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The fall of the house of Fifa
- Title
- The fall of the house of Fifa / David Conn.
- Author
- Conn, David, 1965-
- Publication
- London : Yellow Jersey Press, 2017.
- ©2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-8020 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 328 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975, it had just 12 employees. 40 years later, the FBI have accused 14 executives of 47 counts of money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion linked to kickbacks totalling more than 150,000,000. There's a fascinating story to be told here: how football got big, how FIFA got corrupt and what this means for soccer fans around the world. David Conn puts the recent uproar in the context of FIFA's history and shows how far the organisation has strayed from its humble beginnings. Covering everything that happened since the scandal broke the FBI's investigation, what happened to Blatter and Platini, enquiries into the 2022 World Cup, the comedy of errors surrounding who should take over the presidency and so on. Conn's previous book was called Searching for the Soul of Football he sees this book as an expansion of that book: an inquiry into the soul of soccer on the global scale, as we take stock of this shocking scandal and try to return the original spirit to the beautiful game.
- Alternative Title
- Fall of the house of F.I.F.A.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-8020
- ISBN
- 9780224100441
- 0224100440
- OCLC
- 999621081
- Author
- Conn, David, 1965- author.
- Title
- The fall of the house of Fifa / David Conn.
- Publisher
- London : Yellow Jersey Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-8020