Fif The Largest Soccer Corporation - 1716 Words

FIFA is the largest soccer corporation that started during its formation in 1904. They offer entertainment through the world cup and the six regional conferences all around the world. Throughout the years FIFA had never been questioned about corruption, voting for nations that did not deserve to host the world cup, or about accepting bribes. They were a respected organization until an investigation began and revealed what some of the highest officials in FIFA were doing ruining their reputation. The major problems that FIFA faces in this case are the president’s involvement in the corruption, FIFA officials accepting bribes, and about the World Cup bidding process. Although this problem is difficult to resolve due to its complexity, the†¦show more content†¦With this in mind corruption ruins this beautiful game because nations that deserve to host the world cup may never host it, since countries who possess an immense amount of money can bribe officials. The nations that are smaller may not afford to host it because they would need to create or fix their current stadiums, fix the cities to accommodate the numerous amount of visitors during the month the world cup is hosted, and do anything FIFA tells them to do. Qatar is a small nation, but they have money to host the world cup, but the weather conditions in the summer is horrendous. The temperature in the summer are over 100 degrees and can go over 120 degrees. In view of this situation, it can cause players, coaches and fans who are not used to this hot weather to get dehydrated; Dehydration can result in the players getting sick and injured quicker than in 90 degree weather. Signs of corruption in the bidding process regarding Russia, and Qatar as the world cup host are addressed by Tom Peck. According to Peck â€Å"For the World Cups it was agreed that we go to Russia [in 2018] because it’s never been in Russia, Eastern Europe and for 2022 we go back to America. And so we will hav e the World Cup in the two biggest political powers† (Peck 1). In other words Peck addresses that Sepp Blatter verbally says that the officials and him made a pact to hand Russia the world Cup and the United States in 2018 but instead officials voted for Qatar instead. As a result of what the