Can US Charges Spur Soccer Reform?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2015
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The President of FIFA says this week's corruption charges bring "shame and humiliation" to football. But he's not stepping aside despite calls for a change in leadership. With such deep roots in culture and with billions at stake, can the world's most beautiful game be cleaned up? We look at how the world is reacting to soccer's corruption scandal.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.5 | All eyes on the World Cup of Fraud. |
| 0:14.2 | I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:18.9 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about |
| 0:21.1 | most. The president of FIFA says this week's corruption charges bring shame and humiliation to |
| 0:26.8 | football, but he's not stepping aside, despite calls for a change in leadership. The sweeping |
| 0:31.9 | bribery investigation into soccer's world governance has expanded to look at the award of the 2010 |
| 0:36.8 | World Cup to South Africa. |
| 0:39.0 | And Swiss authorities are investigating World Cup bidding by Russia and Qatar. |
| 0:43.6 | Vladimir Putin is accusing the United States of illegally persecuting people. |
| 0:47.3 | Can the U.S. reform a business as complex as the world's beautiful game? |
| 0:52.8 | And on today's talking point, |
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