An investigation into FIFA has confirmed that ugly monsters control "beautiful" matches, several senior FIFA members have been implicated in corruption, and that the process of awarding FIFA World Cups to Russia and Qatar is corrupt.
The annual FIFA World Cup is arguably the world's largest sports festival. FIFA members vote well in advance, giving them plenty of time to decide which country will be responsible for hosting the FIFA World Cup and then prepare for it. The World Cups have already been awarded to Russia and Qatar based on the votes each country obtained during the FIFA selection process.
Investigators, however, found that senior FIFA executives paid bribes to buy votes in their favor and secure the right to host the FIFA World Cup. At the center of these corruption allegations is disgraced FIFA vice president Jack Warner, who is also the right-hand man of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
Warner has been accused of being a major figure in selling FIFA votes to win the right to host the FIFA World Cup. He is accused of selling each vote for $1 million and is reported to have asked Egypt to pay $7 million in bribes to win the right to host the World Cup. Egypt refused to bribe Warner and did not receive a single vote during the bidding process. Warner is accused of raising $10 million on behalf of South Africa, which eventually tried to host the World Cup.
Former FIFA executive Chuck Blazer admitted to taking bribes with other FIFA officials in court. "From around 1993 to the early 2000s, I and others agreed to accept bribes and bribes in connection with South Africa's selection as the host of the 2010 World Cup, along with broadcast rights to the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups," Blazer said.
Domenico Scala, head of FIFA's Audit and Compliance Committee, recently said all of the allegations would be thoroughly investigated and their rights to host the World Cup could be nullified if evidence surfaced that Russia and Qatar were granted the right to host the World Cup due to paid bribes.