According the head of the Ireland Football Associating, FIFA gave them a payout after a contrevisal handball during the 2009 playoff loss to France, the game in which France qualified for the 2010 World Cup. The handball which occured during the dying moments of the game cost Ireland their chance for representing their country on the global stage. Irish chief executive John Delaney felt that their Association had a chance at legal case against FIFA and thought they had a very good chance to win it. FIFA ended up paying them out $5 million. FIFA stated that this was no payout whatsoever. It was meant to be a loan for the construction of a new stadium. With everything that has been going on with bribery and corruption in FIFA in recent weeks, officials have began to question whether or not Russia and Qatar should host the next two World Cups.
By: Giacomo Raimondi
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/05/football/fifa-corruption-scandal/index.html
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