{"408331":{"#nid":"408331","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Who Are the Victims in FIFA Corruption Scandal?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/bowman\u0022\u003EKirk Bowman\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E, gave his opinion regarding the groups who fall victim to the illegal money laundering within the FIFA organization. This Wednesday, U.S. proesecutors released a forty-seven count indictment of the illegal and unethical embezzlement practices within FIFA.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBowman researches the intersection of soccer and global politics commented that this indictment exposes the way in which soccer\u0027s leaders cross ethical and legal boundaries for their share of the revenue in the FIFA World Cup cycle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The losers are the people at the bottom of the food chain,\u0022 Bowman said. \u0022There\u0027s a tradeoff: for every $100 million paid in kickbacks is $100 million that couldn\u0027t go to further support the development of youth soccer.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany developing countries depend on grants from FIFA to develop their soccer programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut it isn\u0027t just those underprivileged leagues that suffer, Bowman said. Graft may make it more expensive for people to watch games on television. An argument could even be made that the corruption damaged the United States\u0027 ability to transform its lackluster soccer system, he said\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnly time will tell how the future of soccer develops after this major scandal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/sports\/who-are-victims-fifa-corruption-scandal-n365426\u0022\u003EContinue to full article...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBowman is a specialist in Latin American politics and politcal development and directs study abroad programs in Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, and Uruguay. His research interests include comparative politics, economic development, inequality, international affairs, Latin American politics, political economy, and soccer and politics.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27498","created_gmt":"2015-05-29 13:26:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:31","author":"Rachel Miles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Lost In Your Vibe","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/sports\/who-are-victims-fifa-corruption-scandal-n365426","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405631":{"id":"405631","type":"image","title":"Kirk S. Bowman","body":null,"created":"1449254135","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:35","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"Kirk S. Bowman","file":{"fid":"76090","name":"kirkbowmanweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kirkbowmanweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kirkbowmanweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36256,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kirkbowmanweb.jpg?itok=zbbT5M6z"}}},"media_ids":["405631"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12489","name":"developing countries"},{"id":"96611","name":"FIFA"},{"id":"5489","name":"money laundering"},{"id":"167723","name":"soccer"},{"id":"169034","name":"soccer and politics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}