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If you’re an American, you probably don’t know any more about FIFA, the international body that governs soccer, than you do about the IAEA, the international body that governs nuclear weapons. So imagine US law-enforcement authorities announcing the indictment of former MLB commissioner Bud Selig on criminal charges for fraud, criminal mismanagement and forgery, and… Read more.
In my original commentary, “FIFA: Soccer’s Federation of Imbeciles, Fraudsters & Autocrats,” May 29, 2015, I stated my belief that Blatter is the prime suspect in the FBI’s ongoing investigation. But it’s standing operating procedure in major bribery/racketeering/corruption cases for agents to arrest the capos and consigliere, and get them to sing like canaries for… Read more.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is soccer’s international governing body – whose hallowed mission is to govern “For the Good of the Game.” This is why the scandal that has it reeling these days reeks of such betrayal of trust. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told an emergency meeting of football’s governing body… Read more.
