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[whistling and cheering]
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[intriguing music playing]
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[applause]
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[Sepp Blatter in French]
Now that you have a new president,
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my greatest wish is to unite the family.
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It was an election campaign
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in which sometimes we played with…
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[cheering]
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[Blatter] …certain things
that were allowed or not allowed.
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You know, sometimes on the pitch,
we kick, we pull on a shirt.
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[crowd groans]
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[Blatter] I wouldn't say
we tackle from behind
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because that one is not allowed anymore.
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But more importantly, we now need
the unity of football to be upheld.
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[supporters chanting]
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[Blatter] The big football family, FIFA,
will be united going forward.
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That is my goal.
That's all. Thank you very much.
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[applause]
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[in French] I don't know
whether I should say…
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see you again
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or goodbye.
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[Blatter in English] Then at the sudden,
I was president.
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And then I have realized the power that…
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[Havelange in French] Thanks to you
and with you, I learnt to be patient.
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I learnt what it is to unite.
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[speaking French]
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[Blatter] But I was…
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I was a little bit surprised myself,
the power that I was given.
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[in French] See you again,
but also goodbye. Thank you.
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[applause]
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[wind blowing]
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[shouting and cheering]
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[crowd cheering]
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[David Conn] FIFA is really powerful
because it's got the World Cup.
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And countries fall over themselves to try
and host the World Cup in their country.
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It gives their country image building
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that you just can't achieve
with anything else.
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[cheering]
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[Jérôme Valcke] The World Cup is
the only one event in the world
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which is broadcasted
in the majority of countries.
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I don't think you can imagine
about something else
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bringing one million people in the street.
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[cheering]
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And the World Cup is
the number one way for FIFA to make money.
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[cheering]
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[Conn] So, because of the power
of the biggest football event
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around the world every four years
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that gives FIFA
and the FIFA president real power
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and so much leverage
over actual countries.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Conn] But that power is
a trap for corruption.
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[children shouting]
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I started to develop the idea
of João Havelange.
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He said football shall not only be
for Europe and South America,
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but all around the world.
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So, when I was elected,
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I started my, uh… mission.
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In 1998, FIFA presented itself
as a force for good around the world.
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It was doing development programs
all around the world.
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It was this great global football body
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that had nearly every country
in the world as part of it.
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It was sort of the UN of football.
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[distant children shouting]
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[Valcke] And that's when
the Goal Program started.
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[intriguing music playing]
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The Goal Project was an idea,
an initiative of President Blatter.
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[Blatter] The so-called Goal Project,
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which is a tailor-made project,
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which will go directly to the roots
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of those national associations
that are really in need.
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[David Borja] The first idea was
that every country
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should have a national headquarters.
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And then there was-- $400,000
was the budget for such a project.
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[distant shouting]
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It was about stadiums.
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It was about artificial pitch.
It was about educational program.
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[in French] For Platini, the Goal Program,
he saw it as something that was wonderful
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because he was going to distribute money.
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And for him,
it was the politics of football
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that he had dreamed about.
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As for everything
that happened behind the scenes,
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things that were less glorious
and even a bit shady,
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Platini didn't want to hear about that.
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There's a lot of stories
that money went to associations
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and then what was supposed
to be built wasn't built
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and that money maybe went missing.
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[reporter] This building was meant to be
the hub for football activities in Kenya.
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[chickens clucking]
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These chicken are entering what was meant
to be the main conference hall,
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complete with a kitchen,
but they are now calling it home.
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It is one of the projects
which were funded
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by the world governing body, FIFA,
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to the tune of 35 million shillings.
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Currently, the silence is loud.
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[man in French] Corruption is rampant
when you're dealing with poor countries
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and when people can't make ends meet.
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And the unfortunate thing was they,
FIFA, didn't ask for reports or evidence,
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which meant that no one knew
what happened to the money.
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[Valcke, in English] When FIFA started
to describe itself as a bank…
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And it was a bank. FIFA was the bank
for the member associations, in a way.
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Yeah, for sure, you create…
you create some issues.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Conn] This is meant to be
the core of what FIFA's about,
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and we have to recognize
that the game does hugely expand
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and also become much, much more lucrative.
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There is a legacy of development
from Sepp Blatter's presidency.
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And those were the promises that he'd made
that had got him the vote
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in the election of the FIFA president.
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[in French] How many players
come from the African continent?
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How many players from the Caribbean?
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How many players from Asia?
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This is how you have to see
the future of football.
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The future of football must remain
this great expression of hope
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for youngsters around the world.
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[applause]
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[Valcke, in English] That's where he got
this strong base of countries saying,
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"We know that we can trust him."
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But then there's the cynical view
that it's a political organization
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and you know that if you make sure
the money keeps flowing,
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that's what's gonna win you the votes.
