• Sepp Blatter fires FIFA PR Chief after he jokingly said "Blatter, Sec-Gen and Comms Director are al
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[URL]http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33099881[/URL] [quote]Fifa communications director Walter De Gregorio has been sacked after sealing his fate with a joke about the governing body on Swiss TV. [B] Gregorio told Swiss chat show Schawinski: "The Fifa president, secretary general and communications director are all travelling in a car. Who's driving? The police." [/B] Fifa announced [URL="http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2015/m=6/news=walter-de-gregorio-to-leave-fifa-2646249.html?"]in a statement [/URL] that De Gregorio had "relinquished his office". But the BBC understands he was asked to leave by president Sepp Blatter. [/quote] [URL="http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2015/m=6/news=walter-de-gregorio-to-leave-fifa-2646249.html?"]FIFA Press Release:[/URL] [quote] Walter De Gregorio has decided to relinquish his office with immediate effect as Director of Communications & Public Affairs Mr De Gregorio joined FIFA on 14 September 2011 and will serve FIFA on a consultancy basis until the end of this year. His Deputy Nicolas Maingot will resume the role [I]ad interim[/I]. [B]“Walter has worked incredibly hard for the past four years and we are immensely grateful for all he has done. I am glad we will be able to continue to draw on his expertise until the end of the year”, said FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke.[/B][/quote] FIFA is immensely grateful for all he has done.
um how can he fire him if blatter has resigned?
[QUOTE=Sableye;47932762]um how can he fire him if blatter has resigned?[/QUOTE] Cause there'll be a handover period where Blatter retains control until his successor is selected.
[QUOTE=Sableye;47932762]um how can he fire him if blatter has resigned?[/QUOTE] They can't vote on a new president until the end of the year so he's still in charge until then.
[QUOTE=l337k1ll4;47932834]They can't vote on a new president until the end of the year so he's still in charge until then.[/QUOTE] Why can't they elect a new president right now anyways? Just overthrow the whole thing! Is it because there's money involved?
[QUOTE=Mudkipslol;47933030]Why can't they elect a new president right now anyways? Just overthrow the whole thing! Is it because there's money involved?[/QUOTE] It's the head of a huge corporation they are replacing. Even if he's corrupt, they can't just grab the first guy who fits the bill and say "Here you go!"
They actually could though - here's the next guy: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ali_bin_Hussein[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65th_FIFA_Congress[/url] He also stands against the corruption, and was pushing for publication of an internal investigation into FIFA corruption made several months ago.
[QUOTE=subenji99;47933419]They actually could though - here's the next guy: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Ali_bin_Hussein[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65th_FIFA_Congress[/url] He also stands against the corruption, and was pushing for publication of an internal investigation into FIFA corruption made several months ago.[/QUOTE] That's exactly why he won't be the one to replace him :v:
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