I dragged the topic back to FFP

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They’re off the hook. Scot free. Blatter said in 2011 that they were trading 'a bundle of votes with Qatar' and now, no mention. Why would Spain join a rebel alliance?This article has made me depressed. It seems we are stuck with Blatter and his cronies unless a miracle occurs. Sadly I don't believe in miracles. Crisgb, Claydon.Depressed? You ever heard Nick Cave sing Leonard Cohen’s Avalanche? Honestly, don’t. Not right now. I wouldn’t want to be held responsible. We’ll go there one day. Just not today.I disagree with Martin. Fans can't influence big sponsors by boycotting products - the job must be started by the media. Until recently FIFA have had a very easy ride from them, even in this country. Only when FIFA are shamed by the full Garcia report – perhaps acquired by a journalist – or newspapers mount a campaign highlighting FIFA's abuses in the same sentence as the names of their sponsors time and time again will there be a reaction. If the media spent as much time focusing on FIFA rather than chasing Jose Mourinho's every utterance or Arsene Wenger's non-transfer dealings (and just watch Sunday Supplement on Sky to see how cliched most of the subjects are) then the FIFA issue might be dealt with efficiently as are most other scandals. Markie, London.Now wait one cotton picking minute, Markie. FIFA has long been criticised and held up for inspection in the British press. From Andrew Jennings to the Sunday Times, this constant focus is why we are so hated by Blatter and chums. A fair point about mentioning sponsors' names beside that of FIFA and very much worth considering – but you denounce the agenda on the Sunday Supplement and that is out of our control. I agree, it can become repetitive but don’t flatter yourselves at home. I banged on about financial fair play for years as my colleagues eyes glazed over and not once was I told of a large postbag from viewers saying they wanted less about Arsenal’s transfer policy and more from the big, hairy lad on fifa 15 coins the minutiae of future financial law and how it would affect European club FIFA. Oh, now you’re all interested. I get that. Now the horse has bolted everyone is fascinated by the empty stable, but five years ago, forget it. I could almost hear the producer screaming ‘shut him up' down Brian Woolnough’s earpiece as I dragged the topic back to FFP. Still, I appreciate you may have been in a minority, Mark, sitting there enthralled. And I respect that. I would say, however, that if you want the serious issues tackled, I’d be very worried about the most recent developments because newspaper websites now know to the last page impression what people are interested in – and hard-hitting exposes from the corridors of power, it ain’t. An example: Wednesday’s column featured a lengthy lead about FIFA and a few short bits. One of them concerned David de Gea’s new contract at Manchester United and what it would tell us if he refused to sign, and decamped to Real Madrid. It was three paragraphs long but the sports editor decided to run it as a separate item online. And the last time I looked it had attracted more comments than the piece advocating global revolt against FIFA. Three pars suggesting it wouldn’t be the best day's work if United lost their goalkeeper.