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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Kind of ironic considering the US is one of the least passionate soccer nations in the world. But then again they're also the only ones who really seem to take sports corruption seriously
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Yep. America is characterized as a corrupt plutocracy, but these big international sports scandals always seem to involve oily European aristocrats. There seems to be an acceptance in Europe that the high reaches of international sports are run by bribes and vote-buying.