Joseph Blatter's character controversy.

200 1, Blatter was questioned because of the bankruptcy of ISL, a big sponsor of the World Cup, and criticism from UEFA President Johansson and others almost overthrew him. Fortunately, the support of the third world countries helped him out of danger and tide over the difficulties temporarily.

Blatter was overwhelmed by a series of accusations in this World Cup. Some media listed his three major crimes. One is "slow response" to misjudgment. Because of the referee's misjudgment, England and Mexico conceded goals in their respective matches. Blatter, as the head of FIFA, apologized a few days later. Such a "slow" reaction gives people an absent-minded feeling.

The second major crime is "earning enough economic capital for re-election". Some media commented that the World Cup in South Africa has finally fattened FIFA. According to incomplete statistics, FIFA's income in this World Cup will exceed $8 billion. Blatter's "means of absorbing gold" also attracted the dissatisfaction of South African media. Some people say that Blatter's crazy spending money is nothing more than trying to get enough money for his re-election.

The third accusation is that Blatter is suspected of fixing the game. It is reported that the president of the Argentine Football Association, Grondona, is the "financial director" behind Blatter, so Argentina has been benefiting a lot from this World Cup.

Corruption scandal

May 27th, 20 15, Bakla Hotel Zurich. The U.S. Department of Justice has charged nine FIFA officials (including former officials) and five corporate executives with 47 counts of extortion, corruption and telecom fraud. Early that morning, FBI agents and Swiss police entered a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland, and arrested seven football owners involved.

The US Department of Justice has formally requested Switzerland to provide ISL files to assist in the investigation of FIFA's high-level corruption case. In addition, Jennings also announced a contract, in which Blatter secretly sold the TV broadcasting rights of the 20 10 Caribbean World Cup to Jack Warner at a low price of $600,000, and the latter resold it at a sky-high price of $180,000, with Blatter's own handprint on the contract.

Blatter's right-hand man, FIFA Secretary-General Walker, was also investigated. A scalper named Bernie told Jennings that he privately signed a World Cup ticket sales agreement with Walker, who authorized him to sell World Cup tickets. "I will give Walker a 50% rebate for every ticket I sell." Then Walker was kicked out of FIFA. Soon after, Blatter and UEFA President Platini were also banned by FIFA for 90 days, and now they have no control over anything in FIFA.

Be attacked by money

On July 20th, 20 15, FIFA held a special executive committee and announced that a special election meeting would be held on February 26th, 20 16, when a new FIFA president would be elected. During the dinner, British comedian Lee Nelson suddenly broke into the meeting. He first waved to FIFA President Blatter, who was riddled with corruption rumors, and sarcastically said, "This money is for North Korea 2026." Then he threw a pile of "dollars" at Blatter, and the money was scattered all over the air. Blatter showed a look of panic and the press conference was interrupted.