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FIFA From Rous to Blatter: All For The Good Of The Game!



Once upon a time, FIFA was not corrupt, it was just a Eurocentric empire run for the good of a few countries in western Europe unwilling to open the doors of the World Cup to the rest of the world. Those were the 1960s, when Englishman Stanley Rous' FIFA preferred to pander to the racist South African football association over finding ways to integrate the developing world into its halls of power.

Read the full article at Pitch Invasion.

Pitch Invasion @ Jun 1, 2011 1:36 PM EDT | Blog Profile

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