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FIFA prosecution is worth it, even if the big fish get away

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe FBI's net may fail to ensnare FIFA's "teflon don," but it could inspire other probes.Reuters

The fellow journalists I pitied most at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were the FIFA beat reporters. Charged with covering the governing body of the world’s most popular sport, they would dutifully troop off to news conferences armed with a...

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