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  • But The Yanks Don’t Even Like Football! This Is Why The US Is Leading The Charge Against FIFA

    29 May 2015 by Kiernan in America, Crime, Football/Soccer, Sport, Vibe
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    The Yanks care so little for football that they insist on calling it soccer, have a team called the Earthquakes and just went to town on the world’s governing body. So what spurred ‘Merica into action?

    We know that the US Department of Justice are pretty committed to rooting out corruption wherever it may poke its sticky fingers, but perhaps there is an ulterior motive to what finally prompted them to take action. The BBC reports:

    Some have pointed to the United States’ failed bid in late 2010 to host the the 2022 World Cup, and suspicions that bribes were paid to encourage votes for Qatar.

    “I know some people who were in the US bidding committee… They all had really strong suspicions that somebody was getting bought off,” said Andrew Zimbalist, author of Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. He told the BBC that he suspected the justice department probably got involved following the failed bid.

    Strange, I thought America was on rather good terms with most Arab countries. As it turns out it is relatively easy for the FBI and other US law enforcement agencies to justify their involvement. Here’s FBI Director James Comey:

    If you touch our shores with your corrupt enterprise, whether that is through meetings or through using our world class financial system, you will be held accountable for that corruption.

    You see FIFA, it looks like you done messed with the wrong country.

    [source:bbc]

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