FIFA Scandal #100034

According to AP, Britain's Daily Mail reported that FIFA vice president Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago (one of Sepp Blatter's closest allies) was involved in the sale of thousands of World Cup tickets on the black market. The paper obtained confidential reports produced by auditors Ernst & Young for FIFA revealing that Warner made at least $933,000 trading in World Cup tickets.

This is apparently not the first time Warner has been under scrutiny for ticket sale issues: in February, he was cited by FIFA for an ethics violation because the only company selling World Cup tickets in Trinidad and Tobago was a travel agency owned by Warner's family. And Trinidadian government officials have also alleged that Warner used political contacts to secure stadium construction contracts at more than double their original cost.

FIFA really, really needs to clean house. Not only Warner, but ah-hem, also Sepp Blatter, who among other things has said that football is a man's game and women should only play if they wear skimpy shorts. Much to the Portuguese team's delight, I am sure, he has also defended diving, saying it has its place and that he used to do it himself as a player. I bet.

Time for you to go gentle into that good night, Herr Blatter.

P.S. I knew Zizou would come through on that stupid Robben Island idea.