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Okay, I'll ask it: why does it take the U.S. to get involved in fighting corruption against an almost entirely non-U.S. organization that governs a sport that's
by bane 11y ago
Okay, I'll ask it: why does it take the U.S. to get involved in fighting corruption against an almost entirely non-U.S. organization that governs a sport that's not very popular here? Why isn't this happening in Europe or Central/South America where the impact is more immediate?
- Cacti 11y agoBecause the vast majority of the bribing related to FIFA isn't happening in the US. That's the entire point of bribery, that you are more protected in the areas you are bribing.
- infinitone 11y agoProbably because said countries have their own interests/benefits from FIFA. More so than say the US. Just a speculation though. There's also the fact that say a country such as Argentina were to do it, no one would really take them that seriously.
- InTheArena 11y agoContrary to popular opinion, FIFA does quite a bit of revenue in the US, and the Concacaf has been ground zero for much of the corruption issues. In many cases, money is being issued from US banks to be used in the laundering and corruption. And the US may be the one country where FIFA doesn't have enough pull to graft their way around the problem. There was a great documentary a few years ago about the US links...
- mynameisvlad 11y agoFor one, I'd say that the US is the biggest entity of the bunch, and would most likely have the most pull to actually get something done.