I don't think FIFA will ban us because they've been trying to distance themselves from Warner. If this was two years ago we probably would be looking at major sanctions. I'm just happy something is being done because for a while it looked like nothing would be done even though its been universally acknowledged that the players were in the right. And the TTFF were hiding money and information.
It does rankle me to no end to hear presumably smart people perpetuating this nonsense, no offense. People, FIFA would never ban us for this, this is not the proverbial "government interference." Government interference means government interfering with the administration of football, meddling in the Federation's affairs, trying to tell it what to or NOT to do. This is a court order that's being carried out. Yes the judiciary is an extension of the Government in a larger sense, but judicial actions (particularly one that carries the imprimatur of the Council for Arbitration of Sports, a FIFA-sanctioned body) are not 'government interference' as intended by the FIFA rules.
Bakes, I remember putting up an article a while ago that FIFA (well in reality Blatter) threatened some country (possible South American or African) with expulsion because of corruption allegations and searching offices and seazing computers. So as usual with FIFA its what or who is involved rather than rules.
Its a sad day for you all, hopefully someone will finally put this lot to bed and you get a proper fresh start with good, honest people with real ambition and feeling for the game rather than themselves.
Actually found it with a search, it was Ghana the thread is here
http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=52040.msg712491#msg712491And a quote from it
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According to FIFA, the raid Tuesday forced the GFA “to stop all its activities, including the running of the league and other football developments.”
Ghana’s domestic soccer league was suspended on Wednesday.
FIFA said it sent a letter to the GFA on Thursday, stating “if the Ghanaian authorities did not stop their direct intervention and allow the GFA to work again before Sunday, the case would be referred to the FIFA emergency committee.”
Ghana’s government has denied involvement in the raid by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), which resulted in removal of eight computers. GFA officials were prevented from entering the building.
Youth and sports minister Akua Sena Dansua called EOCO “an independent organization.”
“For FIFA it is not acceptable if the GFA is not in a position anymore to exercise the core of its mandate, which is to run football in the country, because of government intervention,” the statement read.
GFA spokesman Randy Abbey said the association received the letter, and was “waiting on reaction from the government.”
In its own statement, EOCO said the GFA failed to provide requested documents—a charge denied by GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi. EOCO said its officials raided the GFA offices and took away computers and documents to help it investigate allegations of tax evasion, fraud and other offenses.
“FIFA hopes that the Ghanaian authorities will reconsider their actions and thus avoid the deepening of a crisis which will only bring adverse consequences for the football lovers in Ghana,” FIFA’s statement concluded.
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