QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Nov 13 2014, 01:10 PM)
So FIFA's conclusion that they've put out in regards to corruption is that Russia and Qatar bids were perfectly fine. It's the England bid that was corrupt. This is despite the lead investigator saying that is not the conclusion he came to. He also stated that many FIFA officials refused to comply with what he asked in regards to the Qatar and Russia bids.
Basically, accuse FIFA of corruption and they'll just call you corrupt. We need to pull out, we'll be no worse off.
tbh football is rife with corruption at every level. It's not exactly accurate to say the Qatar bid wasn't corrupt, but equally innaccurate to say England's was squeaky clean. Or anyone else's.
But yes, FIFA are despicable. Unfortunately no one can 'pull out'. It would be the end of football in their country.