If Garcia comes out and says he reached materially different conclusions

then the few hours of positive headlines will be as nothing compared with the sh*tstorm that will follow. Including Eckert having to resign, and very probably the people who appointed him.

Which is why I think this can't be what will happen, and it will turn out that this is about detail / narrow interpretation of some stuff.

If it were more substantive, then the findings that came out today would be completely useless to FIFA - every time they tried to use them to shut the critics up, they'd just be laughed down.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on November 13th 2014 at 14:01:35

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Bloke who investigated FIFA corruption says the report is wrong (Other Football) - Old Man, Nov 13, 12:41:39
- odds of a dirty and corrupt organization...... (Other Football) - usacanary, Nov 13, 14:58:08
- odds of a dirty and corrupt organization...... (Other Football) - usacanary, Nov 13, 14:57:52
- Completely bizarre (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 13:34:41
  - because they think (correctly) that they can get away with anything eg epic fraud? (n/m) (Other Football) - fal5taff, Nov 13, 13:52:17
    - Qatar to spill the beans if they don't get to host? (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Nov 13, 14:02:50
    - Nah. Because would be rather obvious he (Garcia) would point this out. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 13:53:44
      - but they have got what they wanted - a slew of headlines saying everything is great (Other Football) - fal5taff, Nov 13, 13:57:45
        
        If Garcia comes out and says he reached materially different conclusions (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 14:01:35
        
        "numerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations of the facts" (Other Football) - Old Git, Nov 13, 14:24:41
        
        (difference between 'representations of the facts' and 'conclusions', I guess. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 14:27:53
        
        And who will be chairing the Appeals Committee if he does appeal? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 14:26:43
        
        You're kidding! Really? (Other Football) - Old Git, Nov 13, 14:33:51
        
        On the contrary, they speak of little else in the beer-houses of Bavaria (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Man, Nov 13, 14:41:16
        
        Many Germans would say they don't really speak German in the beer-houses of Bavaria... (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 14:58:33
        
        They should try Sudetendeutsch. Suddenly Bavarian would become very transparent. (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Man, Nov 13, 15:02:00
        
        ^^^ German humour in action ^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Nov 13, 15:32:15
        
        People called Romanes they go the house? (n/m) (Other Football) - Hertz van Rental, Nov 13, 14:35:33
        
        well, FIFA have limited aims. they are comfortable with looking corrupt as long (Other Football) - fal5taff, Nov 13, 14:12:20
        
        We will see. (Other Football) - norway, Nov 13, 14:00:34
        
        but the confidentialty clause means that only excerpts (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Nov 13, 14:21:47
- Would explain why Garcia (Other Football) - avenging canary, Nov 13, 13:28:10
- Meanwhile in other news (Other Football) - Chicken, Nov 13, 13:09:04
- *Lawyer Michael Garcia says the report...* (Other Football) - norway, Nov 13, 13:07:35
  - Probably exactly that (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Nov 13, 13:44:48
    - heh - nah, we're utter potty mouths (n/m) (Other Football) - CWC, Nov 13, 14:12:57
- WTF is going on? (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Nov 13, 13:00:47
  - England should bomb fifa (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Nov 13, 13:18:15
  - England should withdraw from FIFA (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Nov 13, 13:08:50
    - I agree. Withdraw and set up a rival organization. But definitely boycott Qatar at least (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 13, 14:59:05
    - You're the expert. (Other Football) - avenging canary, Nov 13, 13:33:15

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