suspension. that just means that they think he should be removed from the immediate vicinity of everything while an investigation properly takes place, but that has to be judged today by the ethics judge, and only after he has made a decision one way or the other, can then anything formally be notified. all right. that explains why his lawyers haven t been told. but realistically, how long can blatter hang onto power? well, technically if a 90-day suspension were issued to him, it could later be topped up by a further 45 days. blatter, himself, has ridden out so many crises for him. for him, this is another crisis, and he expects to ride it out, but this is by far the most serious he s ever faced, and it would be, frankly, unprecedented