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[Blatter] Not only the participants
in the World Cup
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shall benefit of the income
of this competition,
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but the whole FIFA family
will be directly affected
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to the development programs,
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going back to you,
national associations,
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and going also back to you,
the confederations.
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[Conn] It was in Sepp Blatter's first term
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that one of the monumental issues happens,
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which is the collapse
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of International Sport and Leisure,
ISL, in 2001.
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The company that had originally been
set up by Adidas owner Horst Dassler
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to buy up marketing rights,
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television rights,
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and the sponsorship rights
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and sell them around the world
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had this almighty financial collapse.
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[Valcke] FIFA lost everything.
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I mean, they lost their bank.
ISL were the bank.
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[Ken Bensinger] When that money
stopped coming through,
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there was no quick remedy to it.
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There's a huge mess left behind,
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and it's a mess that has both economic,
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um, and political consequences for FIFA.
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FIFA were dependent on ISL
for all this money that they needed
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to make sure
that all the different mouths were fed.
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And they suddenly have,
like, an urgent financial crisis.
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And it has to fix this very quickly.
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The most powerful man in world football
is facing a battle to keep his job.
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Sepp Blatter…
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[reporter] Sepp Blatter is facing
a series of questions
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which read more like allegations
concerning his judgment,
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even his integrity,
in dealing with the firm ISL.
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[Guido Tognoni]
Blatter had wanted to hide,
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and they could hide it
for a certain while.
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And then a certain avalanche started to…
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to roll against FIFA.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[inaudible conversation]
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[Conn] Michel Zen-Ruffinen
was a Swiss lawyer.
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[applause]
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[Conn] And when Blatter won
the '98 election,
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he promoted Zen-Ruffinen
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to be the secretary general of FIFA.
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But in 2002,
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he started to ask some questions.
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He had compiled a document
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which he said showed
mismanagement on a huge scale
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under the Blatter presidency.
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[Tognoni] I still remember
how we opposed Sepp Blatter.
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It was unique. It was like
a Fellini movie. It was unbelievable.
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[camera shutters clicking]
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[mischievous music playing]
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[Michel Zen-Ruffinen]
We have identified a lot of problems.
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Misleading accounting practices,
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some conflicts of interest.
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They also show that there could be
corruption within the organization.
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[Bensinger] Zen-Ruffinen puts together
a coalition of ExCo members
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who are gonna demand
better financial accountability
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and also demand that Blatter
either deal with it or step down.
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We believe FIFA President Blatter
has overstepped his authority.
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I want people to know
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that the FIFA finances are
in a serious situation.
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Nobody seems…
Nobody seems to take this seriously.
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[Conn] They did have
a criminal complaint made,
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but he denied all the allegations.
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I have not committed any things
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which a court should consider
as an offense.
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I have done nothing
against the statutes of FIFA.
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I have done nothing…
nothing against my conscience.
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It becomes very political,
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and friendship is more important.
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I would like to give the floor
to Mr. Chuck Blazer.
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[applause]
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Quite frankly, I'm somewhat surprised
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that the chairman
of the Internal Audit Committee
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has walked into a crowded theater
and yelled, "Fire."
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[clicks tongue] There is no fire.
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I guess, Mr. President,
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that all of this noise
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really should be a credit to you,
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to the work that you have done,
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which has now been relegated
to this divisive political campaign
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that has occurred
over these last few months.
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[Olsson] When you see this happening,
you understand
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that those who are representing
the national associations
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in a FIFA congress,
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they don't know anything about finances.
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Blatter could go to the stage
and present to the members of FIFA
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that there was absolutely
no problem with the money,
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because he had cash in the pocket.
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But he was actually selling
future competitions
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to be able to show that.
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He is very convincing, charming.
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If it would have been a private company,
it would have gone bankrupt.
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Nothing happened.
It was like a smooth, uh, summer wind.
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[Conn] Blatter was
seriously challenged again in 2002.
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This time,
the Europeans back Issa Hayatou.
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-[man] Bonjour, Mr. Hayatou.
-Bonjour, bonjour.
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[Conn] He is from Cameroon.
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They think he's gonna be
more of a vote winner
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to the African countries
and countries outside Europe.
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[Bensinger] They lost in '98.
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Now they see another opportunity
to get anyone other than Blatter.
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It is like a football match.
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You have to learn to win,
and you have to learn to lose,
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but I do hope that I'm going to win.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[camera shutters clicking]
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[Bensinger] The strategy
of putting Hayatou in is interesting
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because they think perhaps putting
an African will get out the Swiss guy.
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They can put in someone they can control.
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[tense music playing]
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[Tognoni] It's always difficult
to beat an incumbent president.
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It's nearly impossible.
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A FIFA president is too strong,
and his backyard is too big.
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The candidate elected as FIFA president
for the next term of office
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is Mr. Joseph S. Blatter.
