iwasthere2012 wrote:Im_Spartacus wrote:Plain Speaking wrote:Strong suggestions Nike are implicated in the corruption/bribes?
All the corruption started with Nike and Adidas in the 70s.
Seriously guys, buy the original Andrew Jennings book, you will read the whole lot completely open mouthed in disbelief at the shit that has gone on since Adi Dassler took control of the IOC through bribery
Jennings and an Irish journalist, didn't catch his name, on the radio strongly intimating that Adidas are involved.
I read his latest effort a few months back and was a bit disappointed that it was largely a rehash of his old stuff and read like a bitter old man with a vendetta telling tales in school
The original book, "foul" though was a fucking masterpiece and for anyone who hasn't read it, its really worth bringing yourself upto date by doing so, as there's going to be a lot of spin and bollocks coming out through sensationalist and well intentioned media reports from now on, but this book simply lists all the indiscretions all the way from Horst and Adi Dassler (who put blatter in the job he's in now), and chronicles all the mental stuff that's gone on at FIFA over the years, leading upto this
Only after reading it, can you truly appreciate how bent the game really is
Jennings is gonna be the big winner out of all this