Too right, bribes used to be done in the correct way!!
I'm not really that clued up about the whole thing to be honest and you very may well be correct about the reason the tickets were given. My post was more of me thinking out loud and trying to understand than questioning/criticising you...
Surely that would have meant the events they were invited to would have been before the selection process?
I remember the FA saying they were going to take back the tickets etc after we lost the bid.
The English bid team were offering VIP tickets to the Olympics main events and top hotel accommodation to people that would vote for us weren't they? Surely we are not as innocent as we are trying to claim but were out bribed?