<Gonna do this on my own...>

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

"FIFA president Sepp Blatter has vowed to stop 'greed ruling the world of football' and launched a blistering attack on hugely-wealthy club owners he claims are threatening the future of football.

He says that the 'pornographic amounts of money' being thrown around by some club owners could suffocate the game.

"What they do not understand is that football is more about grass-roots than idols; more about giving entertainment and hope to the many than bogus popularity to a predictable few; more about respecting others than sating individual greed, whether for adulation or money.

This cannot be the future of our game. FIFA cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we."

He further adds: "What is interesting about a league whose champions can be predicted with confidence after about five games?"

"Why is it good for football to take the excitement away from fans by overcharging them for tickets to see 'their' team? And is it really still 'their' team when ONE club in England has a squad with 19 nationalities? "

(Source: Soccernet.com)

Heard that, Chelsea? This is the reason why people are not respecting you. Even the FIFA president himself doesn't.