Just visited the FIFA website to be presented with:
You don't have permission to access "http://www.fifa.com/" on this server.Reference #18.c39ac4d3.1151325945.2723515
Alan tipped me that FIFA has blocked access from Korean IP addresses due to so many complaints from Koreans. For those who weren’t watching Korea’s last game in World Cup ‘06. There was a dubious penalty decision that didn’t go Korea’s way against Switzerland.
I am more concerned that FIFA think the best way of handling this situation is to block access to their Website. FIFA is firmly on my shitlist.
Oh it gets better
FIFA Endeavours
Statutes
FIFA’s opposition to any form of discrimination is so firm that the topic deserves a specific article in the organisation’s statutes.
Article 3 (“Non-discrimination and stance against racism”) in the general provisions states: ” Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or groups of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion.”
er, wtf?
You guys DO know that there were like 4.2 million DDoS attacks from Korea,
and if FIFA didn’t block the access their site would have gone down?
Who’s the immature one here?