Every FIFA Scandal, Explained

For fifty-two years, every FIFA scandal has been a version of the same story: one nation, one vote — which is exactly what made the votes worth buying.

This is the whole thing, from the afternoon Europe lost control of FIFA in a room in Frankfurt, to the week in July 2026 when fifty-five countries voted to walk away from the World Cup rather than watch a stake in it get sold.

CHAPTERS
0:00 The vote that stopped it
1:07 The takeover — Brazil wins FIFA, 1974
2:48 22 million — the ISL payments
4:32 The double ballot — Russia and Qatar, 2010
6:17 The raid — Baur au Lac, May 2015
7:49 The mole — Chuck Blazer, FBI informant
9:22 Never extradited — Jack Warner
10:54 The payment — Blatter and Platini, 2011
13:04 Every two years — the biennial plan, 2021
14:26 $20 billion — Tuesday to Saturday, July 2026
17:04 The point

A NOTE ON WHAT IS AND ISN'T PROVEN
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted twice over the 2011 payment, and that acquittal became final in August 2025. Jack Warner has never been convicted on the American charges and denies all of it. Gianni Infantino has never been charged with anything. Where this video describes allegations, court findings or published reports, it says so.

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FAIR USE NOTICE
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Дата на публикация: 5 август, 2026
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