Open Files - FIFA, non-profit organization, Part II

  • 9 years ago
"FIFA - Non-Profit Organization-Part II" takes a hard look at soccer and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Since the late 1980s FIA has been controlled by a small elite group handling tremendous sums of money. Professional soccer on the FIFA and World Cup level is increasing run more as a business corporation than a sport, with music and show business personalities obligatorily thrown in to complete its transformation into a commodity. When the International Sport and Lesiure (ISL), a Swiss sports marketing company that was closely affiliated with FIFA, collapsed in 2001 with huge debts, the ensuing investigations revealed a web of bribes and kickbacks to the tune of US$100 million teleSUR

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