22-03-2010, 07:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-03-2010, 08:19 PM by Jan Klimkowski.)
David Guyatt Wrote:For many years now I've concluded that Russian billionaires and other mega-wealthy Premier League club owners were engaged in money-laundering and other mafia-style operations like gambling and game fixing. I also think the FA are cognizant of this and may even be involved themselves.
THus this doesn't come as a surprize -- except that it made it to the MSM.
I totally agree.
I would now continue to name a certain oligarch except that he has some of the deepest pockets in the world and is notoriously litigious.
The English FA has a "fit and proper person" test for ownership of an English Premier League club. Unfortunately, the FA interprets the test in such a way that former New Labour minister Stephen "I'm a cab for hire" Byers would be regarded as entirely fit and proper.
The FA Stevens Inquiry, led by former Metropolitan Police Chief, Baron Sir John Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (I kid you not), spent several years and millions of pounds investigating corruption in English football and, at last count, has resulted in zero, or next to zero, charges.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war