The Soiled Blatter

We know who the most interesting man in the world is, Don’t we? He drinks Dos Equis beer and always has a lovely and much younger girl or two on his arm. And now we know who is the most disgustingly corrupt dictator in the world. His name is Sepp Blatter, and he oversees FIFA, the international soccer (or football) organization.
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Blatter just got re-elected as president of FIFA, mostly a scandal-ridden group of appalling low-lifes seven of whom were arrested a couple of days ago on bribery and corruption charges. Most of the ones who weren’t arrested and charged voted for Blatter. And why not? With maybe some exceptions, they’ve all gotten rich with kick-backs, bribery and assorted illegal activities for decades which have dragged the sport into the dankest mud. They don’t care. And Blatter has been at the top of this hydra-headed, worm-infested organization, making sure he got more than anyone else.

And yes, let’s admit that as a lying, cheating administrative crook, Blatter has never killed anyone — at least as far as the official record goes. And yes, let’s also admit that’s about the best thing to be said about Blatter.

This is a man whose presence in FIFA is like an ugly pimple on a face. He needs to be gone, far, far away. And the fact that his cronies have re-elected him makes clear that they need to go with him. FIFA needs a top-to-bottom house cleaning. And it ought to be carried out by legal authorities. The arrests need to continue, and for heaven’s sake, let’s start now with the soiled Blatter.

And one more thing: the worldwide sponsors of FIFA need to step up and declare their independence of the organization now. Failure by corporations like McDonalds and Visa and Coca-Cola to take meaningful action by refusing to pay money to FIFA’s shameless extortionist leaders ought to lead fans of soccer all over the world to begin taking action on their own. We know money talks; it’s about the only language FIFA understands.