that's where blaser was incredibly important. they asked me about sponsorship and television bribery. most of the money is not the very highest level. all of the tournaments everywhere. it turns out a lot of them have some real questionable things. in 92 and 93 people went to meet with phil knight of nike and tried to get him to sponsor the u.s. national team. i think also the story of someone else. but than the world cup happened a huge success. in brazil wins the world cup in the rose bowl. and is 100 something thousand people there. i think he might have even invented that. they are not going to sponsor japan, they are going to sponsor the number one team in the world. they came out years later in the fee for case even though it's really markup located in that that the huge contract they signed with brazil included kickbacks. if you asked them we didn't know about it. and maybe that so. but the fact of the matter is that $2 million a year from that deal was being kicked back to that guy and put in his pocket. that's representa

. >> blaser mentioned the vote to give south africa the world cup was rigged.most contentious decisions of all. to 2010 vote that had a go russia and qatar, a tiny but rich gulf state with little soccer pedigree. swiss, u.s., and french prosecutors are still investigating allegations of bribery surrounding those votes. of the members from 2010, most are now either banned from soccer or facing investigation. in the u.s., some $300 million from dozens of guilty parties have been collected so far. blazer pleaded guilty to 10 corruption charges, but died in 2017 before sentencing. as part of a cleanup operation to restore credibility, they -- fifa removed the power to award world cups, and handed it to the 200 or so national members. >> the thing about 200 versus in 24, theory, you can still buy them, it is just more people to bribe. there are still questions about transparency that haven't been answered. my feeling is that until they develop transparency, it is going to be hard for them to be credible. >> in june, fifa's members chose the u.s., canada, and mexico