Should We Be Lenient With Corrupt Officials

Over nemouse years the world has evolved and many changes have taken place. Regardless of your age, gender, religion or race its seem that sports has been one of the things that brings everybody together in the end. Whether it be sharing an interest for the same sport in general or the same sports team. With this being said corruption has entered the sports community, it is not about bringing your team together for the sake of enjoyment. Being victorious is now what is expected among your team, coaches, fans and yourself. Now Athletes and coaches are doing whatever it takes to win. Whether it be breaking the law by placing bids or accepting bids, committing fraud and willingly taking illegal performance-enhanching

The very well known sport called football, has been reformed and changed a lot overtime, while

All in all, the NCAA hasn’t been monitoring collegiate athletic programs as close as they should. Consequently, many student athletes continue to find themselves in the middle of unethical situations within their respective programs. With numerous issues arising, it would be in the best interest of the NCAA and the U.S. Government

Taking down a corrupt part of a company is no easy task, but yet it is possible. The main target to defeating FIFA is the sponsorships (Oliver). Since FIFA is a non-profit organization, they rely on their partners such as Adidas, Coca Cola, and Mcdonalds. Fifa is estimated to making about $45bn (Critchlow) from sponsorships. FIFA recently lost Sony and Emirates as a sponsor due to the corruption scandals. That meant that FIFA lost $420 million dollars

The Baseball World Series of 1919 involved the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds (Linder, 2010). The Series was an exciting exchange that boiled down to the last game, which was taken by the victorious Cincinnati Reds (Linder, 2010). However, a year later, news broke that the game was rigged by the Chicago White Sox (Linder, 2010). They threw the game in order to receive a large payout, which was never given (Linder, 2010). The eight players involved disgraced the sport and the American public (Linder, 2010). In today’s world of sports, scandals continue to happen. A recent example is the doping scandal of the United States Postal Service Pro Cycling Team and, their captain, Lance Armstrong. While the US Postal Service team’s doping does not seem to be connected to the White Sox’s gambling problem, they share many similarities.

Based in Zurich, “The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)” is the international governing body of association football, futsal, and soccer. It has been recognized as the “United Nations of Football”, affiliated with 209 associations across the globe (FIFA, 2015). Like any other sport organization however, FIFA has long experienced allegations following the decision of Russia being awarded the 2018 World Cup and Quatar having the 2022 hosting rights. According to the reports, the United States Department of Justice reviewed the contracts related to the 2014 Brazil World Cup involving FIFA, commercial partners, and suppliers.

When looking into the relevance of money in the sport of football, plenty begin to wonder if there’s at least a part of football that will not change. One thing that the greed of others and potential financial gains couldn’t reshape. Aside from the doubters in this real, there is one thing that hasn’t changed—or at least hasn’t experienced drastic movements—in the game of football. What it means to be a fan. That is the

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” (Steinbeck) International Sports Organizations have long been regarded as entities who are committed to the highest level of honesty among many multinational governing bodies. They set programs in place for mass inclusion, fund programs designed to help conflicting communities through sport, and demonstrate commendable levels of fairness and transparency. Self interested policies could never exist within such a fair democratic structure, many times the policies implemented are meant to provide the utmost level of cooperation needed to further the expansion of sport on a global and local level. At least that’s what they would have you believe. The argument to be made is whether international sports organizations, specifically FIFA, are engaged in questionable practices that allow them to impose their will upon those who stand in their way. FIFA has long been regarded as the dominant governing body in the world of football as they control the entire process behind all aspects of the World Cup and other international tournaments. However, have you ever stopped to think about why they have been so successful in remaining the sole actor in this role? International sports organizations maintain a high level of influence on a global scale, the amount of power amassed by FIFA since their inception has exceeded that of many governments and has allowed them to be massive

OUTLINE Preview Statement: FIFA is an association with a great history and mission consisting of different confederations and many players who all compete to one day experience the glory of the FIFA World Cup. Introduction (Includes Preview Statement; see below.) FIFA is the face of football, otherwise known as soccer, all over the world. I remember watching Brazil win the World Cup in 2002 and going to the streets to play football, you wanted to be like the players, walk like them, and do amazing things like they did on the field.

The article titled “Sports & Ethics: ‘Something different is happening here’” talks about how the lack of ethics is becoming a brutal condition in the sports industry. Also, the approach some teams and associations are taking to handling unethical issues. The author of the article, Bill King opens in the setting of an NFL owners meeting, where owners expressed their feelings about the 2015 Season and the violent incidents that occurred. He included a statement from Troy Vincent, the executive vice president of football operations that said that the meeting held was not a regular meeting that focused on building the league, but ‘doing what’s right’.

Corruption in soccer is a leading cause of biasedness in the game, and a major step must be taken to make the game of soccer less corrupt and fair. “The Beautiful Game” quoted by many supporters and followers. Soccer is the most loved and followed sports with about four billion followers and supporters throughout the world. The large fan base comes great responsibility to the governing bodies which manages the different competitions played throughout the world. Sepp Blatter, who served 17 years as the president of FIFA (The Federation International de Football Association) the most powerful and important governing body in soccer, has been taken to court for the charge of corruption and was banned for eight years to involve in any activity related to soccer. The lately reports came to show that FIFA officials have taken a total sum of $21 billion as bribe to vote for Qatar to host the 2022 world cup. The article “US Attorney General reveals FIFA corruption probe is ongoing as first trial approaches”, gives us a detail about how the officials has been taken to court for the charges of corruption. This article was published on January 14 by Rob Harris for The Independent. Also, the article “Corrupt

Another captivating quote was focused on the challenges of reforming FIFA from its malfeasance. “No matter

The 1967 intercontinental playoff. Almost 70,000 fans were in attendance to witness the action. On pitch, fifty one fouls were committed and six red cards were handed out. This display would be unacceptable for any other sport so surely it is time for football to change. Football is the most watched sport worldwide with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, controlling a £20 billion industry which speaks volumes about the popularity of the sport yet it has a reputation for foul play. Whether you watch the game religiously - or have only ever seen a single match - you will have witnessed a player attempt to cheat their way to a penalty. Most sports fans can agree that this unruly behaviour is frowned upon in every sport. Football has been compared with the Rugby Union for many years now and it is clear that football has the popular vote, but it can learn how to enforce discipline from its rugby counterpart in areas where it really makes the difference; the yellow card system, managerial styles and the referees.

are affected due to if there will be another World Cup where they can show off their talents to all of the countries around the world and make a salary to provide for their families. The final peripheral stakeholder in this case has to be the fans due to the fact that they are the ones that fill the seats and have the World Cup make so much money in the first place and without them, there would not even be a World Cup. Also without funding there will be no FIFA organization. It is an absolute disgrace and one of the worst decisions that FIFA has ever made. It is without a doubt a symbol of the blatant corruption and back scratching that goes on in the 'world game ' and an affront to the history of the World Cup. Not to mention that stories continue to emerge of the systemic corruption that has occurred around the awarding of the World Cup rights.

    Aware of the vulnerability of the FIFA Play Ball petition that calls on the Qatar 2022 organizing authorities to establish a complaints mechanism that allows migrant workers to report abuses and secure justice,