FIFA Elections

Yes, Sepp Blatter achieved a fifth term as the head of world football but rarely has an election result arrived following such scandal.

A bunch of men in suits, picking another man we will see in a suit at football matches for years to come.

But introduce the potential for lawsuits, raids on a hotel, a blame game and a bomb threat and what have you got? The wild west of democracy, or in this case, the Fifa presidential election of 2015.

In a social media age, the sublime and ridiculous found its way onto the internet from the moment authorities arrested seven Fifa officials in Zurich on corruption charges on Wednesday morning.
World reacts to evolving drama

In less than 48 hours, over 79,000 tweets used the 'Fifa arrests' hashtag, while #Fifagate was the subject of over 92,000 interactions on Twitter.

Across the globe, world football's governing body was under a spotlight, lighting up social media as the saga evolved and more of the parties involved delivered speeches.

"Fifa is imploding," tweeted  Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker as news of the two corruption inquiries - one from US authorities, one from Swiss - broke on Wednesday morning.
American success - How do you vote Homer?

But why was the United States doing this now? Were the FBI and attorney general Loretta Lynch a tad slow?

The country's own leading family - The Simpsons - forecast Fifa arrests in an episode in March 2014, a fact many on social media were keen to point out.

Springfield's finest were visited by a representative from world football's governing body, who, before being handcuffed by authorities, calls for Homer - "a symbol of integrity" - to referee at the World Cup.  

The US embraced the role its law enforcement played in shaking the game to its core and news of raids on Fifa buildings in Zurich and Miami only firmed up views that these dramatic days would be a gamechanger.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - a satirical TV news show running since 1996 with a huge US audience - compared Fifa's decision-makers to corrupt bankers, while online newspaper The Onion  stated America's reward should be to host a World Cup this summer.

"The beautiful irony is that Fifa has been trying for decades to get the Yanks interested in 'soccer'. They got the FBI interested at least," read one tweet.
Waking to handcuffs

Wednesday's dawn raid of a five-star hotel lent a little Hollywood blockbuster drama to what looked like being a routine election victory for Blatter.

Candidates Luis Figo and Michael van Praag each pulled out a week before the vote, leaving a straight two-horse race for a term as head of football's world power house.

Figo added on Facebook:  "People who love football such as I do, will remember 27 May as one of the worst days of the history of Fifa."

But Fifa argued that what many regarded as the blackest of marks against its name was good news. Communications director Walter De Gregorio pointed out that the organisation had provided evidence to Swiss authorities in November.

A valid point or a bid to avoid punishment from the media at a hastily arranged news conference?

Love the cartoon! The truth is, there is no demand for honest dealing from the FIFA leadership. Just like how reality TV fans don't want to hear that every episode is scripted ...

Loads of money. No morals. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Give me a moment to figure it out.

FIFA reminds me of the SNP.....A bunch of whores,dogs & prostitutes riding on the back of corruption.

But I doubt that Sepp Blatter & co will go on for much longer as the most excellent Americans in this case,have done an splendid job of commencing proceedings against FIFA.

Yes I think we will be seeing a lot of 'shit splatter' over Sepp Blatter in the next few weeks...!

BBC Football wrote: Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.

In announcing his exit, the 79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa congress "as soon as possible" to elect a new president.

The charges came down before he was just last elected. What's the reason for his resignation?

Blatter was re-elected last week, despite seven top Fifa officials being arrested two days before the vote as part of a US prosecution.

But he said: "My mandate does not appear to be supported by everybody."