Most Hated Men in Football – Part 4

Sepp Blatter – FIFA

Most Hated Men in Football

With forthcoming World Cup qualifying matches gripping the world of football, its only appropriate to focus in on one of football’s most hated men and current FIFA president, Joseph S. (Sepp) Blatter.

As leader of the world football governing body, its really quite amazing how much controversy one man can generate. Following Brazil’s victory at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, Blatter bizarrely ruled that tournament winners would from that point on be required to qualify for the next World Cup. This offers up the potential for current world champions to not qualify and be unable to defend their title. In 2004 Blatter dishonored the beautiful game by implementing rules that allowed for yellow cards to be handed to celebrating players taking their shirts off or acting over-zealous. The main cynic and ultimate barrier in attempts to employ computer technology of any type within the modern game, Blatter has irked many. Think for a moment about the national teams of Bolivia and Peru. In 2007 football matches at 2500 metres (8200 ft) above sea level were outlawed, those two sit at plus 3000 metres.

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The other Most Hated Men in Football:

Robbie Savage

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Mike Riley

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Ashley Cole

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Joey Barton

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Gordon Brown

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