COMMENT: One of football’s most important and long-awaited victories came when Sepp Blatter withdrew. Wait still taking wave, writes Bertil Valderhaug.
For 17 years he has been supreme in the world of football.
For 17 years, he has spearheaded an organization with constant corruption charges hanging over him.
For 17 years, he arrogantly and smug manner swept away all those who have spoken against him.
Now approaching era thankfully end. At the same time this start of a new and uncertain time. A time will tell whether football able to agree after all rubbish that has come to the surface over the past week.
Unanswered questions
Sepp Blatter does not give up that FIFA- president because he wants it. Guaranteed not. 79-year-old was pushed too far up in the doghouse that even he had no choice but to say that enough is enough.
Therefore, he called and FIFA in a press conference Tuesday. Of course with a short deadline. So short that Blatter and his stooges could ensure that the fewest possible came. That way he could in typical style, just walk away from the podium without being asked all the natural follow-up questions:
- Why did you resign now and not just before or after Friday’s election?
- What has happened in the meantime?
- Applies corruption charges also you?
- Do this for football or for your own good?
- Who who is best qualified to take over?
- How will you lead FIFA until a new president is in place at the next extraordinary convention?
These questions we did not answer.
Blatter have the habit to steer away from all critical perspectives. It has always been.
Did football global
Therefore, it is also easy to get caught up in all the negative at this run football politician. A man of dictatorial ways have led the world football since 1998 is naturally not stupid.
He made football global. There he deserves credit for. And we must in truth also remember that development funds from FIFA to African countries is not the same as corruption.
These nuances are easy to forget when the boss of all bosses football put in the pillory. It struck me when I read Der Spiegel this week. The entire front page was a picture of Blatter today. The title had a single word “CORRUPT”.
Although the FIFA boss just blown away these accusations. The Swiss have called them repulsive and constantly emphasized that he works to gather football family in all corners of the world.
In his own head was Sepp Blatter a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize after the World Cup in South Africa.
For most of us other associated him with haughtiness, arrogance, old-fashioned way of thinking, a condescending view of women and allegations of large kickbacks.
gloated
For football lovers must have been annoying to see Blatter after Friday’s election. Although FIFA and he himself had lost all credibility, he sat and gloated that he again had managed to get enough support for a new presidential term, four years after he said that the period up to this year’s election would be his last.
Friday talked the old advertising director of faith, God, Allah and was so pompous that almost only he can be. Criticism, accusations and the fact that a third of the 209 voting no longer wanted to have as the front runner, seems to mean exactly zero.
Blatter is a sluv reef, one tactician and for him it was surely important to get reelected. So he could go out afterwards and say that he is stepping down for football best.
The months until the new election, he will definitely use to prepare the ground for his successor. While sweeping away people he does not like.
Candidates
In this case is Michel Platini lagging. A divinely footballer for France and Juventus, but UEFA president the right one? Is he smart enough? A good enough politician? Strong enough communicatively?
Prince Ali of Jordan challenged Blatter in Zurich before the weekend. You may find that he is going for a new election.
The same with Englishman David Gill. The former Manchester United director resigned as vice president when Blatter was elected and got enough political acceptance for it among many.
But is a man who says that “Football’s coming home” of England the right to take over?
For the time will Blatter actually have: He has managed to globalize football. The work must be his successor lead further.
But the main job is to clean up the corrupt UNCULTURE who have received flourish as freely under Blatter.
UNCULTURE who eventually became his downfall .
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