I am becoming more and more certain with each passing moment that there will not be a single world soccer governing body by the end of this year.
The corruption is just so deep in all of this that it is clear that what I call the "Chess Solution" -- a breakaway body leading to two sanctioning and governing bodies -- is probably going to be the result.
The latest two rounds of this came over the weekend and this morning about the 2010 South Africa World Cup.
First one comes from Deadspin, and basically finishes off any belief Sepp Blatter wasn't involved directly in it.
From the paywalled South Africa Sunday Times comes basically the "water is wet" moment that e-mails showed Sepp Blatter was one of the central figures in a $10,000,000 bribe payment to ensure that South Africa would win the vote to host the 2010 World Cup, the money going to three accounts tied to disgraced FIFA VP Jack Warner...
... except, now, this morning, we're getting word that at least one source is indicating South Africa didn't win the vote at all!!!
The Sunday Times of London reported to ESPN this morning that, according to people who talked with everybody involved in the vote for the 2010 site, Morocco actually won the vote by two votes over South Africa!!!
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