soon after I started watching football, Havelange made way for Blatter. a lot seemed to have gone wrong in the world's most important sport since, according to the Western media. there's something sinister about him and his tenure, but I don't know if my impression is defensible. he can be really bizarre, I admit. a lot of questions have been asked, mostly about money, and I wish there were more answers. but I'm not sure accountability means you have to answer every question fired in your direction.
some of the things during Blatter's tenure were really suspicious and there's every chance there's wrongdoing. but what is this "free world" and "checks and balances" the West preaches?
what is this all-out assault on the one-federation-one-vote system that's called democracy? yes, Africa, Asia and some other parts of the world have a poor reputation with accounts, but apart from actually winning votes from the majority of the world, was Blatter's channelling of funds to football's lesser lights wrong in principle? is this the so-called "Western hypocrisy" so many in my side of the world have spoken about? what is this bigoted discourse in the Western media that power should return to the traditional base of Europe?
suddenly, they've succeeded, and I'm not certain football is better for it. what I do know is that much of European football is owned or sponsored by non-European money.
