The Crimes and Corruption of International Sports
Category: SPORTS
Perhaps FIFA is a more modern version of the mafia, bound by loyalty to its godfather, Sepp Blatter, and aided by its unchallenged control over the world's most favorite sport. The criminal laws of the United States may trim back the extortion, but the world sporting community will only be free of FIFA's absolutism when it creates a rival organization.
By Roger I. Abrams, ContributorRichardson Professor of Law, Northeastern University; Author, 2015-05-30