Twitter reacts to suspensions of Blatter, Platini, and Valcke
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News surfaced Thursday that FIFA president Sepp Blatter, UEFA president Michel Platini, and secretary general Jerome Valcke had been handed provisional 90-day suspensions for their roles in alleged corruption.
Related: FIFA provisionally suspends Blatter, Platini, and Valcke for 90 days
Slowly and painfully, it seems like the old guard of FIFA is crumbling. Twitter was relieved after the story broke, though some were skeptical about whether the future for world football's governing body would be brighter:
In addition, Issa Hayatou and Angel Maria Villar Llona, who will take interim roles as FIFA president and UEFA president respectively, are not the stand-up guys you would hope to steady the ship:
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