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[applause]
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[inaudible]
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[Conn] He won
a resounding election victory,
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and then he took his revenge
on Zen-Ruffinen.
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[Blatter] And concerning
the general secretary,
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he will be out of any responsibility
which could happen to FIFA.
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So, let him there where he is.
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Now, I… I am now…
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[applause]
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Michel Zen-Ruffinen,
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a countryman
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who I had brought in,
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really, with pleasure.
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And then I had to get rid of him.
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[applause]
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[in French] Yesterday,
I was hoping for democracy.
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Unfortunately, today,
you members of the congress
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and those of us on this podium
didn't get it.
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[Mel Brennan, in English] A lot of people
say, "Zen-Ruffinen's a FIFA elite."
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"He was about power, influence,
authority, just like everybody else."
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Well, it wasn't just like everybody else.
That's simply incorrect.
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[inaudible]
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[Mel] I'm looking at the communications
where the accountability effort
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is being undertaken,
and I wasn't seeing that anywhere else.
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So there was something different
about what he was trying to do.
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Let's hope, sincerely, let's hope for FIFA
because this, uh, this congress has shown
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that the organization is
really in a very bad shape.
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-[man] Thank you very much.
-Thank you.
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[inaudible]
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[Blatter] My dear friends…
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it is… really…
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[Conn] Sepp Blatter's come through
incredible challenges.
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He's come through the collapse of ISL,
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and he's come through
this absolutely elemental battle
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that's been waged
by people on the Executive Committee
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and his own secretary general
against him.
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I register your deep trust,
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your deep trust in FIFA and in me!
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[applause]
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[Conn] Having won a battle like that,
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he's very, very well set
to be the president of FIFA,
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king of all he surveys, really.
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Let's work together, and let's forget
what has happened in the past months.
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-[applause]
-[Blatter] Thank you!
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[Conn] Every country's football has
a football association,
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and then they're all signed up
to the continental federation,
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which is called a confederation.
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Each of those confederations
then elects a number of members
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to sit round the table
in the governing body of FIFA.
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It was called the Executive Committee,
and it had 24 members altogether.
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[man] Just stand on this side.
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[Bensinger] They would meet
periodically a few times a year
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to make high-level decisions for FIFA.
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[Conn] And this one key political event,
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a vote for which country
hosts the World Cup,
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that decision was taken
by the Executive Committee.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Michel D'Hooge] It was indeed
the most powerful institution of football,
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as it was, in fact,
the top of the pyramid.
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I had that feeling at certain moments
that the executive of FIFA,
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of a president who brought
everybody good together,
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was, in fact, a world power, yes.
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[music fades]
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[Bensinger] The ExCo is not the most
buddy-buddy place in the whole world.
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It's a bunch of very power-hungry people,
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all of whom are ready and willing
to put a knife in each other's back
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whenever they can.
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[background conversation]
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[Mohamed Bin Hammam]
There was no talk about football.
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Only talks about, uh…
fight, you know. Fight for fight.
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These people turn out to be like children.
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No limit for their,
uh, nonsense, you know.
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[Blatter speaking French]
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[greeting each other in French]
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[Bensinger] I think most people were there
for not particularly savory reasons.
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Most of these people
were running the sport
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because they saw it as a business,
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a family business
they can make money out of.
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Jack Warner was ideal for that
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because Jack Warner was
a consummate politician
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who understood exactly
how to make people happy
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and to get what he wanted, which was
higher and higher positions of power.
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By that time, Jack Warner had moved up
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to a very senior position
in international football.
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There was nobody else with the power
and authority that he had.
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He said to me,
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"If you look at the composition
of the FIFA executive now,
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you would see that I am
the most experienced person
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on the FIFA executive."
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"But there are some problems."
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"My country, Trinidad,
is one of the only countries,
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from people on that executive,
which has never been to the World Cup."
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[Jack Warner] All my life,
that's my dream.
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Everything has been geared towards
qualifying for a World Cup.
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And no country has the kind of grit,
guts, determination to succeed
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and to qualify
for a World Cup final as we have.
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And we shall reach there very soon.
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[whistle blows]
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[crowd cheering]
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[commentator] The final whistle has blown.
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Trinidad and Tobago
have made it to the promised land.
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They will be in Germany 2006.
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Dennis Lawrence, magnificent header.
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[players shouting]
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[Brent Sancho]
Looking back at the World Cup,
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and even talking about it now,
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we never spoke about playing
for Liverpool and Manchester United.
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We spoke about playing
for Trinidad in a World Cup.
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That was the discussion.
That is the pinnacle for every player.
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[players laughing and shouting]
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[Shaka Hislop] When the final whistle
went in Bahrain, I totally broke down.
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I just couldn't contain myself.
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But I tell you, we shall… we shall,
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in a sense, light up Germany
in a way that no country has ever done.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Sancho] We gave everything
for our country.
