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The executive committee of FIFA — the international organization that regulates soccer — was so suspected of taking bribes that FIFA ordered its own internal investigation. It’s no surprise, says Frank Deford, that they found no wrongdoing.
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The executive committee of FIFA — the international organization that regulates soccer — was so suspected of taking bribes that FIFA ordered its own internal investigation. It’s no surprise, says Frank Deford, that they found no wrongdoing.
Kirill Kudryavstev /AFP/Getty Images
We so regularly excuse the chicanery of sport. We fans suspect that our team is just as guilty as whatever ooze bubbles to the surface elsewhere, so let it go lest we be the next one caught. For us privileged to actually be down in the rabbit hole, the sins have been so present for so long, they simply become accepted as a benign part of the landscape. Hey, it’s all just fun and games, so hey, go along, be a, well, be a good sport.
Only, every now and then . . .
Every now and then the evils are just so gross that you have to blink open the blind eye. Sorry. Such was the past week.
Click on the audio link above to hear Deford’s take on the issue.
Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/11/19/364945707/outside-of-the-games-are-sports-corrupt?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news