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The President of the CONCACAF and Vice President of FIFA Jack Warner has stepped down from his role at FIFA three weeks after threatening to unleash a tsunami on footballs governing body. Trinidadian Warner was implicated in allegations of facilitating bribery within the ranks of the Worlds most powerful sporting organisation. In response to his resignation, FIFA dropped all charges against him: their statutes allow them to investigate only affiliated members.Ostensibly, Warner has resigned to concentrate on his political career in his homeland. In reality, he escapes shame, censure and possible criminal charges, hightailing it away from Geneva with his tail between his legs a man suspended by his own organisation since May 30th and covered in the scorn of the footballing masses. His name is associated with allegations of corruption and vote-buying both in FIFA Presidential elections and World Cup hosting elections.He has not gone quietly. He has suggested hes been Hung out to dry by FIFA, with Presidential challenger Mohamed Bin Hammam made the highly visible scapegoat for the obvious ills of world football administration. His words are revealing, if for no other reason than they exemplify his lack of perspective he seems unaware of the stigma that he has become to FIFA and the disdain in which he is held by the general population outside the Caribbean.Though his words may contain some elements of truth that FIFA are laying him on a sacrificial altar to give the appearance of regime change they also, reflect the very heart of Jack Warner. Had he just added My actions, his words would perhaps be more accurate and unquestionably more well-received. In the past, his actions, alleged and proven, have spoken far louder than his plaintive bleats now: his quote Ive been hung out to dry continually and Im not prepared to take that sounds extremely lonesome as if he feels he were a cancerous appendage thats outlived its usefulness and now must be excised for the good of the whole. Its not an enviable position but his words carry only a modicum of his former trademark feistiness.Whether he is in fact guilty of many of the charges levelled at him is now, while not inconsequential, unlikely will matter. Most probably, he and his alleged misdeeds will be lost in the sands of time. His rap sheet is lengthy, but like Senator Clay Davis (of The Wire) hes been powerful, relatively disconnected and safe from impeachment. That is until now when nearing the end he finally understood the gravity of the situation he faced by backing Bin Hammam (also suspended) against Sepp Blatter in the FIFA Presidential election. Like any henchman Warner, though for so long a company man, was backed by the powers-that-be only while he remained functional. Henchman may well be the word that best describes Warner: badass enough but never the Boss, a man mostly made formidable by his allies. When he became more a nuisance than a help, it was time for his superiors to let him take the fall. If Ive learned anything from watching The Wire its often you must climb the ladder of iniquity to reach the ultimate villains. Rarely do big-time dominoes topple first.While Jack Warner may not by the letter of the law done things which are illegal, he certainly has not endeared himself to the mob. He was (and still is, in Trinidad & Tobago) in a position of authority. Those entrusted with much must not just do right, but must also be seen to be doing right. Above all else, this is where Jack Warner failed both himself and FIFA. Though he would entreat himself purer than snow, he is not perceived that way and thus has failed in his role both as CONCACAF President and FIFA Vice President. By failing, he should relinquish his right to be a member of such exalted company.We can hope this begins a new phase in FIFAs existence and hopefully, the start of a great purge which removes indelicate, corrupt elements of the Executive and replaces them with honest alternates. With luck, any cleanout will go right to the top. Parochial Australian hopes for some kind of vindication of the money spent on a World Cup bid they had no chance of winning? Perhaps. But no doubt indicative of a football supporter hoping for the best for a game he loves. Wishful thinking maybe, but we can all dream. Football fans everywhere share the same dream.Jack Warner wasnt hung out to dry by FIFA, but by himself.For more commentary and analysis, shoot across to Balanced Sports. You can also follow Matthew Wood on Twitter @balancedsports
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Piers Morgan must be some
Piers Morgan must be some strain of islander that was otherwise wiped out in the Norman Invasion. He has very odd ideas about government. No wonder he was expelled!
Your reply to my posting
Your reply to my posting ....the roots of the conflict ...etc. Merely prove my point. Your reply is a series of grotesque statements argued without historical context. By the way prior to the Norman invasion there were no English, what became England was populated by AngloSaxons who had a deep and advanced culture. Goggle some of the wonderful artifacts that archeologists have discovered from the AngloSaxons. As I said you do not even know the history of these islands except from a highly biased American perspective.
in re: "And Scotland asked to
in re: "And Scotland asked to join England in the act of union 1706. England did not take over or colonize Scotland. Never realized the indigenous Indians were all slaughtered by English colonists with no native Americans involved, well I never you learn something everyday."
FYI, "native Americans" is now offical jargon for "Indians." As for white people born in America slaughtering indigenous Americans, I beleive I alluded to that in acknowledging "second and third generations." The point is that these people did inherit their values and mores from the culture that begat them. e.g., the same culture who delighted so in luring tribal Africans with spears and wooden shields out onto open plains for the sport of mowing them down with a machine gun. "Whatever happens we have got, the Maxim gun and they have not..."
Now I never said that England invaded Scotland in recent history, only that preent day Scots and Scotland have been making a fair amount of noise lately about wishing to sever the arangement. It was one of you lot who mistakenly asserted Texas and California were annexed to the US by military expeditions of US soldiers so don't go projecting on me.
Indeed the history is long
Indeed the history is long and painful with major invasions from England beginning with the Normans, before which the English were mostly living in trees and scratching themsleves a lot. The Normans evidently preferred the Irish to the crude English as they Hibernicized rather readily though at the end of the day, people with superior power never really give it up. Of course the brutal history began in earnest with the plantation efforts beginning in Elizabethan times but refined to a psychopathic art in the Cromwellian era. The progress of the occupation from that point on is a sequence of some of the greatest crimes against humanity in world history and the very notion of the Penal Laws enacted and prosecuted, literally making it criminal to be Irish in Ireland is beyond surreal. Perhaps by simpering that "roots of the English Ireland conflict .. are highly complex" you claim that there is something comprehesible, justifiable and approriate about English behavior that Americans aren't bright enough to understand. Talk about the self-serving rationalizations of the truly ignorant...
