Joseph “Sepp” Blatter announced his resignation on Tuesday amid the worst scandal in the history of the international organization and only four days after being elected FIFA president for the 5th time. The Guardian described him as “the most successful dictator in the world.” Blatter himself has a more modest self-definition: “I am not perfect.”
On May 27, seven of FIFA’s leaders were arrested in Switzerland on the request of the United States Justice Department based on investigations into corruption involving large companies and global tournaments. There is a lot at stake: soccer accounts for over 40 percent of the world’s …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
