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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by rodgerd on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @03:34AM (#9609889)
> I'm impressed and somewhat surprised that the U.S. would be the entity to enforce this given the relative lack of presence FIFA has in the U.S.

The cudgel FIFA uses to prevent anyone looking too closely at how it does business is to threaten any member country with suspension from international competition if there is "political interference in football."

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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by century19 on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @10:34AM (#9611608)
Indeed. Perhaps the US were the only country that could do this? Great that they did !
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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by rodgerd on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @05:19PM (#9614436)
It requires a combination of a big enough investigation/court system to work with the Swiss and a political class who won't care if there's a risk of soccer being disrupted in the country, so the US would be one of the few nations that might fit the description.
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