Fox Sports and other media companies paid bribes to FIFA
by ShermanOaksND (2017-11-14 23:13:33)
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in exchange for TV rights to international tournaments, including CopaAmerica, according to testimony by a former FIFA executive. The linked story from Yahoo does not indicate that bribes were paid for World Cup TV rights.



I think Fox's denial deserves investigating.
by G.K.Chesterton  (2017-11-15 00:07:38)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Either Fox is correct and they had nothing to do with it, or else the whole arrangement was set up intentionally that way so if anyone was caught, they could say they knew nothing about it.
And now I see we have one apparent suicide so far. (link)
by G.K.Chesterton  (2017-11-15 12:32:17)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Holy crap - what a way to go *
by DakotaDomer  (2017-11-15 23:39:47)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Must have just read Tolstoy *
by D8NDomer  (2017-11-16 09:50:42)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post