Fin Taylor
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He becomes president in 98, right?
And he...
So he, sort of in blatant corruption, he offers delegates $100,000 for votes.
The night before the election, delegates are offered briefcases containing 50,000 grand in cash.
And he wins 111 of the 190.
Yes.
Something seems a bit fishy.
So let's get to 2010.
So now FIFA are given, so after all this money, this is the first time I remember hearing the phrase white elephant.
was that South Africa would just spend it all on stadiums that they would never use again.
Yes.
It was in remote areas of the country that, you know, they didn't need a stadium.
They needed like an infrastructure.
So the strategy of the Africa project, which set Blatt as Africa project, is a strategy to solidify his power within FIFA by expanding the game's reach and therefore making all the other developing regions of the world kind of beholden to him.
Maybe you wouldn't need the briefcases full of 50 grand.
The South African bid committee paid $10 million to the head of CONCACAF, who is Chuck Blazer?
Or not?
Or is that Jack Warner?
Maybe that's Jack Warner.
which is a donation to support the African diaspora in the Caribbean.