Twitter reacts to suspensions of Blatter, Platini, and Valcke
News surfaced Thursday that FIFA president Sepp Blatter, UEFA president Michel Platini, and secretary general Jerome Valcke had been handed provisional 90-day suspensions for their roles in alleged corruption.
Related: FIFA provisionally suspends Blatter, Platini, and Valcke for 90 days
Slowly and painfully, it seems like the old guard of FIFA is crumbling. Twitter was relieved after the story broke, though some were skeptical about whether the future for world football's governing body would be brighter:
The big news is not that the FIFA Ethics Committee have suspended Blatter and Platini.
The REAL news is that FIFA have an Ethics Committee.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) October 8, 2015
FIFA's ethics committee... pic.twitter.com/nwQSKm5umX
— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) October 8, 2015
Live footage from #FIFA HQ this morning. pic.twitter.com/5AzuQbCo8O
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) October 8, 2015
"Can we have our game back now please, Mr Blatter?" pic.twitter.com/MeV9OLQHjd
— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) October 8, 2015
In addition, Issa Hayatou and Angel Maria Villar Llona, who will take interim roles as FIFA president and UEFA president respectively, are not the stand-up guys you would hope to steady the ship:
If you were hoping that these suspensions would make room for some folks with squeaky clean backgrounds, however, alas ...
— Sam Borden (@SamBorden) October 8, 2015
CONFIRMED: Issa Hayatou now running FIFA as acting president.
He was reprimanded in 2011 by IOC over FIFA kickbacks case
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) October 8, 2015
Hearing the IOC is about to make a major intervention in the #FIFA scandal.
— Ben Rumsby (@ben_rumsby) October 8, 2015
UEFA Vice-President, Angel Maria Villar Llona of Spain (in line to replace Platini) did not cooperate with FIFA's WC bidding investigation
— Dan Roan (@danroan) October 8, 2015
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