Thank you Mr Blatter; so long

After 18 years at the helm of FIFA, after years and years of corruption and calls for him to resign, and just four days after being re-elected to head FIFA again Swiss Joseph Sepp Blatter has finally called it quits.

Blatter is a strong willed gentleman who has stood through all the pressures and calls for him to resign; and his announcement that he would step down left many with more questions than answers. Why now? What could have changed since he said he is not going anywhere just a few days earlier when he was seeking re-election?

A few days earlier when seeking re-election; Blatter had said that stepping down would mean that he has done something wrong and then a few days later he does resign. What does that mean? While everyone around him was being investigated, indicted and arrested for alleged corruption Blatter remained untouchable and he claimed ignorance.

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