Global Soccer’s Backslapping, Backstabbing Backroom Deal-making Politics

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah

By James M. Dorsey

Presidential elections and tournament hosting in the world of soccer appear to be seldom won on the merits of a candidate or bidder’s proposition. Instead, the outcome of polls and bids are frequently the result of backslapping, backstabbing backroom politicking between global soccer managers and political…