Jack Warner one of the most corrupt and incompetent men in football is in London for a meeting with the English FA and surprise surprise he has said that England’s bid to host the world cup is lagging behind.
Jack Warner is a Fifa Vice President who wields huge power and his head of CONCACAF.
This is an old trick of Warner’s, his comments about the state of England’s bid were to be expected by those that know what goes on behind the scenes, it matters not a jot how England’s bid is coming along, it is just a ploy to get some cash out of the English FA.
We will be dumbfounded if there is not an announcement in the coming months about a friendly between Trinidad and England, even though one was forced on the English FA just over a year ago or some sort of Youth experiment or something, anything that will put money in Jack Warner’s pocket.
This is a man that has publicly slammed white people in a speech that can be viewed on YouTube, this is a man that has had at least two books written that chronicle his corruption.
This is a man that former Trinidad players like former Newcastle player Shaka Hislop has accused of numerous illegal activities.
This is a man that has sold his vote many many times, a man that blackmails, a man that plants people on Fifa votes, in fact the list is endless.
He stands accused of selling world cup tickets, he stands accused of milking vast amounts of Fifa money, he stands accused of bribery, theft, money laundering, this man is unfit to hold a job anywhere in football.
It is to the eternal shame of the English FA that they have to entertain him, but that is the price you have to pay it seems to host a world cup.
For further reading on the exploits of Jack Warner here is some resources.
What Wikipedia says about this man
Black market ticket sales
Warner has been accused of corruption on BBC’s Panorama for repeatedly taking advantage of his position for financial gain. FIFA’s auditors, Ernst & Young, estimated that his family made a profit of at least $1 million from reselling 2006 World Cup tickets that Warner had ordered.
Minutes of FIFA’s executive committee indicate that a fine of almost $1 million, equal to the expected profiteering, was imposed on the family.Despite numerous reminders from FIFA, only $250,000 has been paid.
Request for personal payments
After Trinidad and Tobago visited Scotland for the friendly match on May 30, 2004 at Easter Road, Edinburgh, Jack Warner asked SFA President John McBeth for the cheque for the game to be made out to him personally and not the FA of Trinidad and Tobago. McBeth refused to issue the cheque to Warner. Warner also approached several members of staff at the Scottish Football Association in an attempt to get the money due to the T&T FA.
Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup bonuses
Before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Warner, as special advisor to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation, brokered a deal between the Federation and the players on Trinidad and Tobago’s 2006 World Cup team to share the proceeds from their participation in the World Cup. After the tournament the Federation declared revenue of TT$18.25 million, costs of TT$17.9 million and offered the players a split of TT$5,644.08 per player.
The players rejected this figure, disputing the Federation’s numbers. Warner criticized the players for refusing to accept the T&TFF’s unaudited statement, saying “What Trinidad is suffering from is from a situation whereby 16 or 18 players are holding a country and a federation to ransom because of greed.”
Shaka Hislop, the interim president of the Football Players Association of Trinidad and Tobago responded with a letter to Warner writing “You have continually proven yourself heavily biased and opinionated in this matter.”
The Trinidad and Tobago government later revealed that the Federation received in excess of TT$173 million for their part in the tournament in Germany.
The T&TFF proposed that the bonus dispute be heard before the UK Sports Dispute Resolution Panel and the players agreed. Arbitrator Ian Mill QC heard the case and ruled that Warner had “the authority of the TTFA to commit it to financial transactions” and that the players were entitled to 50 per cent of the FIFA World Cup participation money and the commercial revenues gained from Trinidad and Tobago’s qualification, as well as half the net income from World Cup warm-up matches.
The player’s lawyer, Michael Townley, said “At the moment, the players have not received a single cent” and alleged that the T&TFF defaulted on its payment to the arbitration body
Books
Foul by Andrew Jennings
How they stole the world cup by David Yallop
Websites
http://www.transparencyinsport.org/
Racist Video
Message for Jack Warner
If any of the accusations in this article are wrong then please, we beg you sue us, we would love nothing more than to state in a court of law the facts about you and your corruption.
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