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It seems he is clearly on the path to be the next Sepp Blatter. Here is a cynical view... FOM allows FIA to become a cesspool of corruption so that when they break away from the FIA, they can say "It's not about money or self control, we just don't want to be associated with the mess that is the FIA. The FIA is dragging us down into the mud. We have to protect our own ethics and investments." Richard |
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That's exactly what it sounds like. These rule changes would effectively prevent anyone within the FIA, from questioning or challenging the conduct or decisions made by MBS. As the BBC article says: ''In essence, critics say the changes would neutralise the ability of whistleblowers to expose questionable behaviour to the ethics and audit committees, and the ability of those committees to pursue actions against any wrongdoing.'' Quote:
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Not wishing to bring politics in to this matter, but there is symmetry to it, but this is very similar to what happened in the UK in the last few years. This was when the then Prime Minister who, along with friends in his parliamentary party, were being investigated by the person responsible for ensuring standards were maintained, decided unilaterally to abolish the post.
This was such a blatant attempt to subvert natural justice that all the media, even those that supported his party, poured deep scorn on the move, and it had to be dropped, thankfully. The system is still not perfect, but at least a prime minister is not able to be judge, jury and executioner on not only his own behaviour and actions, but also those of other members of parliament. It does leaver one major problem in that the person chosen for the post is in the gift of the PM of the time. |
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I'm in favor of the FIA as a sanctioning body having more say over the sport--the FIA should focus on sporting matters (technical regs, sporting regs, logistics, etc) and FOM should focus on the commercial side of the business.
However, the FIA is set up to function almost as a democratic republic form of government as a body. One man--in this case MBS--having almost unchallenged power does cross the line of what makes sense as far as how the FIA is structured. And yes, Mosley and more so Balestre did push the boundaries of what the FIA Senate, GA and WMSC allowed them, and those bodies pushed back and Max and J-M paid for it in the end. I do wonder if MBS can actually get into legal trouble with a or multiple governments or government bodies in Europe or elsewhere if he goes too far? |
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Like I said, he's Temu Balestre
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