Yes, a Yorkshireman. More accurately, he grew up there. He's actually part-Indian by descent, which may explain some of the stupid comments on here.
Are you not from E. Yorks.? Are you not one of us? Not even a wannabe? That may explain a few things ...
I'm from East Yorkshire, but don't subscribe to any blanket opinions; unless there is one that thinks you're a ****er.
It was termed a 'dis-loyal' payment and was made in a way not acceptable to FIFA protocols, so it was corrupt in it's style of process. The two people involved have yet to be sanctioned for their role in enacting the payment, once judgement is declared (it is withheld to uphold the innocent until proven guilty principle) we shall see if the principles are corrupt or not. Of course, there is also the TV rights case, relating to Blatter, that is under criminal investigation.
What's that supposed to mean. Coe made some daft decisions/statements, we've all agreed that, but has anything remotely like the proof of corruption, as with Blatter, yet come to light. He might well be implicated, as might so many others, but you seem in an indecent haste to find him guilty of something, for no better reason (it would appear) than to prove you are right in your earlier mutterings.
If someone without a British connection, was vice president of a world sports organisation, and paid handsomely by a major sportswear manufacturer, and then the blue ribband event for that sport was given to the home city of said sportswear manufacturer, without a bidding process taking place, and said person was involved in lobbying for said decision, then every single one of you would be shouting from the rooftops about a disgusting scandal and they should be lined up and shot at dawn. FACT.
He has denied lobbying, he accepted he favoured it, he has said he thought the agreement (with the President) was that it would be discussed at the next meeting, instead it was announced as a done deal; there was a precedent for this. I am not justifying it, but I would rather wait until the huge professional scrutiny comes to it's considered conclusions, based on the facts. FACT. In the meantime you keep on making it up, as it just might be right, but then again ...
Breaking from WADA report: IAAF leadership council "could not have been unaware" of doping and breaking rule. Coe's right hand man Nick Davies is specifically named in the report as knowing of "skeletons in Russian cupboard" and it claims Diack “sanctioned and appears to have had personal knowledge’’ of fraud and extortion. Far more hard hitting than anything FIFA have managed, they'll be lucky if any of them survive such a damning report, it basically claims they all knew what was going on and did nothing about it.
Former IAAF President Lamine Diack was placed under investigation by French authorities last month on charges of corruption and money-laundering related to the cover-up of Russian doping cases. Russia has been suspended from athletics over the government-backed systematic doping. Diack, who presided for nearly 16 years at track and field's governing body - with Coe as a vice president for his last eight years, pocketed more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million) from the alleged cash-for-silence scheme, according to French authorities. The former president's son, Papa Massata Diack, was also accused by prosecutors last month of being "very active" in an alleged "system of corruption" that sought to blackmail athletes, with demands of money to hush-up suspected doping. Papa Massata Diack was first suspended by the IAAF from his role as a marketing consultant for the association in December 2014 after allegations surfaced in media reports. Farrelly asked Coe: "Did you ever ask yourself — or more pertinently ask the president (in 2014) — whether he was asked whether he was involved in anything like this at all?" "No, because there were no allegations being made about the president," Coe said. "But it was the president's son," Farrelly shot back. "I did not ask the president directly," Coe responded. Coe gave no clear response when asked by Farrelly whether he was displaying a "lack of curiosity" or "willful blindness" by not questioning Lamine Diack about corruption given that the Senegalese had already been reprimanded in 2011 by the International Olympic Committee over a FIFA kickbacks scandal. Coe, a double Olympic 1,500-meter champion who organized the 2012 London Olympics, was elected IAAF president in August and said he will serve a maximum of two four-year terms. "Returning trust will be a longer journey, and probably see out my mandate," Coe said. "Have there been failures? Yes," he added. "Will I fix them? Absolutely. Will I listen while we're doing that? Absolutely. I am absolutely focused on doing that, and if we don't do that, I know there are no tomorrows for my sport. This is the crossroads." http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9a99...could-fail-regain-trust-during-his-presidency
Would you buy a secondhand car of this man. Steve Ovett must be choking on his veggie burger. " told you he is a rart shart"
Looks like Coe's going to get a let off, despite them claiming he must have known what was going on... Dan Roan @danroan Pound: "Council could not have been unaware of the situation & we hold to that"..BUT..."I can't think of anyone better than Coe to lead"
