Thinking people instinctively knew about this long before the sheeple got their confirmation from print media.
One does not need the MSM to tell us what we can surmise on our own if we are watchful and have an ounce of intelligence.
The question now is this: Will all those who accepted the bribes be put behind bars?
We already know the answer to that. Right?
From TheGuardian:
.....Mohamed bin Hammam accused of payments to help Qatar World Cup bid
Former Fifa executive committee member allegedly paid millions into accounts of African football associations' presidents
A former top Qatari football official reportedly paid $5m to get support for the emirate's campaign to host the 2022 World Cup.
The Sunday Times said it had obtained millions of emails and other documents relating to alleged payments made by Mohamed bin Hammam, the then Fifa executive member for Qatar.
It alleged that Bin Hammam, also the former Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president, used slush funds to pay out the cash to top football officials to win a "groundswell" of support for Qatar's World Cup bid.
Bin Hammam, who launched an abortive challenge against incumbent Fifa president Sepp Blatter, resigned from his Fifa and AFC posts in 2012, shortly before he was banned for life from football administration by the global governing body's ethics committee.
The newspaper said Bin Hammam had made payments of up to $200,000 into accounts controlled by the presidents of 30 African football associations, and hosted hospitality events in Africa at which he handed out further funds, to get backing for Qatar's bid.
Bin Hammam also paid $1.6m into bank accounts controlled by the Trinidadian Jack Warner, also a former vice-president of Fifa, $450,000 of which was before the vote for the World Cup, the Sunday Times said.
Warner was one of the 22 people who in 2010 decided to award Russia the 2018 World Cup and Qatar the 2022 tournament. He stood down in 2011.
Two months ago the Daily Telegraph alleged that a company owned by Hammam had paid money to Warner........
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