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Red Mist: The difference between the FIA and FIFA? One F…

Red Mist finds FIA President Jean Todt’s latest Napoleonic response to the seven Formula 1 teams who dared challenge his and his organisation’s authority most interesting. Not so much that it is so draconian in its threat, but rather in its similarity in so many ways to a certain other doomed international sporting body boss’ response to its teams and federations. “Actions of individuals bring shame and humiliation on football and demand action and change,” soccer federation boss Sepp Blatter threatened as he thumped his rostrum in the wake of early concerns around certain FIFA ‘preferences' five years or so ago. “We cannot allow the reputation of FIFA to be dragged through...
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