Fifa's Appeals Committee today rejected Sepp Blatter's and Michel Platini's appeal against their 90 day ban from all football related activity. They are provisionally banned while Fifa investigates allegations of a "disloyal payment" from Blatter to Platini. It is understood that the Ethics Committee will decide on the case by the end of the year, and they could both receive 7 year bans.
So today's decision was just about the 90 day provisional ban. Both Blatter and Platini say they will appeal by going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Even if they won this appeal, the investigations would carry on and if they did receive a definite ban they would have to appeal through CAS again.
Platini, of course, wants the 90 day ban overturned so that he can campaign for the Fifa preseident role. Below is the statement from Fifa:
"Joseph S. Blatter: the FIFA Appeal Committee rejected the appeal in full and confirmed in its entirety the decision (cf. art. 84 par. 2 of the FIFA Code of Ethics) concerning provisional measures taken ex parte by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee on 7 October 2015.
However, for the sake of clarity, the procedure of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee regarding the provisional measures is still ongoing, meaning that the adjudicatory chamber may still confirm, revoke or amend the provisional decision as stated in art. 84 par. 2 of the FIFA Code of Ethics.
Michel Platini: the FIFA Appeal Committee rejected the appeal in full and confirmed in its entirety the decision (cf. art. 84 par. 2 of the FIFA Code of Ethics) confirming the provisional measures taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee on 20 October 2015. The decision of the adjudicatory chamber had been passed following the initial decision taken ex parte on 7 October 2015 and after having heard the party in this regard.
The decisions taken by the FIFA Appeal Committee were communicated to Mr Blatter and Mr Platini today, 18 November 2015.
According to article 67 of the FIFA Statutes, the decisions may be appealed before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)."
(For interests' sake, art.84 par. 2 of the Fifa Code of Ethics states: "The chairman of the adjudicatory committee may make his decision on the basis of the case files available to him, without hearing the parties, in which case the parties shall be summoned to a hearing or invited to submit written statements after the decision has been issued. After hearing the parties, the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber shall confirm, revoke or amend his decision".
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