After years of controversy, both inside FIFA and in his homeland of Trinidad and Tobago, FIFA's Jack Warner has resigned. EU Ticket News speculated earlier this year that reports out of Norway may have been the icing on the cake. We also wrote earlier that perhaps as many as 25 percent of the 24 FIFA members were on the take.

Fifa said the ethics committee procedures against him "have been closed and the presumption of innocence is maintained".

Warner had been suspended last month pending an investigation into claims that he and the Fifa presidential challenger Mohamed bin Hammam had offered financial incentives to members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

So he's gotten away with it appears.

FIFA decided that would take no action against its vice-president Jack Warner who has used his position to fill his family’s coffers through the sale of World Cup tickets. Here is the background for those who are just tuning into this shameful story of power and greed. In February, FIFA said that Warner had violated its “code of ethics.” Today, FIFA showed that it has no ethics.

Warner allegedly stole millions from his countries' own national team the Soca Warriors by changing the laws in Trinidad. 

As soon as it looked likely Trinidad would qualify for Germany the Warner family put their football money-making machine into gear. 

At the travel agents owned by Warner and his wife Maureen, son Daryan began acquiring, illicitly with daddy’s help, more than 5,000 finals tickets later sold for an estimated $3 million profit. 

Other son Daryll Warner was put in charge of a private company, ‘Local Organising Company Germany 2006 Ltd’ which would vacuum up millions of dollars in fees from sponsors wanting to be associated with the Warriors. Warner Snr, who terms himself ‘Special Advisor’ to the Trinidad football federation, would negotiate directly with the players about their share of the proceeds. 

In early January 2006 Warner installed himself at the super-luxury five-star Mandarin Hotel in Mayfair (“One of the capital’s most distinguished hotels”) and the players were summoned to his presence. They wanted to know, what had sponsors paid? What other income from tickets, TV and the government? I’ll have a spreadsheet drawn up, promised Warner.

Goodbye and Good RIDDANCE.

Anyone who has read Foul Play by Andrew Jennings will know what sort of trash he was with a horrific, corrupt influence on football in Trinidad & Tobago and worldwide generally.