Concerns. It would be hard to pinpoint. Theres generalities and theyre related to the point in which they ran their meetings and how i think u. S. Soccer would be like to have a greater influence but being one of 35 voting nations and mind you mr. Warner came from the caribbean and 25 of those 35 votes are from the caribbean. It gave me a level of discomfort that we werent going to make progress in terms of transparency and some things i would have preferred as to how u. S. Soccer operates. Did you express those concerns to mr. Blazer . I did not. Any reason you might not have confronted him or asked why hes doing what hes doing . Generally speaking we have the potential to opt out and with mr. Blazer i just felt we had other things to do that could help build our sport as well and there was some concern that if i brought it to mr. Blazers attention i may feel a level of discomfort in other ways. Did you see peers feel discomfort in other ways in order to confront mr. Blazer . It would
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The potential to opt out and with mr. Blazer i just felt we had other things to do that could help build our sport as well and there was some concern that if i brought it to mr. Blazers attention i may feel a level of discomfort in other ways. Did you see peers feel discomfort in other ways in order to confront mr. Blazer . It would be hard to categorize it that way. When we reached out to talk to other National Associations, other federations once again we were one of 41 or 35 voting members and there wasnt anybody else that had the same level i did as an organization. Once again were in concacaf by virtue of being a member of fifa. We felt we had to find a way to participate and work our way through. Fortunately by a close vote, 18 to 17 he was elected to the seat in april of 2013 and we think that was a step in the right direction and a step ward reform. And that is the model that we felt was in the best interest of moving our sport forward in a very difficult and tricky environment
Categorize it that way. If and when we reached out to talk to other National Associations, other federations, once again, we were one of 41 and one of 35 voting members and there really werent anybody else there wasnt anybody else that had the same maybe the same feeling that i did on a personal level or that we did as an organize. So we operated as best we could within the framework. Once again, were in concacaf by virtue of being a member of fifa and we felt we had to find a way to participate, work our way through and fortunate enough by a close vote, 1817, mr. Gillatty was elected in april of 13 and we think that was a step in the right direction, a step towards reform and that is the model that we felt was in the best interest of moving our sport forward in a very difficult and tricky environment sometimes. I have one final question and then ill wrap up here. Back on womens soccer here on a happier note, the most watched soccer match in u. S. History, as Many Television viewers as
Stack up against the wall of the border, it might help. Thats the only reason you get 1000 pages. [applause] when it comes to the sanctuary cities, cut off their federal funding. Make sure ice is getting the folks when they detain them. They are not doing that today. There was a law that i support. You may have seen this. It was the response to a horrific murder in san francisco. Someone has been deported and a calm back illegally, they should be convicted and it should be a fiveyear sentence. It should be a felony. There needs to be real consequences. We cannot have people picking and choosing the law. The left loves to say you have to follow the law except when they dont want to when it comes to immigration or obamacare. When it comes to laws they dont like. [applause] frank the next president has to be able to work with democrats. It cannot just be your way or the highway. Youve done a very good job of describing what is wrong with them. How are you going to work with them . Why wou