An organization like FIFA does not become corrupt overnight. So how did it happen? Well, long before FIFA became stuff of criminal lore, soccer’s governing body was simply known to be racist and morally corrupt. From supporting South Africa’s racist apartheid regime to propping up authoritarian dictators, FIFA’s so-called Golden Years were more blood red than gold. At the top of the pyramid for much of this, an Englishman named Stanley Rous.
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07/14/22 • 34 min
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Lords of Soccer - The Colonialist
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Before FIFA was corrupt, it was merely racist, built in the image of its colonial architects. FIFA's view of the world reflected the privileged white status of its founding members, and maybe because of this the corruption was inevitable. Maybe it wasn't the results of a few bad apples in the barrel, but a bad barrel itself. It's a question that might be best answered by looking at FIFA's six President, Sir Stanley Rouse, a man with many laudable
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