This is an insider's view into how Sepp Blatter keeps his job and how the obviously corrupt FIFA machine keeps rolling along, giving WC rights to regimes like Russia and Qatar.
In a nutshell, after watching the surprising outcome of the FIFA WC voting this winter,an American football journalist put on a serious campaign to be nominated and voted in as "the people's choice" for FIFA president in hopes of ousting Blatter. But while many people within international football said they would vote for him in a secret ballot, when push came to shove, nobody would put their names down on paper to officially nominiate him, fearful of the repercussions.
If you're intersted, it's a great read.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/grant_wahl/04/01/fifa.candidacy/index.html
In a nutshell, after watching the surprising outcome of the FIFA WC voting this winter,an American football journalist put on a serious campaign to be nominated and voted in as "the people's choice" for FIFA president in hopes of ousting Blatter. But while many people within international football said they would vote for him in a secret ballot, when push came to shove, nobody would put their names down on paper to officially nominiate him, fearful of the repercussions.
If you're intersted, it's a great read.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/grant_wahl/04/01/fifa.candidacy/index.html