Forget John Oliver — FIFA Makes a Mockery of Itself

Of course you've heard by now — it's all over the Internet: John Oliver on Sunday absolutely eviscerated FIFA, world soccer's governing body, in that special form of dressing-down that only he can conjure

Coming days ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the broadside joins a wave of corruption scandals in helping bring into mainstream consciousness the very reasons FIFA has long been loathed by soccer fans

Oliver calls FIFA "a comically grotesque" organization. He mentions the organization's tax-exempt status despite huge revenues. He mentions a nearly $300 million stadium in the middle of the poverty-stricken Amazon that will host four World Cup matches then go largely unused. He mentions kangaroo courts, bribery and more Read more...