Lipstick on a Pig, Mexican Environmental Regulation and FIFA Reform

Today, FIFA announced new reforms.  What good do all these paper plans do if so many of their executives are corrupt? You can put lipstick on a pig - it is still a pig. Below quotes - from today's press conference  by US Attorney-General Loretta Lynch, Robert Capers and Chief of the IRS Richard Weber. "Today is another good day for soccer fans.  Unfortunately from the decades-long corruption that has been uncovered by the US investigation, good intent has been replaced...

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The ‘Sports’ Farce in Washington

To my American colleagues who went to the seminar on ‘sports integrity’ at the National Press Club on June 24th, You saw a presentation by a man with little credibility in sports integrity and two other men who have failed. You attended a presentation sponsored by the Qatari sports establishment.    This is a group that is suspected by sports fans around the world of corruption in securing the rights to the World Cup tournament of 2022. This is a group that...

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