Sunday, February 21, 2016

What’s wrong with sports officials? Simon Kuper

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cbfbfcae-d4fd-11e5-8887-98e7feb46f27.html?siteedition=uk
Illustration by Luis Grañena of a man polishing the Fifa signage

TV money especially changed sport. There was less money than there might have been, because TV executives tended to be cleverer than sports officials, but many officials felt entitled to trouser their share. After all, these men thought that they themselves embodied their sports