Whats Next For FIFA? | Thebigtip

June 1 saw politics the likes of which has never been seen before and the result…………..Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA President for another term. This was despite him being the only candidate and despite the English FA finally standing up for the game and demanding the election be postponed until all allegations of corruption were investigated.

So what happens now?

Well the English FA are unfortunately the biggest losers out of this decision having had the guts to stand up and demand change. People like anti-semantic Julio Grondona (senior vice-president at FIFA) have sunk the boot in accusing them of being bad losers and calling the English “Pirates” and they’re being condemned by other countries as well.

This is a ridiculously sad situation and relations between the English FA and FIFA have reached an all-time low. Chances are, those relationships won’t be repaired while Sepp Blatter remains in charge because they don’t want to be seen to suck up to him when he is so heavily tainted by various allegations.

As for FIFA, well Sepp Blatter has the clearest mandate to implement change and reform (having got 186 out of 205 votes) and the right noises have been made to date.

Sepp has announced the decision to change the way future World Cups are voted for, removing that decision from the Executive Committee and placing it in the hands of the Congress. This is a good start as it means that any attempts of bribery are more likely to be reported to the FIFA Ethics Committee by an “honest” country and also prevents a repeat of the debacle which saw Qatar win the rights to host the 2022 World Cup.

Sepp is also calling on the likes of Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff and Henry Kissenger to advise him on governance and ways to improve transparency at FIFA. He’s had 13 years in which to do this and the fact that he’s getting advisors in, indicates either that he doesn’t know what to do or that he wants to make it look like he’s doing something.

Next comes the extraordinary conference in July where the Ethics Committee will be making their report on suspended duo Jack Warner and Mohammad Bin Hammam and whether there is enough evidence to throw both of them out of FIFA and football for good. There is clear pictorial evidence of a bribe being evident at a meeting of Caribbean nations, organized by the duo with a brown envelope and US$40,000 in that envelope. The only question that will need to be answered is who was responsible for organizing the bribe and who paid the bribe.

Either way, the decision made by the Ethics Committee will be a huge one. If they let both off with a warning, this will be seen as a coverup, not to mention a political decision. If the Committee grows a set of balls and kicks them both out, suddenly you’ll have CONCACAF (North and Central America) and AFC (Asia) countries in uproar not to mention new elections to be held there for President of both regions and as we’ve seen in the past, those elections can also be fraught with danger and bribery allegations.

Whatever way you look at it, the eyes of the entire world are going to be on FIFA over the next few weeks as they seek to reposition themselves and appease a very angry general public not to mention very critical sponsor