facepalm of the day

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by jms62

Maybe it is me but why waste our tax dollars prosecuting a foreign entity in a sport that 90% of the people in this country could give a **** about except 2 months every 4 years. We have plenty of crooked politicians and corporations financing those politicians to go after. Oh wait never mind I forgot for a nano second that those crooked politicians have say in your jobs at the justice department even if they aren't supposed to. God Bless America.. We need it desperately.

Here's a good article on why:

http://www.atlredline.com/only-the-a...ifa-1707174748

Basically, we're the only nation who can do it precisely because we do give zero f*cks about the sport. As they say in the article, FIFA is less a sports entity than a sovereign nation, and an extremely corrupt one at that. I laughed at the depiction of the Swiss agreeing to extradition- "We don't extradite for financial crimes- what? It's FIFA? F*ck yeah, you can have those bastards."