Ding Dong The Dicks Are Dead*

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*Well, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini aren’t actually dead, but their careers certainly are. Glory hallelujah! It’s a Christmas miracle!

It’s Official: Sepp Blatter Resigns!

Holy shit! I never thought I’d see the day! Of course, I’m just about to go on a conference call so I can’t write more but hallelujah! Read more here.

– Lozil

The Evil Empire Continues

For those who weren’t watching the clusterfuckery of the FIFA elections live today, here’s how it went down:

Luis Figo & Michael Van Praag Drop Out Of FIFA Presidental Race

The absolute fuckery around the FIFA “elections” continues. Two of the three challengers to Sepp Blatter’s stranglehold, whoops, I mean presidency dropped out yesterday leaving only Jordan’s Prince Ali bin al-Hussein to battle the venal out of touch old coot. They may have left the race, but they had plenty to say about it.

Sepp Blatter and FIFA: E:60 Reports with Jeremy Schaap

I’ve been meaning to get this up for the past week, but if you haven’t yet seen the documentary Jeremy Schaap did about FIFA and Sepp, you really do owe it to yourself to watch it. Here’s a link to the ESPNFC site where it’s available in 5 parts.  Prepare to be even more disgusted than you probably already are with this man and his organization. The corruption is so deeply ingrained in FIFA that one has to wonder if it can ever be cleansed. May 29 will see Blatter seeking his 5th term as president at the FIFA Congress in Zurich.  Can anyone beat him and remove this cancer from the beautiful game? It remains to be seen. When FIFA is involved, as we all know, money talks. And the money trail and lack of transparency detailed in this documentary is jaw dropping.

– Lozil

FIFA Being Sued Again

First mygypsyspirit brought you news of FIFA being sued for poor refereeing at the World Cup. Now I bring you news of another lawsuit tangentially related to the World Cup which hit FIFA today. This one is all about my recently discovered passion topic: head injuries and concussions in football. Ohhhh, someone named Sepp is not going to be a happy baby. Guess I wasn’t the only one who didn’t buy into his Presidential Message on this topic.

FIFA on Head Injuries

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So, we finally have some information from FIFA on the topic of head injuries and concussions in football. And by some I mean lots. Be warned; this is going to be a wordy post. My inner editor is (sadly) on strike.

Updated: Algerian Football Suspended

Following a special meeting held yesterday, the Algerian Football Federation (AFF) has suspended all football following the death of forward Albert Ebossé. The Federation had already closed JS Kabylie’s stadium, and the closure instructions were extended to all football teams for the upcoming weekend.

And The Joke’s On Us

FIFA Congress votes to reject term limits, Blatter can run for president again. Zero reason not to have term limits for any elected official

— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) June 11, 2014

FIFA is just ridiculous and repulsive. Blatter will run again and more than likely win. I don’t know why we expect any different. Can anyone truly challenge this vile unethical bastard and his equally corrupt cronies? And would they be any better or just a lesser evil? The whole lot of them disgust me. I’m gonna go watch that John Oliver rant again.

– Lozil

Preach John Oliver!

Watishista Luz sent in this fantastic bit from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He just rips into FIFA and it’s nothing short of brilliant.

– Lozil