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Qualifying for a World Cup was our life.
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[chanting and cheering]
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[Sancho] We were given that opportunity
because of the sacrifices we made.
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I played at a very, very fortunate time
for Trinidad and Tobago
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because of Jack Warner.
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-[camera shutters clicking]
-[inaudible]
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[Sancho] He was everything
that was Trinidad and Tobago football.
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He was everything
that was Caribbean football.
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Every decision for the Caribbean
was made right here in Trinidad,
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in Jack's office,
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and he was the power base
for football on this side of the world.
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That aura, that presence
that surrounds him
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was just… for me as a young footballer,
was just surreal.
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[inaudible conversation]
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[Hislop] Jack made all the decisions
around our football for quite some time.
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He wanted to have
an influence on people's careers.
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We saw him solely
as this man that was trying to help us.
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Once we had qualified for the World Cup,
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we started to talk
about what happens next.
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What do players get paid
per World Cup game?
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What… what happens?
You know, what… what do they do?
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Do you get a qualification bonus?
What is that?
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We decided to call a meeting
with Mr. Warner.
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And we have a list of demands as well.
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So, the first thing we decided on
was a split of 70/30
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for the commercial, uh, revenues
that were derived from the World Cup.
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We were like, "No, we can't ask…"
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"Nobody's gonna give us 30%.
That's just ridiculous."
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[Sancho] Jack said, "Done. No problem."
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So, we all looked at each other,
like, "Okay."
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We expected some sort of pushback.
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We moved on to the next point,
which was the qualification bonus
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that FIFA gave to each nation
for qualifying for the World Cup.
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That was where things started
to get a little bit sticky.
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He started to get a bit agitated
in the discussions,
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but we wanted it to be 50/50,
and he agreed on 50/50.
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We just went into a meeting
with the most powerful man in football
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and got him to agree with us.
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We won.
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That probably was
the most joyous conversation we had
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when it comes to finances.
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After that, things started
to go very, very downhill.
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[cheering]
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[triumphant music playing]
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[commentator] Trinidad and Tobago,
how high can they lift themselves
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for the biggest match of their lives?
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Who knows?
It could be a romp. It could be a rout.
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It could be the greatest day
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in the short history
of Caribbean football.
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[Trinidad and Tobago
national anthem playing]
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[Sancho] Walking out the tunnel,
lining up,
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and hearing your national anthem play,
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that was easily
my proudest moment in sport,
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being able to sing
my country's national anthem
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at the world's biggest stage.
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[cheering]
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[Sancho] And somehow I was able
to see my parents in the stands,
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and my dad,
and the emotion that they carried.
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It didn't matter what happened afterwards.
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That's how it felt standing on the pitch
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and being part of the World Cup.
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[supporters singing and cheering]
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[Sancho] Many of us dealt
with Mr. Warner for quite a long time.
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If we saw him, he would say,
"Yes, excellent game. You did well."
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But at some point, someone would say,
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"Remember that spreadsheet
you… you told us about?"
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"What's happening with that?"
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A spreadsheet that shows us
the commercial gains,
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the commercial revenues
that were coming in.
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I started seeing deductions
for accommodations in Austria
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and accommodations in Germany
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and airfare being deducted
from the commercial revenues.
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[Hislop] "This is what your cut
amounts to, roughly 800 US."
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I wasn't buying it.
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[supporters chanting]
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[Sancho] All the trust and all the faith
that we had in Mr. Warner
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went immediately out the door,
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because how dare you take away
our only moment we had of… of joy,
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playing in the biggest sporting occasion?
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It felt like that
ripped that away from us.
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[cheering and applause]
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[Sancho] After the World Cup,
I remember the coach,
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he called me and he said, um,
"I see you're doing well with your club."
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"I just wish
I could have you with my team."
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[cheering and applause]
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[Sancho] And he said,
"But I can't select you."
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"You are blacklisted."
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"We're not allowed to pick any of the guys
that's involved in the bonus dispute."
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[supporters singing]
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[Sancho] That's when I realized
that we were being punished
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for asking for the truth.
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[distant horns blaring]
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[Hislop] Eventually, the government
settled, some eight years later.
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It just became
too much of an embarrassment.
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They offered to settle, um, so we settled.
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There is still 100 million TT dollars,
so, roughly 15 million US,
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that is totally
and completely unaccounted for.
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Jack never really had to account for
where that money went.
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[Sancho] And because we're not able
to give a proper account
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of what he did and did not do,
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you now find yourself in a situation
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that the murky waters of yesteryear
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is now flowing down the drains
into the present situation.
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[helicopter whirring]
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[reporter] International media
and the crowd getting excited.
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There's Mr. Mandela,
Mr. Nelson Mandela, a free man,
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taking his first steps
into a new South Africa.
