Getting to grips
with FIFA
Corruption
O
f course trying to
understand the corruption of
FIFA is difficult because the
investigations are still ongoing,
however a lot has been
uncovered and there is a lot to
talk about.
On May 27th seven FIFA
officials were arrested on
suspicion of accepting bribes
adding up to more than $100
million. As well as this two
other former officials are also
being charged for similar
allegations. No wonder they
were ‘former officials’ when
they were arrested.
The man some people believe
is behind all of this is Sepp
Blatter. Having just resigned
before taking
his fifth term
as president
of FIFA, after
Euronomics
17 years in this position he
has constantly failed to reform
FIFA. What would the motive
be for this corruption? Money.
Countries such as Qatar are
believed to have bribed FIFA
so they can host the 2022
football world cup. Of course
willingly the staff at FIFA will
have accepted these bribes.
Football is the sport with the
most money in the world.
Alone in Europe, the Barclays
Premier League brought in 4.4
billion euros in the 2013-14
season. This is in the same
country where the Aviva
Premiership (rugby union
league) only brought in 149
million pounds.
So clearly there are motives
for the corruption in FIFA. Mr
Blatter just better hope
that all of the bribes he
has received will work on
the police.
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