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France Gov't moves ahead
« on: June 30, 2010, 07:31:00 PM »
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Re: France Gov't moves ahead
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2010, 08:05:18 PM »
Looks like French Gov't moving forward and eh studying Blatter and FIFA's threats

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5342246/ce/us/world-cup-lawmakers-french-coach-raymond-domenech-deflecting-blame?cc=5901&ver=us

As much as I agree with FIFA ruling on gov't interference, I can understand where gov'ts reacts to teams performances in the WC. First and foremost the teams representing their country. Anything they do that is absurd will look bad on the country. Plus, a lot of gov'ts put lots of money in the preparation of the teams. SA spent 12 billion to build the stdia. Isn't that gov't involvement. This conflict will not go away. It will always be there.

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Blatter warning France if Government intervene.
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2010, 04:21:51 AM »
French parliament discusses WCup fiasco
T&T Guardian.


PARIS—French legislators huddle behind closed doors to investigate an issue of national importance—not terrorism or recession, but the French football team’s meltdown at the World Cup. From taxi drivers to President Nicolas Sarkozy, France is taking the fiasco very close to heart and demanding answers—and defying a warning by Fifa that political power shouldn’t meddle with the sport.

For the French, this is about more than sports. It’s a blow to the national honour at a time when the country is already worried about its decline in the world. France finished the first round without a single victory, and the players went on strike and refused to train because forward Nicolas Anelka was sent home for insulting the coach. Then there was coach Raymond Domenech’s last gesture at the Cup: Refusing to shake hands with the rival coach after the final loss to South Africa.

Dubbed an “Affair of State” across front-page headlines for the past week, the debacle drove Sarkozy to summon an emergency meeting on French football, and Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot to trash the French team in parliament. Sarkozy has also announced a national symposium next October to rethink how national football is run. That led Fifa president Sepp Blatter to warn France risks suspension from global tournaments if authorities intervene in the running of the national federation. Parliament doesn’t see it that way.

“It isn’t Fifa’s role to threaten French lawmakers; we’re in a democracy and parliamentarians have the right to hear anyone they want,” said lawmaker Eric Ciotti after France’s national assembly held a closed-door hearing with Domenech and federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes on Wednesday.
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Re: France Gov't moves ahead
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2010, 06:26:49 AM »
I always find FIFA damn farse and outta place to tell governments not to interfere in football.  If they want no interference then don't take taxpayers money!!!

That said, I don't know how other sporting organisations relate to the government of each country in terms of interference and I eh want to be too harsh on FIFA simply because I cyar stand the whole corrupt lot of them!!!!...
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Re: France Gov't moves ahead
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2010, 08:36:01 AM »
It is a huge contradiction. FIFA are quite willing to run to government for money to support their competitions and has also said openly that government should invest in its country's football team. In other words we willl take yuh money, but you have no say.
The French government invest millions upon millions of dollars on all its football structure, all in support of the National progra, which they also invest in. they have every right to investigate what went wrong.
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Re: France Gov't moves ahead
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2010, 08:48:05 AM »
pssst! look for Nigeria in some Fifa mess as well.

 

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