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RENO, Nev. -- Three people whose votes could determine whether a nearly $2 billion stadium is built to lure the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas were appointed Tuesday to vacant seats in the Nevada Legislature.The three northern Nevada residents, including a former Stanford football player, will join other state lawmakers for a special session the governor is expected to convene next month to consider raising hotel room taxes in the Las Vegas area to help finance a 65,000-seat, domed stadium that could be home to the NFL team.The current informal proposal on the table would tax only hotel guests in Las Vegas and Clark County, with no direct impact on Washoe County, Reno or Sparks. But critics fear that in the event of revenue shortfalls, the burden could fall to all Clark County taxpayers or, potentially, taxpayers statewideI am a fan and support football as a sport, said ex-Stanford linebacker Dominic Brunetti, a Republican commercial real estate broker.And as a business, I respect the NFL, he said. But only if it is fair to those communities and families it influences and impacts through oftentimes very, very complicated deal structures.Similar concerns were expressed by the other appointees -- Republican Jesse Haw, a Reno developer, and Democrat Julia Ratti, a Sparks city councilwoman already running for state Senate in November.We are told it only is going to affect Clark County. But until we have the bill, we dont know, Haw said.Under Nevada law, county commissions have the authority to appoint interim members to the Legislature when a seat is vacant.Typically, when the vacancy occurs near the end or between legislative sessions, seats remain vacant until the next general election. But Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval asked Washoe and Clark counties to find temporary replacements now so the Legislature can expedite efforts to lure the Raiders to town before NFL owners are expected to take a position on such a move early next year.Nevada law requires a two-thirds majority of the entire Legislature -- not just the sitting members -- for such a proposal to win approval. Still to be filled are two vacant seats in the Las Vegas area.No formal bill can be drafted until the Legislature meets. But earlier this month, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee recommended raising Vegas-area hotel taxes to put $750 million toward a stadium. Las Vegas Sands casino magnate Sheldon Adelson plans to invest $650 million in the venue.Three-quarters of NFL owners would need to approve any team relocation, and they could do so when they meet in January. Oakland officials and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said theyre hopeful the team can stay in the Bay Area where the team plays in an aging stadium.Bob Lucey, a Washoe County commissioner and chairman of the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, said the Raiders relocation to Vegas would present an unprecedented opportunity for the states tourism-based economy.However, at what cost? he said, noting it would be the largest publicly funded stadium project in the nation ever.The Nevada Taxpayers Association opposes the plan, questioning how the bonds would be repaid during an economic downturn and adding theres no evidence publicly funded stadiums ever benefit taxpayers. Nevadans for the Common Good, a coalition of churches and other faith-based groups, opposes the plan.The public is being asked to shoulder all these risks, while the billionaires benefit, said Pastor Marta Poling Schmitt. The Culinary Union is also against the proposal.Ratti said she worries about the use of general obligation bonds to back the deal. She also shares concerns expressed by county Commission Chairwoman Kitty Jung that some Washoe County voters have a misconception theyd pay higher taxes under the current plan.At this point, this would not affect Washoe County taxpayers in the least, Jung said. But it does affect perception.----AP Writer Michelle Rindels contributed to this report from Las VegasDemarcus Robinson Super Bowl Jersey . Now, correct me if Im wrong but I saw one official distinctly pointing at the net indicating a good goal but after an inconclusive review they overturned the goal. Shouldnt the ruling on the ice (good goal) stand after an inconclusive review? 