Monday, 21 December 2015

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned from football for eight years.

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been banned from football for eight years.
The pair have been punished for the £1.35m Blatter gave to Platini in February 2011 as a salary for unofficial work he undertook as a presidential adviser from 1999-2002.
Ethics judges ruled that Blatter broke FIFA Code of Ethics rules on conflicts of interest, breach of loyalty and offering gifts, and Platini broke rules on conflict of interest and loyalty.
In a statement FIFA's ethics committee said: "Mr Blatter, in his position as President of FIFA, authorised the payment to Mr Platini which had no legal basis in the written agreement signed between both officials on 25 August 1999.
"Neither in his written statement nor in his personal hearing was Mr Blatter able to demonstrate another legal basis for this payment. His assertion of an oral agreement was determined as not convincing and was rejected by the chamber."
The committee's statement on Platini went on to add: "Mr Platini failed to act with complete credibility and integrity, showing unawareness of the importance of his duties and concomitant obligations and responsibilities.
"His actions did not show commitment to an ethical attitude, failing to respect all applicable laws and regulations as well as FIFA's regulatory framework to the extent applicable to him and demonstrating an abusive execution
of his position as Vice-President of FIFA and member of the FIFA Executive Committee."
The bans - from all football-related activities on a national and international level - come into force immediately, and in addition, Blatter has been fined £33,000 and Platini £54,000.



Source: Skysports.

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