20150529 - FIFA (2)

 Defiant FIFA President Sepp Blatter resists calls to resign amid scandal 

 Chicago Tribune, May 28
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/soccer/ct-fifa-investigation-20150528-story.html


As defiant as ever, Sepp Blatter resisted calls to resign as FIFA president Thursday and deflected blame for the massive bribery and corruption scandal engulfing soccer's world governing body.
"We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time," Blatter said in his first public remarks on the crisis that has further tainted his leadership on the eve of his bid for a fifth term as president.
The 79-year-old Blatter insisted he could restore trust in world soccer after a pair of corruption investigations brought "shame and humiliation" on his organization and the world's most popular sport.
"We cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer," he said. "It has to stop here and now."