Two days, two stories where the government appears to be saying The (Rigged) Beautiful Game is above all else and should be given deity status, especially in countries where the game is hopelessly corrupt.
Dateline: Hungary.
The head of a hacker website which has specialized in bringing down institutionalized corruption in European soccer has been arrested in Hungary. He, as a result, is calling his efforts being a whistle-blower.
Rui Pinto, now 27, was part of the website "Football Leaks", which has found out, among it's catches:
- Blowing the cover on a rape case involving Cristiano Ronaldo
- Blowing the cover on tax evasion situations against Jose Mourinho
- and blowing the cover on the plans for the major money European clubs to create a continental "Super League" to permanently freeze out even their own national leagues from the money they make.
The charges are extortion and violation of secrecy, and he can get a decade in prison once he's extradited to Portugal.
There is one major problem, however: It does appear the extortion charge may have merit, and nullify his call for whistle-blower status. There was a 2016 report from a Spanish newspaper that his lawyer did, in fact, seek hush money from several Portuguese sides.
Stay tuned...
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