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[sirens wailing]
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Democracy and freedom for all
is the only way to peace.
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[Bensinger] Blatter made
a lot of promises to a lot of people.
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One of the things he talked about a lot
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was that if he were elected
FIFA president,
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he would do everything he could
to get a World Cup to Africa.
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He would support that in some way.
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If we go back to the history
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of Havelange running for FIFA president
and making a big issue out of apartheid…
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[cheering]
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…and then we see the end of apartheid,
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and we see Nelson Mandela come up
to become this important world figure
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and a symbol of getting past oppression
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and getting to a more equal world,
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FIFA's very eager to latch onto that.
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[in Portuguese] I can state that, at FIFA,
what I did do was stand forcefully
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against apartheid in South Africa.
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[chanting and singing]
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[Havelange] So much so that,
when Mandela was elected president,
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I went to Johannesburg,
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and I went to offer him congratulations
in the name of world football.
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[in English] Mr. Mandela.
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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[Blatter] The one person
I will never forget
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is Nelson Mandela.
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Nelson Mandela, when I speak about him,
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I am always full of emotion.
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Because the first time I met him,
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I was secretary general at the time,
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00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:14,480
he looked at me,
492
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,520
and he gave me a hug.
493
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:19,880
I'm…
494
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,760
And he said, uh,
495
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,480
"Call me Madiba."
496
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:26,800
"Call me Madiba."
497
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:30,240
[inaudible]
498
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,400
[Bensinger] I think Blatter
envisions himself as a peacemaker.
499
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,240
And so he thinks he's gonna become
an important world figure
500
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:38,440
beyond just football,
501
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:43,760
as some sort of international diplomat,
by getting the World Cup to Africa.
502
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,640
[dramatic music playing]
503
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,560
[distant cheering and applause]
504
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,960
From day one, Blatter wants
the World Cup to happen in South Africa.
505
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,360
From day one,
he has been a friend of Africa.
506
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,840
From day one, he has been supporting
all the small countries.
507
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,440
And in 2002, I was asked to join FIFA.
508
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,560
They ask me, "We need more money,
509
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,320
so you need to build
a new commercial program,
510
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,480
and we give you three years
511
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,440
to rebuild
the commercial structure of FIFA
512
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,760
for the… the next World Cup.
513
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,880
[Bensinger] When the next World Cup
round of bidding comes up,
514
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,760
South Africa is trying to get it again,
as is Morocco.
515
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,400
And these two countries,
516
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,240
they're sort of vying
with each other to get it.
517
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,480
Morocco was making their best effort.
518
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,760
They fly Blazer and Warner,
among others, to Morocco,
519
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,560
give them the royal treatment,
they treat them incredibly well.
520
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,560
But South Africa was
really determined to win it,
521
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,720
and they're willing to, uh, often pay,
it turns out, a great price to have it.
522
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:03,360
An international game
played in any country
523
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,920
has immense benefits.
524
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:13,520
Uh, South Africa is now
part of the global world.
525
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,320
We first met Nelson Mandela
when we went to South Africa
526
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,800
as part of our tour
for who was gonna get the World Cup.
527
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,240
The first visit was to Morocco,
528
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,720
the second was to Egypt,
where they both laid out the red carpet.
529
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,560
Then we get down to South Africa,
and Mandela is there.
530
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,360
Incredibly kind and gracious
531
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,840
and with an aura about him
almost like a force field.
532
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,200
You could feel this presence around him.
533
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,960
We would have breakfast
and dinner with him,
534
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:53,560
and he would be chatting.
535
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,680
And then there was
the, um, infamous trip to Trinidad
536
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,120
on the 22-hour plane trip with him.
537
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,600
[Conn] On the front page
of Chuck Blazer's blog
538
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:10,880
was Chuck with his friend Nelson Mandela
in the plane going over to Trinidad.
539
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:16,480
Essentially, what we've got there is
one of the greatest men ever in history,
540
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,160
Nelson Mandela,
541
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,280
with the dishonorable Chuck.
542
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,480
[reporter] Nelson Mandela arrives
in Trinidad and Tobago tonight,
543
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,360
now here on an historic visit
for two days.
544
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,280
FIFA President Sepp Blatter
also came outside
545
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:36,080
as he and CONCACAF President Jack Warner
waited to escort Mandela to the Oval.
546
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,720
Then we got to Trinidad and were
immediately brought out onto the stage,
547
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,400
and Mandela was so sick, he was so tired.
548
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,680
They brought him out, put him in a chair,
and paraded all around him
549
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,840
and did dances and singing.
550
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,320
[Conn] Jack Warner had
his three votes to wield
551
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,160
in that voting round at FIFA
for who was gonna host the World Cup.
552
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,480
And so it was all to do some PR,
553
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,720
which would obviously be
reflected kudos for Jack Warner.
