LFF 104: ESPN OMG

Let's Fix Football

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer run down the week in European football, talking about PSG's most recent scandal--Neymar and Cavani, oh no!--and talk la Liga and EPL. This week's reading series is an incredible piece of mid-aughts ESPN bullshit, wherein a bunch of dudes try to convince the lone female writer that Sepp Blatter's comments about how female soccer players should wear "tighter shorts" are right, actually. It's really awesome, check it out here: http://www.espn.com/page2/s/bloc/040120.html Then they interview their friend Ernesto Alvarado about the recent FIFA corruption scandal. Ernesto is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations practice group, Ernesto assists clients with matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, international anti-corruption law and compliance, third-party due diligence, and internal investigations. In the interview the guys focus on FIFA's organizational structure, discuss how FIFA's corruption scandal permeated many different levels of the organization, and delve into the FCPA and other theories of liability that allowed the United States Department of Justice to investigate and bring charges against the international organization. Then, they discuss the specifics of the investigation and the next steps for FIFA going forward.