On January 28, 2016 in American Sport in the 21st
Century we talked about sport and social values. A value is anything that is
desirable and important. We talked about
developing clear values. That went along with an amoral society where there is
clouding of right and wrong like, cheating, lying, and rule breaking. There is
also lack of respect for the people in charge, debatable role models, and
impact of the media.
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| FIFA logo |
On December 3, 2015, sixteen men from FIFA were indicted for
corruption charges. Eleven current and former FIFA executive committee members
have been charged in this investigation. Hundreds of millions of dollars has
been used in bribes in the investigation. The last three presidents of the
CONCACAF (The
Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football)
and CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol in South America) have
all been indicted in this investigation. In May fourteen men were charged with
bribery also. The bribes were for the
marketing and media rights of the Copa America and the CONCACAF Gold Cup. A couple
days later in December FIFA banned president of FIFA Sepp Blatter and Michel
Platini for eight years from all soccer related events. Blatter broke FIFA Code
of Ethics rules on breaching loyalty and offering gifts. Platini broke the
rules on breaching loyalty.
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| Sepp Blatter |
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