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Blatter is coming under pressure to resign, but he's still the favourite to win a 5th term in office as president of FIFA... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/footbal

by damian2000 11y ago

Blatter is coming under pressure to resign, but he's still the favourite to win a 5th term in office as president of FIFA... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32891267 http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32891267 The guy was pretty unpopular when he appeared at the Asian Cup Final - booed by just about everyone in the stadium.

oliyoung 11y ago
> booed by just about everyone in the stadium It, like these arrests, are a wonderful thing to the majority of the football world. Unpopular doesn't go far enough to describe the disdain that the football "community" feels about Blatter and FIFA in general.
simi_ 11y ago
I just realized that in my language (Romanian), "blat" is slang for arranged match. How fitting. :)
- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  Does Romanian also have an -er agentive suffix?
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sschueller 11y ago
Blatter can't show his face anymore even in some of the most nobel restaurants in Zürich because other guests will heckle him. He needs to go and so does the non-profit status of FIFA.
- bontoJR 11y ago
  For Swiss people, Blatter is a kind of reason to be ashamed. Funny fact: every single time I am abroad and someone reminds me we have Blatter, I freak out... I hope he will get caught if he's involved and that his face will disappear forever from the football world. That sport is amazing, but in the last (almost) 20 years, it has been ruled by a man with a dubious integrity.
  - hav 11y ago
    > Funny fact: every single time I am abroad and someone reminds me we have Blatter, I freak out... Pardon my ignorance, but why would this make you actually freak out? Are you related? I'm not trying to be obtuse, it just doesn't make sense to me.
    - bontoJR 11y ago
      Because this implies that every Swiss citizen is like him... that is usually what they try to say/joke about...

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Blatter is coming under pressure to resign, but he's still the favourite to win a 5th term in office as president of FIFA... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/footbal

by damian2000 11y ago

oliyoung 11y ago
> booed by just about everyone in the stadium It, like these arrests, are a wonderful thing to the majority of the football world. Unpopular doesn't go far enough to describe the disdain that the football "community" feels about Blatter and FIFA in general.
simi_ 11y ago
I just realized that in my language (Romanian), "blat" is slang for arranged match. How fitting. :)
- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  Does Romanian also have an -er agentive suffix?
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
sschueller 11y ago
Blatter can't show his face anymore even in some of the most nobel restaurants in Zürich because other guests will heckle him. He needs to go and so does the non-profit status of FIFA.
- bontoJR 11y ago
  For Swiss people, Blatter is a kind of reason to be ashamed. Funny fact: every single time I am abroad and someone reminds me we have Blatter, I freak out... I hope he will get caught if he's involved and that his face will disappear forever from the football world. That sport is amazing, but in the last (almost) 20 years, it has been ruled by a man with a dubious integrity.
  - hav 11y ago
    > Funny fact: every single time I am abroad and someone reminds me we have Blatter, I freak out... Pardon my ignorance, but why would this make you actually freak out? Are you related? I'm not trying to be obtuse, it just doesn't make sense to me.
    - bontoJR 11y ago
      Because this implies that every Swiss citizen is like him... that is usually what they try to say/joke about...