554
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,120
For me, I have no… I've no ego.
555
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,360
My whole purpose in bringing them here
556
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,800
is for people here to get a chance
to see these great world leaders,
557
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,560
uh, which… which, for me,
is once in a lifetime.
558
00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:21,840
He wanted to show how powerful he was,
559
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,840
and this was one way of…
of proving that he was… the chief.
560
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:31,920
It wasn't until I got there
and I went, "Why is he doing this?"
561
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:33,960
"He's a very sick man."
562
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,080
"You can't do that
to somebody old and sick."
563
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,160
[Tognoni] Everybody who wants
the World Cup has to play with the rules
564
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,320
of the member of the Executive Committee.
565
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,080
It's not the problem of the country
because they cannot do different.
566
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:55,480
They must deliver.
567
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:56,400
[applause]
568
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,760
[Tognoni] Jack Warner
could do what he wanted.
569
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:06,720
It was, for the Executive Committee
meeting this morning,
570
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,480
a very good achievement to say,
571
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,920
"Yes, we are proud."
572
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,120
-[applause]
-"We are proud of Africa."
573
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,920
I discover it with you.
574
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:20,720
Connu?
575
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,240
The 2010 FIFA World Cup…
576
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,240
will be organized…
577
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,960
[crowd cheers loudly]
578
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:34,840
[horn blows]
579
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:45,120
[Conn] When you're gonna have a World Cup
in South Africa, the symbolism was huge.
580
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,120
[crowd singing]
581
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,360
[Conn] And it was very, very apparent
when the tournament was on
582
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,200
about apartheid having ended
583
00:36:54,600 --> 00:37:00,880
and the new post-apartheid South Africa
showing its best face to the world.
584
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,960
That was the pitch for it.
585
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,480
[distant shouting]
586
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,400
[Thabo Mbeki] This has been
a struggle that's taken seven years.
587
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:15,160
And what we will do, what we must do,
588
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,360
is to make sure that what FIFA said,
589
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,120
that this will be an excellent World Cup,
590
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,280
we must make sure that indeed it becomes
an excellent World Cup.
591
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,520
[crowd cheering]
592
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,440
[horns blowing]
593
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,000
[Emmanuel Maradas] That region of football
becomes a sort of passion.
594
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,760
It's like you give opium to people,
595
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:43,440
they smoke,
and they are happy for a few moments.
596
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,400
[cheering and chanting]
597
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,160
[Maradas] When they wake up
and then, "Oh…"
598
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,680
They're learning to their own problem.
599
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:55,880
It is a sort of healer for…
for deep down issues.
600
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:57,080
[whistle blows]
601
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,680
[commentator] It's a really good ball.
It's Tshabalala!
602
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,920
Goal, Bafana Bafana!
603
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,880
Goal for South Africa!
604
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,440
[cheering]
605
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:15,120
[Valcke] The World Cup was given
in 2004 to South Africa.
606
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,080
And when I first heard about this payment
607
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,400
which was due to, uh, CFU
608
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,000
and Jack Warner by South Africa,
609
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,440
three years later, in 2007 or 2008.
610
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,280
[Bensinger] South Africa negotiated
just for the three votes
611
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,400
that Warner could control,
which would be his own, Blazer,
612
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,200
and a third CONCACAF representative
on the ExCo.
613
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,680
They said it would be money awarded
614
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,840
to fund the African diaspora
in the Caribbean.
615
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:46,960
[children singing]
616
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,200
[Valcke] There was a lot of pressure
from Jack Warner
617
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,520
to proceed with the payments.
618
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,160
He came to Blatter, Blatter to me.
619
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:57,080
[Bensinger] Documents went through FIFA,
620
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:02,200
approving money to bank accounts
controlled by Jack Warner
621
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,200
in the amount of $10 million.
622
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,160
He took in the money.
623
00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:09,480
He was supposed to give
10% of this to Chuck Blazer.
624
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,000
[Mary Lynn Blanks]
South Africa offered ten million,
625
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,440
of which one million
was supposed to go to Chuck.
626
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,800
That's when I knew,
and I said, "You're kidding me."
627
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,320
"Jack Warner gets $9 million.
You get a million."
628
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,560
"What are the other guys getting?
How much money does South Africa have?"
629
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,400
"And is this really how it's done?"
630
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:36,920
[Fekrou Kidane] When you know the person
who has a habit of taking bribes, uh…
631
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,520
Now we know
those ten million dollars also vanished.
632
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:41,840
That's just a fact.
633
00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:51,360
Other members of the Executive Committee
knew exactly what Jack Warner was doing.
634
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,240
Nobody stopped him.
This was the perception of these guys.
635
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,120
They believe they can do everything
and we have no limits.
636
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,760
These people believe they have the right
to make money out of a World Cup.
