FIFAGate: Bribery, Broadcast Rights, and the Investigation That Put Football's Government in the Dock
M. Muñoz
M. Muñoz · AI-narrated by Martin (from Google)
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In May 2015, Swiss police stormed into Zurich's five-star Baur au Lac hotel before dawn and arrested some of the most powerful men in world football, exposing a bribery scheme that had moved through FIFA's regional confederations for more than twenty years. FIFAGate reconstructs how a disgraced accountant turned FBI informant, a handful of sports-marketing companies, and hundreds of millions of dollars in broadcast and sponsorship rights combined to put the sport's own government in the dock. Drawing on court filings, guilty pleas, and years of investigative journalism, this book follows the money from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL boardrooms to a New York courtroom, tracing Sepp Blatter's fall days after winning a fifth presidential term, Michel Platini's disputed payment, and FIFA's own unusual recognition as a legal victim entitled to restitution. Careful to separate proven fact from mere accusation, it explains how commercial rights were sold, why that market became fertile ground for corruption, and what really changed once the arrests ended. Equal parts courtroom thriller and institutional history, FIFAGate asks a question that outlasts any single scandal: who actually governs the game that billions of people watch.
In May 2015, Swiss police stormed into Zurich's five-star Baur au Lac hotel before dawn and arrested some of the most powerful men in world football, exposing a bribery scheme that had moved through FIFA's regional confederations for more than twenty years. FIFAGate reconstructs how a disgraced a...
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