[Blatter] is not impressed with whistleblowers in general, even criticising Yuliya Stepanova, who had recently exposed the Russian state doping of athletes, the great scandal breaking over athletics. "She wants to go to the Olympics, and now everybody says it is a shame she can't go because she is a whistleblower. Before long whistleblowers will be allowed to go to everything," he sneered. "Because if you are a whistleblower, it's not correct as well."
Startled by that statement, I asked him to clarify; was he saying whistleblowers are not correct?
"No," he confirmed. "At school, if you had somebody who was a whistleblower towards the tutor, then …" and he trailed off, as if it was obvious.
"Do you still think that?" I asked.
"Yes."
"That they are like a snitch in school?"
Every time Blatter opens his mouth, it's easier and easier to understand how FIFA got to where it is."Yes, yes," he said.