By: Emilio & Luke
Corruption. Normally that word might be associated with politics, but soccer? In fact this has been going on for a while. It is widely known that the governing body of the soccer world is extremely corrupt. Controversy follows FIFA everywhere it goes, including World Cup bids. For each World Cup, any country interested in hosting the tournament tries to convince the 24 members on the FIFA executive committee to vote for them. Now FIFA has years to make decisions, so if a country is interested in hosting the tournament they have plenty of time to pitch their argument to the committee. But there have been many, many reports of bribes and other illegal ways of obtaining votes for countries.
FIFA has just finished an 18 month investigation into the scandal. Russia and Qatar had bribed World Cup delegates. The officials accepted and voted for their country. Russia had used a Picasso painting to convince the officials. Qatar is no longer being held responsible as England is now facing charges for bribery. Mohamed Bin Hammam- Banned from soccer for life after being accused of paying bribes to win votes during doom 2011 Fifa Presidency Bid. Amos Adamu from Nigeria was banned for three years after being caught by the Sunday Times trying to sell his vote to undercover reporters, denied his chance to vote in 2010. There will not be a re-vote as there is not enough evidence. Along that it has been under investigation for over a year.
