Thursday, November 01, 2007
FIFA and Nurdin Halid
Nurdin Halid of course is the head of the Indonesian FA who currenty languishes in jail over corruption charges. It's a messy story and I can't be arsed going in to it but the other day FIFA had this to say about the affair.
FIFA sent a letter to the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) in June 2007 indicating that the association must reorganise elections, as the electoral process that took place on 20 April 2007 - the day after the ratification of the updated statutes - was not conducted in line with the timelines stipulated in the PSSI statutes. The committee ratified this decision and also decided that in accordance with the statutes, a person who has been convicted of a crime and is currently in prison would not be eligible to stand for election.
While it is good and proper that everyone who joins an association abide by the rules and statutes of said association it would be wonderful to see FIFA talk about the simulation and ill discipline that pervades here and continues to give a negative impression of the game to a wider public. The players do after all enter the pitch behind a FIFA Fair Play banner...
FIFA sent a letter to the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) in June 2007 indicating that the association must reorganise elections, as the electoral process that took place on 20 April 2007 - the day after the ratification of the updated statutes - was not conducted in line with the timelines stipulated in the PSSI statutes. The committee ratified this decision and also decided that in accordance with the statutes, a person who has been convicted of a crime and is currently in prison would not be eligible to stand for election.
While it is good and proper that everyone who joins an association abide by the rules and statutes of said association it would be wonderful to see FIFA talk about the simulation and ill discipline that pervades here and continues to give a negative impression of the game to a wider public. The players do after all enter the pitch behind a FIFA Fair Play banner...
# posted by Me @ 8:49 AM 
