FIFA; Its Just Another Allegation

Once again the international football governing body FIFA is on the spotlight not for anything positive but as usual for bribery and corruption regarding south Africa winning the bid to host the 2010 world Cup. Last week the FIFA authorities at the US district court arrested 14 officials of bribery and corruption and accused south Africa of playing 10 million US dollar to in return for votes to host the 2010 world Cup in South Africa. president of the (SAFA) South African Football Authority responded to this allegations by saying “I haven’t paid a bribe or taken a bribe from anybody in my life. We don’t know who is mentioned there [in the US indictment]. And I don’t want to assume that I am mentioned.” He later when on to say “How could we have paid a bribe for votes four years after we had won the bid?”. According to Danny Jordan SAFA president' the money which according to them is seen or considered as bribery was paid in 2008 and was meant to the development of African Diaspora. But as we all know 'THE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE'.

It is also good to mention that this organization which is so marked by bribery and corruption in recent years just got it president re-elected for the 5th time as president in the person of Mr. Sepp Blatter. Lets say football is not only played in the pitch even in behind closed rooms in boardroom offices soccer is being played.