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Some Reflections On The Brasilian Man Facing Extradition To The USA For FIFA
2015 Jun 19, 3:45am 550 views 2 comments
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Tenpoundbass
2015 Jun 19, 7:28am
This will go no where. This is just the state department flexing it's muscles to get its way.
The World Cup will NOT be played in Russia in 2018, unless a major reconciliation takes place.
FIFA is a poor defenseless child in an ugly custody dispute.
If FIFA is guilty of any wrong doing, then every member of Congress that crafted the ACA should be thrown UNDER the damn jail. With Grubber in a special Iron Maiden cage supsended above a pool of crocodiles.
MisdemeanorRebel
2015 Jun 19, 10:53am
Yep, because before 2018, no Olympics, FIFA, or any other sporting event management was ever bribed and corrupted into hosting their event somewhere.
Note that the corrupt North American FIFA org members are all getting off with minimal punishment in return for testimony. And we won't get to hear about what corruption THEY committed throughout North America and the Caribbean.
Ironically, this whole thing gives Putin an out on building billions of dollars of infrastructure for Sports Complexes, and allows him to redirect it towards basic pharma and food packing, which is so hot right now in Russia, you can feel the heat over here.
Elena and I sometimes discuss big civil disputes and divorce cases. We have a favorite saying as follows:
"The lawyers are going to end up getting all the money."
As you know from your disputes with credit bureaus, Brasilian lawyers are very expensive. My guess is that they are just as expensive as American lawyers.
For the United States, this corruption case is a big deal. They will literally spend millions of dollars to get this man sent back to New York City for trial. There will not be just a couple of court hearings and the matter will go away. All sorts of pressure will be applied to the Brasilian government including threats of sanctions like those that are imposed on President Putin of Russia.
You can rest assured that the man facing the charges will end up with a legal bill in the range of $1,500,000 US. Even if he beats extradition to the USA, he will be ruined in Brasil and not able to leave the country ever.
I understand the legal system here well. The smartest thing this man could do is to agree to cooperate with US authorities and voluntarily return to New York City. He will be out on bail until after the trial. The US government,most likely, will pay all of his US legal expenses. After he testifies against the others in the FIFA corruption scandal, he,most likely, will get a prison sentence between 1-2 years. That sentence would either be served at a low-security facility in the USA or in Brasil on house arrest. After his release,he could go forward with his life and have money left for his family.
The man who just resigned as president of FIFA will get charged and sent to the USA. When it is all over expect a prison sentence in the range of 20 years. He will die in disgrace in some American federal prison.