2. For the game
For the world
 The international governing body of association football, known as soccer to
Americans.
 Formed May 24, 1904 with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
 President is Joseph “Sepp” Blatter
 208 Member Associations
 Congress elects the president, general secretary and members of FIFA's
executive committee. The president and general secretary are in charge of
daily administration
 FIFA's executive committee is the main decision-making body of the
organization in the intervals of Congress.
 FIFA is responsible for the organization and governance of major and
international tournaments, including the World Cup.

3. •World Cup 2010 Most Popular Web
Event
•Made more than $2 billion in revenue
•26 billion viewers watched the 2006
World Cup
•FOX recently bought U.S. TV rights for
FIFA events from 2015 to 2022 for $425
million

4.  2006 Andrew Jennings' book Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes,
Vote-Rigging and Ticket Scandals
 BBC television exposé reports FIFA president investigation
 Sunday Times undercover report of voting process for the 2018 World
Cup finals.
 FIFA President Blatter confirms that the Qatar and Spain-Portugal World
Cup bids colluded to trade votes in the contest for the 2018 and 2022
finals.
 Independent investigation by England’s football association
 Contentious presidential election
 Swiss court documents detailing results of investigation are closed but
stakeholders aware of documents.

5.  Initial response cooperation with the media
and investigation
 Became less cooperative as more than one
scandal was uncovered
 Blatter controlled response and based it on
the timing of the presidential election.

6.  Media has been the most vigilant in their
investigation of FIFA.
 Book brought allegations to public attention
 Undercover reporting proved World Cup
votes-for-cash
 Reporters continue to question the validity of
the organization’s response.

7.  Infighting among FIFA association members
 Football Association begins own independent
investigation of the World Cup bidding
process.

8.  New codes of conduct and training
 More diversity
 Include all football's stakeholders - clubs,
leagues, players, match officials, fans,
sponsors and media - in making decisions.
 Open big decisions on awarding World Cup
hosting rights and broadcast deals to more
external scrutiny.