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June 2, 2015: The Most Re-Elected President Nobody Could Defend
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Sometimes the most revealing moment isn't the scandal. It's the sentence that never gets said.
On June 2, 2015, FIFA president Sepp Blatter walked into a press conference in Zurich just four days after winning his fifth consecutive presidential election and announced he was stepping down, without ever using the word resign.
What followed exposed not just one man's grip on power, but the structural failure of an organization where the people responsible for oversight were the same people benefiting from the absence of it.
From bsnsHistory, the daily podcast about the moments when business quietly reshaped the world.
Written and hosted by Ron Trucks. Research and editing by Rodney Russ. Sound design by Angela Cahoy. Music by Cody Martin and Soundstripe.
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