BSA 4A

I.

FIFA Organization

FIFA also called The Fdration Internationale de Football Association is the international
governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer.
FIFA Roles and Responsibility
FIFA has the duty to maintain top notch standards in soccer. It is tasked with administering the
world soccer associations. It is in charge of organizing tournaments, promoting the tournaments
and governing field matters relating to soccer. The body is responsible for constant development
of soccer. It relies on the statutes to govern the system. It is also in charge of the Laws of the
Game which are maintained by International Football Association Board (IFAB).
II.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

How FIFA engaged itself with these unethical behaviors?

III.

FINDINGS

Collusion between officials of continental football bodies CONMEBOL (South America) and
CONCACAF (Caribbean, Central and North America), and sports marketing executives.

In the wake of the corruption case it was reported that in 2008 the general secretary of
FIFA, Jrme Valcke was alleged to have transferred $10 million that had been given to
FIFA by Danny Jordaan, president of the South African Football Association, to accounts
controlled by Jack Warner, then head of CONCACAF. The payment is a key piece of the
U.S. prosecutors' indictment that accuses Warner of taking a bribe in exchange for
helping South Africa secure the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The payment
from the South African Football Association had been intended to support the
development of football in the Caribbean. $1.6 million of the South African payment was
used by Warner to pay personal loans and credit cards and a further $360,000 was
withdrawn by people connected to Warner. The Trinidadian supermarket chain JTA
Supermarkets also received $4,860,000 from the FIFA payment.

A key figure is Charles "Chuck" Blazer, former general secretary of the Confederation
of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), who is cooperating with US prosecutors.

He has said that between 2004 and 2011:

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he and others on the Fifa executive committee agreed to accept bribes in

connection with the selection of South Africa as the host of the 2010 World Cup

one of his co-conspirators received a bribe in Morocco for its bid to host the 1998
tournament, which was eventually awarded to France

he and others also accepted bribes in connection with broadcast and other rights
to the Concacaf Gold Cup tournament in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003

Alleged to have paid at least $40 million in bribes to become the sole provider of uniforms,
footwear, accessories, and equipment to the Brazil national team.

The probe seems to indicate that Nike, while trying to buy the rights for the Brazilian
national soccer team, made questionable payments to an outside group. The deal with
the Brazilian national team reportedly shot Nike into a position as a top company in
soccer apparel. Beforehand, Nike barely knew Brazil and barely knew the sport. The
probe into Nike comes as part of a huge indictment that has rocked the soccer world and
led to the arrest of many FIFA officials. The justice department indictments immediately
led to 14 officials getting locked up, including two vice presidents. FIFA President Sepp
Blatter was forced to step down from his post soon after he was re-elected following the
indictments.

CASH FOR VOTES

FIFA executives are accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes to influence everything
from who gets to host the next World Cup to which TV networks can fund the game.
Those kind of under the table deals are at the heart of the US Justice Departments case
against several top FIFA officials. Also, FIFAs president Sepp Blatter, who has not been
indicted, has long been dogged by allegations that he uses those football development
funds as a slush fund, distributing money to soccer officials in each of FIFA's 209
member nations in exchange for their votes during FIFA presidential elections.

Each of the 209 member nations gets a single vote when it comes to electing a
federation President and executive committee. This system gives smaller countries
outsized influencea vote from Lesotho weighs exactly the same as a vote from
Germany. When news broke of the DOJ investigations, the African Bloc and all of its 54
members immediately announced their support for Blatter and the current system.

RUSSIA AND QATAR

Russia is having a particularly rough year. Oil prices, on which Moscow is highly
dependent, have dropped 48% since last June; the ruble has lost nearly half its value
since the beginning of 2014; Western sanctions have sent food prices soaring across the
country. Vladimir Putin needs the 2018 World Cup to boost morale, tourism and
investment, and Russia is set to spend $20 billion on public works projects and stadium
preparations.

Since Qatar won its bid 2010, it has faced allegations that it bribed its way to the hosts
mantle. Prosecutors have reportedly uncovered emails that show Russia and Qatar
supporting each others bids, perhaps with bribes. Hosting an international sports event like

the World Cup is a big deal for this nation of 2 million so Qatar needed the helpthe

countrys stifling summer heat, strict ban on alcohol and a national team that has never
so much as qualified for a World Cup were held up as major reasons the event was
destined to be a flop.
MONEY LAUNDERING

$10M South African payment

They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a 1.3m ($2m) "disloyal

payment" made to Platini in 2011. The Fifa ethics committee said that pair had
demonstrated an "abusive execution" of their positions.

They have both maintained that the payment was for work by Mr Platini as the
president's advisor in 2002. Mr Blatter has maintained that Fifa did not have
enough money to pay Mr Platini at the time, so they agreed to delay payment.

RESOLUTIONS

Sepp Blatter was already suspended

so he was president in name only. Speaking after the verdict was delivered, he
maintained that he could only be stripped of the presidency by a vote including all the
member nations of Fifa. There is no precedent for these events so the point at which he
no longer has the title of president is unclear. However, the one thing we do know is that
he is not running the organisation. Mr Blatter had already said he would step down as
Fifa president in February but the eight-year ban will make this immediate.

Michel Platini had hoped to run as a candidate to replace Mr Blatter but the ban on him
will halt these ambitions. He will also have to step down as the head of the European
football association (Uefa). The bans would also likely mean that the two men would fail
Fifa ethics standards if they ever tried to return.

FIFA constructed an independent Ethics Committee.