637
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,240
[Conn] There doesn't seem to be
any question about the fact
638
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,600
that it was paid to Jack Warner
for the African diaspora,
639
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,440
for Africans who'd been taken…
640
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:15,720
[horns blaring]
641
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:20,280
…away from Africa originally
through slavery,
642
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:24,480
and a lot of people still living
in quite impoverished circumstances.
643
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:29,040
There could hardly be
a more valid cause on earth.
644
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:35,160
And the fact is, there was no legacy
built with that $10 million.
645
00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:36,920
[indistinct conversation]
646
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,360
South Africa,
they've tried to absolve themselves.
647
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,120
We therefore wish to categorically deny
648
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:50,320
that our country and government
have bribed anyone to secure the rights
649
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,200
for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
650
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,160
At the onset,
we dismissed the allegations…
651
00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:00,600
That was a dark spot for them,
considering the merit of their bid.
652
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,840
Uh, it deserved…
They deserved to host the World Cup.
653
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,440
They didn't deserve
to do all these other things.
654
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,920
[Tognoni] It is the problem of FIFA.
655
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,880
If the highest body is corrupted,
656
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,720
it's not the problem of the people
who apply for the World Cup.
657
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,160
It's a problem for the people
who decide about it.
658
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:33,320
I remember that, uh, in the best times
after the World Cup in South Africa,
659
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,360
it was a real big start.
660
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,160
My predecessor told me one day,
661
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:44,560
"Sepp, now you have created a monster."
662
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:48,120
And at that time, I wouldn't believe him,
663
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,960
but looking back,
I would say he was… he was right.
664
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:53,200
[birds crying]
665
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,520
[distant conversation]
666
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,640
[Valentino Singh] You have to understand,
when you're part of a culture,
667
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:14,360
that's a way of life.
668
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:19,320
The FIFA's culture was a way of life.
669
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,120
This was a group of people who felt
670
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,800
that they were accountable to no one.
671
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,440
Mr. President, the floor is yours.
672
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,720
[Blatter] This event, FIFA's World Cup,
673
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:44,160
is the number one sporting event
in the world.
674
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:48,440
[Singh] If you exist
with all of that money, power,
675
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:50,160
in your mind,
676
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:56,040
nobody is coming
to interfere with what you are doing.
677
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:02,120
And so many contenders
want to have the World Cup 2018.
678
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,800
The United States of America,
679
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:05,880
England,
680
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:07,240
Russia,
681
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:08,880
Qatar…
682
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,800
[Singh] All your systems are in place
683
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,960
so that you become untouchable.
684
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:18,360
[Blatter] So, what I will propose,
685
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,920
that we will open the bid
686
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:25,960
for the World Cup 2018 and 2022.
687
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,120
But to make it together,
688
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,480
and then to give the FIFA Executive
the possibility to make the best choice.
689
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,000
[applause]
690
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,120
[Harold Mayne-Nicholls, in Spanish]
It was a decision based
691
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,880
upon the TV rights market.
692
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:45,840
When you arrange to decide
both World Cup A and World Cup B,
693
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:50,800
which would be held four years later,
you can sell both tournaments in one go.
694
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:54,000
And that generates more income.
695
00:43:57,240 --> 00:44:00,680
[Valcke, in English] Was it a wrong
decision to give two World Cups together?
696
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:05,760
Commercially speaking, I don't think,
but in terms of "corruption",
697
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,800
because that was a big question,
uh, maybe.
698
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:11,760
[tense music playing]
699
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,640
[Amanda Davies]
Ahead of the awarding of 2010,
700
00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:21,360
there were meant to be 24 ExCo members,
but there were only 22 voting.
701
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,440
[newscaster]
Soccer's governing body, FIFA,
702
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,320
has suspended
two of its Executive Committee members.
703
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:27,800
The bans follow allegations
704
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,440
the Nigerian and Tahitian delegates
tried to sell their votes
705
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:32,880
during the bidding process.
706
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:39,200
They'll take no further part in the 2018
and 2022 World Cup host country decisions.
707
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,600
[Davies] Those stories
just kept on coming.
708
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,400
I don't think FIFA were expecting them,
709
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,360
and I don't think
they knew how to handle them.
710
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,600
We have a structure, the Ethics Committee,
711
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:57,000
which was appointed since day one
to monitor all the bid process.
712
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,280
This Ethics Committee
has not only monitored,
713
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,120
but they have made decisions.
714
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:05,240
There were some members who were
suspended, but people are so stupid.
715
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,680
It's… it's insane how people are stupid.
716
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,720
People who were
in such a powerful position at FIFA
717
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,880
give something for nothing.
718
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:18,440
But it's so human.
It's so… so cheap and so human.
719
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:24,200
[Blatter] The decision we have taken
to put two World Cups together,
720
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,480
and I think
it was not the right thing to do,
721
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,480
but now we are in the situation
where we have to go on.
