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June 30, 2019 Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, _University of Texas at Tyler_ Leadership is a major constraint to the development of Africa’s most popular sport. January 11, 2016 Bryan C. Clift,
_University of Bath_ and Andrew Manley, _University of Bath_ Hosting a mega-event isn’t all it’s cracked up to be - and now some cities are starting to say ‘no’. September 28, 2015 Paul
Salmon, _University of the Sunshine Coast_ The recent untoward behaviours in sport are not limited to athletes alone. Rather, there are allegations of corruption throughout sports systems.
June 5, 2015 John Nauright, _University of Brighton_ Reform of FIFA is clearly needed, but it must accommodate dissent of the anglo-centric world view. June 3, 2015 Peter Alegi, _Michigan
State University_ Answers to the challenging question of why Africans unanimously supported Sepp Blatter for a 5th term – and what they portend for the future. June 3, 2015 Andre Spicer,
_City St George's, University of London_ Getting rid of a morally tarnished leader is often the easiest part of cleaning up an organisation. The hard work begins now within FIFA. June
3, 2015 Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, _Rice University_; Thomas More Smith, _Emory University_, and Victor Matheson, _College of the Holy Cross_ Blatter’s decision to step down shocked the
world. We asked a few academics to weigh in on what it means. June 2, 2015 Mark Doidge, _University of Brighton_ Blatter has stepped down, but this may not be the last we see of him. June 2,
2015 Simon Chadwick, _Coventry University_ Blatter has resigned on his own terms, at his own pace. FIFA is not saved. June 2, 2015 John Affleck, _Penn State_ The FIFA chief’s surprise
resignation was the only halfway decent choice he had left. Now it’s up to the reformers to clean house. June 2, 2015 David Lewis, _University of Exeter_ Russia sees last week’s FIFA arrests
as politically motivated mischief-making by the US. A UEFA boycott would add to this paranoia. June 1, 2015 Simon Reich, _Rutgers University - Newark_ I have lived in the US for over three
decades. And I have never seen soccer – that is, real “football” – dominate the front pages of US newspapers for so many days and with so many stories. In that sense… June 1, 2015 Mark
Doidge, _University of Brighton_ and Thomas F Carter, _University of Brighton_ UEFA might lack the members to out-vote FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, but it’s got a lot of power in other
forms. May 30, 2015 Derek Shearer, _Occidental College_ The US move against corruption in FIFA, which has been both praised and condemned, strengthens America’s soft power around the world.
May 29, 2015 John Williams, _University of Leicester_ Blatter’s re-election reflects the powerful rejoinder he’s made to the Eurocentric view of football. But he’ll be hard pressed to
outlive the latest crisis. May 29, 2015 Stephen Morrow, _University of Stirling_ There is a growing business risk for sponsors from being associated with FIFA and they are better placed than
UEFA even to push for reform. May 28, 2015 John Affleck, _Penn State_ Corruption at the pinnacle of sports sets a tone for all the rest. Targeting its roots is the right thing to do no
matter what comes of the FBI’s investigation. May 28, 2015 John Nauright, _University of Brighton_ Football is a huge deal in Europe but less so in the states. So why did it take action from
Loretta Lynch to topple FIFA?