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He was 100.Havelange, who was suffering from a respiratory infection, died early Tuesday while Rio de Janeiro was hosting the Olympic Games, according to the Samaritano Hospital.In 2009, Havelange led off Rios bid presentation to the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen by inviting the members to vote to join me in celebrating my 100th birthday at the 2016 Games in Brazil.The Brazilian flag was lowered to half-staff at Olympic venues and the IOC said its thoughts are with the family and loved ones of Havelange.FIFA President Gianni Infantino lavished praise on Havelange, saying the whole football community should be grateful for his contribution.During his 24 years as FIFA president football became truly global, reaching new territories and bringing the game to all corners of the world, Infantino said.Havelange expanded the World Cup from 16 to 32 teams and made it one of sports most important events. He organized six World Cups as FIFA president from 1974 to 1998, when Sepp Blatter replaced him. He secured lucrative broadcast deals, brought nations into FIFA and created the womens World Cup.Blatter said Havelange will always be synonymous with the expansion of soccer and turning it into the universal language.Football thus owes him a huge debt of gratitude, Blatter said in a statement.Thanks to Joao Havelange, football is the worlds leading sport -- not only from a social, cultural and economic perspective, but also in terms of its political impact.But with more cash for football also came widespread financial wrongdoing by its top officials, including Havelange. In 2013, FIFA ethics court judge Joachim Eckert said Havelanges conduct had been morally and ethically reproachable.Havelange resigned in December 2011 as a member of the IOC just days before its leadership was expected to suspend him and rule on claims that he took a $1 million kickback.A 100-year-old man has died today and I think it would be entirely inappropriate to discuss that (wrongdoing), IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.Havelange was never punished by FIFA. He was allowed to resign his honorary presidency of FIFA in 2013.If someone had advised him to pay himself a salary, none of this would have come up, said Patrick Nally, a FIFA marketing consultant in the 1970s. What Havelange did for FIFA was extraordinary. He was not a bandit, he was a visionary.But three of FIFAs most notorious officials -- his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira, Chuck Blazer and Jack Warner -- joined FIFAs executive committee during Havelanges presidency. All three were subsequently swept up in corruption investigations by Swiss and U.S. authorities last year that also brought the end of Blatters 17-year presidency.Havelange was implicatedd with Teixeira in taking millions of dollars in kickbacks from World Cup broadcasting contracts.dddddddddddd Both left FIFA between 2012 and 2013 to avoid sanctions from the soccer bodys ethics committee. Teixeira has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on corruption charges but has stayed out of reach of American investigators, remaining in Brazil, which typically does not extradite its citizens.Havelange was cited as a personal hero in soccer by Blazer, the most senior U.S. official at FIFA and his former executive committee colleague. Blazers testimony admitting widespread corruption charges was key to the sprawling U.S. investigation implicating FIFA. Blazer is seriously ill and awaiting sentencing.Warner, a longtime Havelange ally, also is indicted and is fighting extradition to the U.S. from his native Trinidad and Tobago.FIFA was a small organization with about a dozen employees when Havelange took over at its Zurich headquarters in 1974.I found an old house and US$20 in the kitty, Havelange told FIFAs website. On the day I departed 24 years later, I left property and contracts worth over US$4 billion. Not too bad, Id say.He was re-elected president six times, capitalizing on his contact-building across world football. FIFAs membership expanded by nearly one-third, to more than 200 nations and territories, under Havelange. China was readmitted in 1980 having left the organization in 1958.I clocked 26,000 hours in the air, the equivalent of spending three years in an airplane, Havelange said. The only country I never visited was Afghanistan, because they wouldnt let me in.The son of a Belgian father and a Brazilian mother, Havelange was a top-notch athlete before becoming a sports administrator. He swam for Brazil at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and played on its water polo team at the Helsinki Games in 1952.He headed the Brazilian football confederation for nearly two decades, when Brazils national team won its first three World Cup titles in 1958, 1962 and 1970.Havelange was the first non-European head of FIFA and its longest serving president, stepping down at age 82.In a 1999 survey by the IOC, Havelange was voted among the top three sports leaders of the 20th century, behind former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and modern Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin. He joined the IOC in 1963.Havelange had a heart pacemaker implanted in 2006. He was hospitalized for more than two months, including several weeks in intensive care, in 2012 because of an infection in his right ankle. He was back in hospital to July to undergo treatment for pneumonia.Rest in peace, Joao, Blatter said. Football -- your passion, my mission -- is in good shape. You should be proud.---AP Sports Writers Rob Harris in Rio de Janeiro and Graham Dunbar in Geneva contributed to this report. ' ' '