Sepp Blatter today wrote a letter to the 209 Fifa member nations, proclaiming his innocence and going on about "honesty, fair play and respect" and values passed down from his parents. Truly classic Blatter irony. But my favourite line is this: "Never accept any money which you have not earned, always pay off your debts." It’s very easy to pay off your debts when you are so readily accepting other people's money. By the way what debts has he ever had to worry about? Blatter will face the ethics committee on Thursday and he likened the whole process to the Spanish Inquisition.
How he thinks this plea for understanding amongst his peers will help him is questionable, seeing as most of his "supporters" will jump ship to the next candidate who promises them riches to pay off their debts. The other detail about his letter, which Blatter was conscious of, is that by writing the letter he breached the terms of his provisional ban. But as his spokesman said he is more concerned about the fairness of the hearing than whether his ban should have stopped him from writing the letter. Right.
By next week this could all be over with Blatter banned and gone from football. Could be, but won't be. The appeal is probably being prepared already.
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