FIFA Crisis: Blatter, Platini may Face 5 Year ban

ALREADY suspended for 90 days, Blatter and UEFA chief, Michel Platini could both be handed an additional five years ban as things have just gone from bad to worse in the scandals surround­ing FIFA.

According to a report in Germany, both Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini could see their current 90-day suspensions extended to a whopping five years.

FIFA’s ethics committee already suspended both over the issue of significant and “disloyal” pay­ments from Blatter to Platini in 2011 — which the pair claimed was from a “gentleman’s agreement” over work Platini did years before — but also re­served the right to extend the term of their bans pending further investigation. Apparently, they’ve found something worth going for the throat over.


The ethics committee still hadn’t made a public decision, and probably won’t hear anything official until after the emergency meeting the FIFA execu­tive committee called for early next week. If they are banned as reported, Blatter and Platini would be able to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS, for short) to appeal the decision.

However, the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee, under the chairmanship of Dr François Carrard, on Sunday concluded its second meeting, following a three-day session in the Swiss capital of Berne.

Upon conclusion of the meeting the indepen­dent chairman, Dr Carrard commented: “It’s been a very positive session characterised by rich and in-depth discussions on all aspects of the proposal for the reforms package which is being prepared. I will provide a progress report with concrete recom­mendations to the FIFA Executive Committee at its extraordinary meeting on 20 October 2015.”