722
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,560
[suspenseful music playing]
723
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,480
[reporter] Politicians, royalty,
and football royalty,
724
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:49,000
the face of the England bid
hoping to work their magic in Zurich.
725
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,640
[Bensinger] 2018,
it was ultimately decided,
726
00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:53,520
would go to a European nation,
727
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,200
and 2022 was gonna go to some nation
from some other part of the world.
728
00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:01,000
Huge credit to Prince William,
who's really put so much effort in,
729
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:02,840
and to David Beckham and the whole team.
730
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:06,360
We've just got to convince the people
in there that we could do a great job.
731
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:07,280
Thanks.
732
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:12,480
[in Spanish] In England, there was amazing
support from the community in general,
733
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:16,280
stadiums and football
of the highest standard…
734
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,640
[in English] I think we can trust
every one of the members.
735
00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:21,160
At the end of the day,
they're football people.
736
00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:24,480
And they're gonna want
a World Cup in the best country
737
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:27,880
that they think could host
the biggest sporting event in the world.
738
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,960
[Harold Mayne-Nicholls, in Spanish]
And then there was Russia.
739
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:35,240
But the roads
and the internal transportation system
740
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,480
weren't right for a World Cup.
741
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:43,120
And I remember President Putin
promised to improve that.
742
00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:46,280
[reporter, in English] Mr. President,
how confident are you feeling
743
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,400
of bringing the World Cup to the USA?
744
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:53,320
[in Spanish] And for 2022, the US
presented us with the best stadiums,
745
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:55,560
the best infrastructure and hotels…
746
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:56,640
It was all the best.
747
00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:59,440
We're just gonna make
the best presentation we can.
748
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:03,200
I think it'd be good for FIFA
and good for the sport worldwide.
749
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,720
We certainly thought,
if you looked at 2018,
750
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:11,600
that the country whose bid was
the strongest was clearly England.
751
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,760
And if you looked at 2022,
752
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:17,640
the bid that was clearly
the strongest, was the US.
753
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:22,480
I hope to have the chance
to welcome all of you in 2022.
754
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,240
And there was no way
755
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:29,680
that any of the other bidders
were gonna fulfill all those expectations.
756
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:34,080
A FIFA World Cup in Qatar would provide
unrivaled commercial opportunities.
757
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:36,560
[Hassan Al Thawadi]
We knew it was an uphill battle.
758
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,480
We knew that the United States was,
759
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,880
you know, the… the… the front-runner.
760
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:41,960
We recognized that.
761
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,480
[applause]
762
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:55,560
The FIFA Executive Committee has
undertaken the voting a few minutes ago.
763
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:58,760
The president will announce
the results of the voting.
764
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:04,080
[Dominik Schmid] Awarding a World Cup
should definitely not have been
765
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,640
an exclusive decision of the ExCo
766
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,680
because they abuse their power
to the nth degree.
767
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:17,000
Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,
fans of football around the world…
768
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,360
[Schmid] If you don't have
any governance in play,
769
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,440
if you don't have checks and balances,
770
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,920
if nobody controls what you're doing,
771
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,720
and you're not responsible
to justify it to somebody else,
772
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:30,160
it's a free lunch.
773
00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:33,120
[dramatic music playing]
774
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:37,800
[Blatter] The 2018 FIFA World Cup,
775
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:41,160
ladies and gentlemen,
will be organized in Russia.
776
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:42,440
[cheering]
777
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:49,040
We all were kind of cynical
about motivations.
778
00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:51,440
Do these people really care
about the game?
779
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,160
Or do they care about the game
only in the context
780
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:57,520
of what it means to them?
781
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,360
[Blatter] And now, ladies and gentlemen,
782
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:06,080
the winner to organize
the '22 FIFA World Cup
783
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:07,720
is Qatar!
784
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:09,240
[cheering]
785
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,760
When Sepp pulled out the envelope,
a gasp went up.
786
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:20,000
I remember Chuck looked at me.
He was devastated.
787
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,520
[Mayne-Nicholls, in Spanish]
The first thing I did was look to my left.
788
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:28,160
The look of disappointment
on their faces was immense.
789
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:34,360
[in English] I wasn't shocked, but I was
bitterly disappointed and… angry.
790
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,520
[applause]
791
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,720
[Valcke] Blatter was not
in favor of Qatar.
792
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:40,840
I remember. I was on stage with him.
793
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:44,240
He hit my… my side
and say, "Smile, smile."
794
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,800
[Tognoni] It was for him a defeat,
and he knew
795
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:50,760
that there will be
a lot of criticism pouring into FIFA.
796
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,560
[Maradas] I told Sepp,
I said, "Listen, we're in trouble here."
797
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,080
And obviously, boom!
798
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:04,000
[closing theme music playing]