives were meeting Monday to choose a presidential election date, with UEFA President Michel Platini gaining support to succeed Sepp Blatter.
The executive meeting came just two days after a former FIFA vice-president, Jeffrey Webb, appeared in a New York court and denied taking millions of dollars of bribes. Nelson, who wore a suit and apparently announced himself as a North Korean World Cup delegate, went up to Blatter and made it rain on him with a stack of fake dollar bills.
Blatter hailed the moves toward reforms that government leaders around the world as well as football administrators have demanded.
‘I had to do something very special and I did it. In footballing terms, I kicked the ball out of the field to stop something.’.
Brodkin somehow managed to avoid FIFA’s specialist security force before walking calmly up to the stage and standing before a stunned Blatter, according to the Daily Mail.
Blatter announced his resignation in an attempt to diffuse the crisis. “Letting Blatter manage FIFA and design reform plans before the February vote is comedy”. “Although members have given me the new mandate, this mandate does not seem to be supported by everyone. He must leave now”, Prince Ali, a FIFA vice president for four years until May, said in a statement to the AP.
ZURICH (AP) – A British comedian disrupted a news conference by Sepp Blatter on Monday, showering the FIFA president with fake money.
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His real name is Simon Brodkin and he is a popular face in the British stand-up comedy circuit. But a major change includes bidding regulations for World Cups. The Swiss official had a beaming smile on his face as he said the following.
