Well, there will be one on May 29, 2015, and it seems pretty clear who the winner will be.
The bad part is that those who shriek “democracy”, “transparency” and shout for competing candidates, do nothing about it.
Enter football’s new old friend Greg Dyke. It is one thing to decry Blatter’s way of leading world football. And it is similarly easy to jump on the bandwagon but remain an onlooker.
However, what is needed, is for Mr Dyke and his crew to actually do something instead of shouting from the rooftops of Wembley about all that is fraught within and wrong about FIFA. Duh. How’s the co-operation going with the clean-up, repositioning and Brave New World of your own national game Greg? And just what have you done for world football lately? And exactly what are you doing now when you say help is needed?
Where is the candidate that Mr Dyke supports? Or where are the candidates that Mr Dyke and his collective of FA Grandees support? So here’s an idea, stop shouting and playing the Murdochia, and deliver an alternative. There is still time. January 29 is the deadline.
And UEFA? All of this shouting and muttering of dissent? All of this criticising Blatter is one thing. But where is the UEFA candidate? Where are the van Praags and others who raised their voices so very loudly but have delivered nothing? Why not?
You can’t just stand there and proclaim your dissent. You must deliver the goods. And the goods in this case are a presidential candidate. No less and no more.
And what about – well, who else is left, that is the question…
Europe – as always and in everything political – is merely united by lipservice, so it is reasonable to expect there won’t be too much of real use coming from here. England, as usual, blows its own horn, shouts loudly and sustainedly, demands change and delivers nothing. Not much new there either, is there?
So what can be done? Who will compete with the incumbent? Who is out there that has a clean vest and leadership qualities? Champagne? Really? Who else?
Who can win against the almighty Joseph S Blatter?
Well, for starters, nobody dares to stand.
Some State of Affairs this.