Mid-Day Ticker: Warner releases FIFA details, Perez closing in on MLS and more
Some of the back-room workings between Jack Warner and FIFA are starting to come to the surface.
Warner reportedly claimed that in exchange for drumming up support to get Sepp Blatter elected in the 1998 FIFA presidential election, he secured the television rights to the World Cup for his native Trinidad & Tobago for a single dollar.
Soccer By Ives @ Dec 29, 2011 3:00 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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