Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.

Blatter gave his support to comments from Swiss anti-corruption lawyer Mark Pieth, who worked with Fifa on potential reforms when Blatter was president, saying fans should stay away from the US for the tournament.

“I think Mark Pieth is right to question this World Cup,” Blatter said on social media.

Pieth cited the killing of protester Renee Good by an American immigration agent in Minneapolis earlier this month as one reason for supporters not to travel to the US. Blatter’s endorsement of Pieth’s comments comes in the wake of the death of a second US citizen, Alex Pretti, last weekend.

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[–] 150 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Too fucked up and corrupt for Sepp Blatter.

For Sepp Blatter.

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  • [–] 72 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Even a scumbag corrupt clock is right twice a day.

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  • [–] 69 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    The World Cup is happening in my city, and today, I'm seeing stories about ICE pulling cars over and arresting people indiscrimately.

    Do not come to Kansas City.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Hello fellow KC citizen!

    I’m in the Northland and the Clay County Sheriff had the gall to say he wasn’t aware of any ICE activity and the pictures were probably fake bc the SUVs didn’t look like law enforcement cars and the agents didn’t have matching uniforms.

    Bro. Have you even looked at the news? We’re lucky if they even state they are “law enforcement” at all? I don’t trust anything the Clay County Sheriff says.

    EDIT- apparently I’ve already run into you on Lemmy bc I already had you tagged as a local, lol. So hello again!

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    Ah, hello.

    Yes, it's bleak. Most of what I'm seeing happening is being reported out via social media by local mutuals and activist organizations, but I have no doubt ICE is up to their fuckery here to some extent.

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  • [–] 43 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It is so strange to agree with Sepp Blatter.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    Wow I didn't know he had the capacity to ever be correct in anything!

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Most of them do

    That's what I hate most about them. They know right from wrong, they're just willing to ignore that while they're getting money and power from it

    He could have made real, positive change when he was the head of FIFA. Instead he helped shape FIFA into the corrupt organization of today. It's only once he's out that he's willing to say what's right

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  • [–] 24 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    No one should travel here for the World Cup.

    How many players are going to get nabbed by ICE due to the color of their skin or their accent?

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    If they’re murdering white US citizens in the street for demonstrating and resisting illegal arrest, imagine what they would do to brown tourists.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    That's strange. I thought FIFA had presented Donald Trump with his Big Beautiful Peace Prize. I am getting confusing messages here.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    As someone in New Jersey (right near the stadium), I agree. Admittedly, I would be saying that you shouldn't come here even if things were great because I don't want the added traffic and further delays on NJTransit. But with the fact that there's a potential risk, absolutely - do not come.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    I'm in Pennsylvania and I couldn't agree more. Do not come here -- not just because the personal risk to a foreigner is incredibly high right now, but also because tourism is money and money is the only language these shitstains in office speak.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I have a number of colleagues in Europe that normally I occasionally see. Since ICE ramped up last year, none of them have set foot on American soil at all. No one wants to risk even legally being in this mess.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    the first sign was trump harrassing and detaining foreigners, but that seemed to have dropped off the face of conservative owned MSMs(likely it was hurting GOP-states tourism business alot) coincidentally msm also stopped reporting on how bad tourism is doing in GOP controlled states.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Man, this summer is going to be HOT. More people come out to protest when it's warm + tons and tons of foreign nationals for the World Cup + lead up to midterms = crazy shit. This summer is going to be history, not in a good way.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Did they stop paying his bribes or something?

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  • [–] 24 points 9 months ago

    Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Just in case You weren't aware of how bad it is right now, this.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    What, giving Krasnov a bullshit award didn't work?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    World Cup 2026 events are also happening in Canada. The expanse of the US without the extrajudicial killings and concentration camps.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    A part of me thinks absolutely nothing will happen at the world cup and the nazis will relax their usual terror tactics just because it's the world cup. A part of me thinks the world cup will be a shitshiw with fans and players being arrested or killed in the middle of, or before and after, games

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Sepp Blatter was corrupt but he genuinely was in for the love of the game. Infantino is even worse.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Meh, its easy to say the right thing when your billions of dollars don't depend on it any more.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    No I mean he also really wanted to promote football across cultures and invest into poor nations to grow the sport. FWIW he was insanely corrupt but also somehow an improvement on Havelange.

    For Infantino that is more of a side to the side quest. He has done absolutely nothing for football.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Oddly good advice from him. The Administration has already said they'll be targeting people that come to this. Why you'd come put yourself in danger I do not know.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I think they should, and start some shit with ice.

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    [–] 32 points 9 months ago

    his cheque must have bounced

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago

    Sepp of all people, when he's saying this you know things are much much worse.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    I mean.......he's not wrong.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I had a sepp blatter once, but I got some antibiotics which sorted it out.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    Sepp Blatter should propose that the United States be eliminated as host of the World Cup. And everyone should support him, including Americans, because dirty Latinos, Africans, and Europeans are flooding their cities with un-American patriotism. Blasphemy.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    …..but wasn’t the POSTUS awarded the much coveted FIFA world peace prize?!

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Yeah. I don't see how ICE is going to be able to maintain its quota without royally fucking over World Cup guests.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    if this guy was still in charge, he'd probably encourage more people to travel to the games because "seats might become available suddenly"

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's looked more alive.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Was he named by a German guy trying to say Step Ladder?

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    [–] 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    NO ONE should travel to the U.S. unless it is a life or death situation. Anyone going there now is an open supporter of fascism.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    They are right but FIFA is corrupt too.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    The ghoul is right.

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