Comments on: How do you respond to Sepp Blatter? Don Garber shows you how

By: griffinjohn

griffinjohn — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:54:27 +0000

A few things about Blatter:
1. Sepp is an idiot and has no sense of reality.
2. If Sepp was serious about the continued growth of the sport in the USA, he would have awarded the 18 or 22 World Cup to the USA.
3. Soccer will fail in this country going to the international schedule. Going against the NFL all season-long, against baseball playoffs, against the NBA and NHL seasons not to mention college football and basketball and the horrible northern tier weather is all a recipe for disaster. Maybe the international schedule should fall under the spring-winter format…

By: futbolhistorian

futbolhistorian — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:28:17 +0000

Dang, Brian Phillips nailed it.

By: tylerbetts

tylerbetts — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:49:22 +0000

I actually really like Brian Phillips take on the Blatter infection:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8803609/sepp-blatter-criticizes-mls

By: scottp11

scottp11 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:09:39 +0000

Yea, the guy is a bozo but sadly a powerful one (isn’t that often the case?!).

In Europe, they still do think we’re behind or lagging or whatever. But I can understand their uninformed opinions. I do have to simply explain that it’s not quite the case. But, in all fairness, we do have to continue this recent success/growth for a few more years to really get over that stigma-hump. More articles, videos about Seattle, Portland crowds only help. Non-LA or NYRB teams with legit talent also help, like KC, RSL, HOU, etc. only help the cause.

It starts on MLS’ers getting good runs in Europe, whether American or not. That will create some more respect in terms of transfer fees which I think is the key to gaining more respect overall. Whether it’s a guy like Cameron or Espinoza, it will help immensely.

By: charliej11

charliej11 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:11:20 +0000

The Don invited Sepp B to come to a MLS game.
Invite him to Seattle for the Portland game, I will show you my response. I won’t tweet him, but it might involve a bird.

Booing him out of the stadium by 67k should take place for three reasons ( if not more )

One, he is corrupt, even admits he took money in the past
Two, his response to racism can only make you wonder
Three, this, whatever his agenda is.

By: acieu

acieu — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:24:41 +0000

It’s not his criticisms. It is having to hear it from a corrupt person who heads a corrupt organization. I am evidence of soccers growth. Five years ago I converted from baseball and professional basketball to purchasing the entire packages of MLS and EPL etc on television. I now even follow the third division of the SFL. My only complaint is the worlds toleration of the corruption in FIFA as evidenced
by Sepp.