The British roayl family are
The British roayl family are Germans. That's right. They're ruled by German foreigners!
Don't you wear boots on your
Don't you wear boots on your feet?
How is the trunk of a car the boot?
Footballers are Nazis.End
Footballers are Nazis.End this string.
The roots of the English
The roots of the English Irish conflict go back many centuries and are highly complex. They are not to be addressed within the simplistic mindsets of Americans fantasizing about the old country and the righteous IRA.
And Scotland asked to join
And Scotland asked to join England in the act of union 1706. England did not take over or colonize Scotland. Never realized the indigenous Indians were all slaughtered by English colonists with no native Americans involved, well I never you learn something everyday.
Actually Texas was an
Actually Texas was an independent nation first which indeed had at some point declared its independence from Mexico. Texas subsequently of its own accord voted to join the US. California likewise voted for its own idependence after the Bear Flag revolt but note thaqt it was the the Californios - i.e., the Mexican descendents in California, who wanted to be annexed to the US and carried the vote.
Certainly many indigenous Americans were slaughtered by colonists and their first two or three generations of descendants but hey - guess what, they was mostly the English and their posterity. Just as the English persecuted, tormented, starved and killed the Irish in THEIR own land. Or the slaughter of tribal propulations in the name of queen and country throughout Africa and the subcontinent. When it comes to millenia of documented history of genocide justified by asserting the victims are sub-human, the English stand second to none.
No. not kingdomS, beause
No. not kingdomS, beause there is only one king (or queen, in fact) over the whole lot. It's the "United" part that gives me pause as the queendom comprises an occupied fragment of a former colony, a state that moves closer every day to declaring its independence and a state whose natives, rather hobbitlike, blihely go about their daily affairs as if the neighbor that claims to subsume it does not even exist. Where's the unity there I want to know?
And the United states of America comprises a states called Texas and California captured in a war with Mexico? All the southern states which lost a civil war? And the United Sates of America succeeded in slaughtering its native indian population, but hey land of the free. If you really think Scotland will vote for independance you are a fool. The Scots know where the cash subsidies come from.
Football comes in many
Football comes in many guises
Association Footabll - aka Soccer
Rugby Football has 2 forms:
Rugby Union Football - Rugby
Rugby League Football - the other one
Gaelic Football - aka GAA or Bogball
Australian Rules Football - Aussie Rules
American Football - aka zzzzzzz
No. not kingdomS, beause
No. not kingdomS, beause there is only one king (or queen, in fact) over the whole lot. It's the "United" part that gives me pause as the queendom comprises an occupied fragment of a former colony, a state that moves closer every day to declaring its independence and a state whose natives, rather hobbitlike, blihely go about their daily affairs as if the neighbor that claims to subsume it does not even exist. Where's the unity there I want to know?
As for Bagna, Arsenal need him badly (did I conjugate properly w/r number there?) but is he reliable in a crisis?
Another thing they got wrong
Another thing they got wrong is they call their country the United Kingdom! Shouldn't it be United Kingdoms? LMAO
Football in the UK is ruled
Football in the UK is ruled by the FA ie Football Association. No one in the UK uses the word soccer, the only people in the world who say soccer are Americans. Hope that clears think up
Association soccer or
Association soccer or Association football?
Which is it???????
Let's end this!
Soccer comes from Assococcer
Soccer comes from Assococcer which means association soccer, it became shortened to soccer as per rugby union was known as rugger. You Americans have no history nor sense of history. The tune to your national anthem was written by a Brit.
Soccer is a contraction of
Soccer is a contraction of association football. Elephants have trunks. Nuff said.
Administrators help! Make the
Administrators help!
Make the Americans go away!
Why don't you start your own
Why don't you start your own rumor mill site then you fairy!
"What a load of Crap this thread is what are the administrators doing allowing it?"
Hopefully the Brits won't
Hopefully the Brits won't call rounders baseball. Then we'd be in a real pickle.
What a load of Crap this
What a load of Crap this thread is what are the administrators doing allowing it?
In the UK cars have boots,
In the UK cars have boots, rubbers are Durex, ref football is football. Football has been played in England since the middle ages ie around the year 1500. American football is OK but has far too many stops the game does not flow. Finally in Englang we have a similar game to baseball, it is called rounders and is played by young girls. This game has been played for many years in fact it's origins predate the formation of the USA.
They call a trunk a boot? How
They call a trunk a boot?
How retarded.
Don't they call the trunk of
Don't they call the trunk of a car the "boot"? What sense does that make?
There is only one word for
There is only one word for American football. There are two words for soccer. We can't describe two different games with the same name. If we call soccer soccer everyone knows what we mean. If we call soccer football people will want to know whether we are talking about soccer or real football.
I think that's the end of the matter.
Should football be used to
Should football be used to describe the American sport or the sport that Americans call soccer, but which everyone else calls football.
Please support your position on this issue in 100 words or less and give three examples to support your reasoning.
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I think when they say
I think when they say "football" in the article they're actually bout soccer. The Brits do this a lot. LMAO
Our Arsenal has been severely
Our Arsenal has been severely reduced over the years and now consists of a couple of muskets and an old cannon on Edinburgh Castle. So one defender is all that's required - now that Piers Morgan has left for the US.
I don't understand - why do
I don't understand - why do your arsenals need defending? And why is there only one guy to do it?
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