Al The ways and means are the same as in any other administration. Blind eyes stop being turned to minor infringements resulting in small but reputation damaging punishments. Also damaging stories start to come out from unnamed sources. If they needed a reason for not bringing the World Cup to England, they have been gifted it.
Believe me they do have the power and The FA will have to put in a lot of work to mitigate the fall out from suggesting that two member associations of FIFA would resort to bribery, even if it was said in jest. I would love the World Cup to be played in England, not just for the football but I also would have the opportunity to get involved behind the scenes. If The Mail on Sun, Miss MJ and Lord T have scuppered that, then I'll be really disappointed. Brian -----Original Message----- From: Alan Edgar Sent: 19/05/2010 13:08:27 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] [non-LU] Triesman - it's no big deal What "ways and means" are these, Brian - you credit these guys with too much power. It's in FIFA's interests to have 2018 in England as they will fill their coffers much more plentifully here than anywhere else. In any case, how is what Triesman said any more scandalous than the racist rantings of Jack Warner, for example ? Let's face it, Triesman is off the radar, he doesn't represent the bid or the FA, so his (off the record) comments whilst trying to pull some lass are irrelevant. Cheers, Al --- On Wed, 19/5/10, Brian Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: From: Brian Hamilton <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [LU] Triesman - it's no big deal To: "Alan Edgar" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 19 May, 2010, 12:26 As someone who works in football administration although at a much lower lever than FIFA, I can say that it is never wise to piss off an administrator as they have ways and means of making sure you suffer. They also have incredibly long memories Brian -----Original Message----- From: Alan Edgar Sent: 19/05/2010 10:03:40 Subject: [LU] Triesman - it's no big deal Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 07:35:34 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] Treisman - Who done it ? > More about the intmation that the Premier League was prepared to sacrfice a > World Cup and the associated revenue in order to get rid of Treisman -since > the > PL is all about money I just don't see it. Pete, Have to say it's a bit OTT to say "sacrifice a World Cup" - this issue will not affect our bid negatively when voting takes place in December, it will all have been forgotten about. Cheers, Al --- Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 14:31:12 +0100 From: "Matt Anderson" <[email protected]> > There is some suggestion now that the report will lead to our bid being > kicked > out in shame as we have broken bidding rules. Matt, "some suggestion" - sounds like journo-speak to me ! Absolutely no chance of that happening, and if we don't get awarded 2018 it will not be because of anything to do with this, but more to do with political lobbying. This will all blow over before you know it - there's more than 6 months until the vote. All it does is gives ammunition to those sad old sods who don't want the event here and to hacks who love writing about so-called bad news rather than good. Cheers, Al _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
