How FIFA’s Leader Has Clung to Power Despite Corruption Scandal

The rules of soccer’s governing body are stacked in favor of entrenched leaders like the 79-year-old Sepp Blatter

There aren’t many venues in global politics these days where developing nations, especially from Africa, can overrule their wealthy European peers. But FIFA is surely one of them. Such are the rules of the mammoth bureaucracy that governs the game of soccer—in its decisions, one country gets one vote, regardless how big or powerful—that even the worst scandal in its history could not dislodge the technocrat who enjoys the support of the developing world .Read More  http://time.com/3902385/fifa-leader-power/

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