Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who served as the eighth president of FIFAfrom 1998 to 2015...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth10 March 1936
CityVisp, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
found four hours optimal spectators
They are a little too much the perfectionists. We still haven't found the optimal solution. If everyone has to show their papers, it will take four hours before spectators are in the stadium.
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The regulations will also be applied for this World Cup. At the first sign (of racism) there will be a deduction of three points, then we are finished with the problems of discrimination.
adequate financial money pay
A financial sanction is not an adequate measure. You can always find someone with enough money to pay the fine.
needs talking
There needs to be some talking and we need to find some flexibility on this issue.
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This latest incident happened to one of the world's top players, playing for a top team in a top league.
came change exactly fight fine gave happens leagues money next paid points sufficient
The only way to fight this is to do exactly what we have done when it came to violence. We have to take away the points because it happens in those leagues where the money is sufficient so, even if you gave a fine of $100,000, it would be paid the next day. That does not change the attitude, so you have to go into a sporting sanction.
certainly cup last mix performance
There are different proposals. It certainly will be a mix of the performance from the last World Cup and the world rankings.
appeal bit
What we can do is appeal that there will be no racism. This is the only thing we can ask, a little bit of respect.
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Regulations concerning the use of photographs on the Internet are not open to further discussion.
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bridge disputes disrupted divides few football gaps mankind nations planet tools unites universal
In the world of today, which is disrupted by long-lasting disputes and violence, football is one of the very few universal tools mankind can use to bridge gaps between nations and peoples, and to symbolize what unites our planet over what divides it.
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But if you have these attacks from inside the house you don't know how to defend. Especially when you don't expect the attack. It is very sad, but it is all over.
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individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a means of serving some hidden agenda.
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I have repeatedly stressed FIFA?s and my firm personal stance against racism and discrimination, but recent events have demonstrated that there is a need for concerted action and an urgency for more severe measures to be adopted in order to kick this evil out of the beautiful game.