Forget John Oliver — FIFA Makes a Mockery of Itself

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Forget John Oliver — FIFA Makes a Mockery of Itself
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Of course you've heard by **w — it's all over the Internet: John Oliver on Sunday absolutely eviscerated (http://mashable.com/2014/06/09/john-oliver-tells-us-whats-wrong-with-fifa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) FIFA, world soccer's governing body, in that special form (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/fcc-site-down-john-oliver-net-nuetrality-rant/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) of dressing-down that only he can conjure

Coming days ahead of the 2014 World Cup (http://mashable.com/category/world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in Brazil, the broadside joins a wave of corruption scandals (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/world-cup-corruption/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in helping bring into mainstream consciousness the very reasons FIFA has long been loathed by soccer fans

See also: 32 Outstanding World Cup Names (and How to Pro**unce Them) (http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/world-cup-best-names/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


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... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/john-oliver-fifa-blatter-qatar-racism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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