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malaise

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18. International Sports Federations are already

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Reply #17)

Wed May 27, 2015, 09:44 AM

May 2015

part of the IOC - IFs would never merge with the IOC - indeed they keep their own competitions separate hence football at the Olympics is mostly U23.

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Loreta Lynch will hold a press conference today on the FIFA scandal and arrests [View all] malaise May 2015 OP

Go after the fucking bankers Sanity Claws May 2015 #1

I hope they squeeze some of them and Are_grits_groceries May 2015 #2

Chuck Blazer's part in this malaise May 2015 #3

They just raided CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach. nt Are_grits_groceries May 2015 #4

They had raided Warner's high end apartment in Florida malaise May 2015 #9

Pocket change level thievery. What about the banksters that swindled trillions? hobbit709 May 2015 #5

So this is about soccer? Autumn May 2015 #6

Is it not possible to be focused on more than one issue? Are_grits_groceries May 2015 #7

Sure it's possible. Autumn May 2015 #8

So your concept is that unless they jail the bankers, other courruption should be granted immunity? Bluenorthwest May 2015 #11

Good post malaise May 2015 #14

The human cost is a 'social issue' which many on DU don't care about, but you'd think they could Bluenorthwest May 2015 #15

The only international sporting body with more money than FIFA is malaise May 2015 #16

They need to merge. Are_grits_groceries May 2015 #17

International Sports Federations are already malaise May 2015 #18

No, that's not my concept at all. I simply expressed my disappointment when I read what Autumn May 2015 #23

reminds me of when gonzoles lied to congress questionseverything May 2015 #30

Yeah and then there this Autumn May 2015 #31

Here is the problem nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #26

i think i have connected the dots questionseverything May 2015 #28

I would not go precisely that far nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #33

Hey, why didn't YOU get the devastating rebuttals and apologists that descended upon me? LOL libdem4life May 2015 #42

I got no idea nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #47

Me neither. libdem4life May 2015 #49

Well I read the exchange and some folks nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #51

We know exactly why they are not going after Goldman Sachs, Autumn May 2015 #32

Yes we do nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #34

It's a sad day for the most popular sport in the world malaise May 2015 #13

Specifically, which banks? Good lord, they are complicit with money launderers of all classes libdem4life May 2015 #55

Sorry they are NOT GOING after soccer players nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #62

I see, just their employers? I'm not an expert here,but when I see a list of Mexican/Latino surnames libdem4life May 2015 #66

Actually it will protect the soccer players nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #67

We recently watched a very... 3catwoman3 May 2015 #77

Exactly nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #80

International bribery and kickbacks and extortion etc davepc May 2015 #12

Does this do anything to improve their working conditions? Autumn May 2015 #24

Yes. Properley investigating FIFA will lead to improved working conditions. NCTraveler May 2015 #37

Wrong, I really don't have an issue with this. I would like to see a press conference about Autumn May 2015 #44

This is an op about FIFA. NCTraveler May 2015 #48

My question was about Nepalese migrants who have died at an alarming rate of Autumn May 2015 #52

rec & kick MerryBlooms May 2015 #10

She's on now malaise May 2015 #19

Best tweet: Are_grits_groceries May 2015 #20

Freaking brilliant malaise May 2015 #21

Were they red carded? nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #27

LOL libdem4life May 2015 #43

Perfect! mcar May 2015 #35

WTF...no penalties for Flops???? libdem4life May 2015 #45

But the banksters will remain unpunished? Pathetic. nt Romulox May 2015 #22

fined...just a cost of doing business questionseverything May 2015 #29

I'm sorry. a Black woman jumping in the fray against Brown men? This may be her claim to fame. Ugh libdem4life May 2015 #25

What? mcar May 2015 #36

Well, tell me I'm wrong. It's her first high-profile case, that I know of. Not the bankers? I libdem4life May 2015 #39

She was leading this case well before her nomination Are_grits_groceries May 2015 #53

Well, that makes me feel better. She just chose it for her first Big Haul in the cesspool of money libdem4life May 2015 #56

Since the United States is part of CONCAFAF, which is nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #64

Give me a break, wiith all due respect, this is still "reaching way out there" for a US publicity libdem4life May 2015 #68

Since this affects real people too nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #69

No, I'm not. Who gets prosecuted is the question...and how easily it is prosecuted. That's the libdem4life May 2015 #71

I am all glad you are for corruption in some cases nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #73

Don't know why this is personal, or why my opinions are ugly. libdem4life May 2015 #75

Go here nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #78

Good lord, I'm not going there. There is corruption overflowing. My only, and apparently libdem4life May 2015 #81

I gave you a link to where you can get drowned nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #82

yeah, because the DOJ can only do one thing at a time snooper2 May 2015 #38

What other "high profile" case is the DOJ on...oh yeah, Greenwald et al is back. libdem4life May 2015 #40

huh? respond to what you read? snooper2 May 2015 #41

Yes, and your problem with that is exactly...........? libdem4life May 2015 #46

what did you read snooper2 May 2015 #50

That which I wrote about...again, what is your problem with this rather way-out-there story? libdem4life May 2015 #54

what about the grey soccer players? snooper2 May 2015 #57

Huh? One of us is clueless. Gray...Grey...again...WTF? libdem4life May 2015 #59

you forgot about the green players, and forgot she busted Medco snooper2 May 2015 #61

No idea what you're talking about...still on Grey (not Gray) players. libdem4life May 2015 #65

GREY! snooper2 May 2015 #70

It's not the spelling, per se, what does it have to do with the subject at hand libdem4life May 2015 #72

nobody cares about the grey players! snooper2 May 2015 #74

Well, that clears it up. libdem4life May 2015 #76

No Problem! snooper2 May 2015 #79

And why should I care? I don't gamble. Where are the bankster prosecutions? McCamy Taylor May 2015 #58

They just aren't quite so convenient...sorry...have to wait in line behind the soccer players. libdem4life May 2015 #60

I know this might be hard to comprehend nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #63

And why do the bankers not get arrested?! Why does the US waste it's time on a few sports reps? Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #83