Photo of Andrew giving a presentation in Copenhagen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The things they say...

‘Neither FIFA nor its President have anything to hide, nor do they wish to.’

Blatter press release, 28 January, 2003


BBC Panorama Reporter Andy Davies:

‘A one million franc bribe … is it not correct that Mr Blatter asked that it be moved to the FIFA official who was named on the payment slip?’

FIFA Director of Communications Markus Siegler:

‘If you do not stop now, then we call the security and we put you out.’

FIFA Press conference, Zurich, Tuesday, 11 April 2006


‘I am deputy chairman of the finance committee of FIFA. I oversee a budget of US$2 billion and I have never seen one iota of corruption.’

Jack Warner, Trinidad Express 12 December 2004


‘Lying and deception and bad faith are standard operating procedure at FIFA.’

Adam C. Silverstein, a lawyer for MasterCard in their successful action against FIFA, New York, December 1, 2006


‘I do not believe a Jew can ever be a referee at that level (Argentine Premier League) because it’s hard work and, you know, Jews don’t like hard work.’

FIFA senior vice-president and chair of Finance Committee, Julio Grondona, 5 July 2003. Buenos Aires


‘FIFA is a healthy, clean and transparent organisation with nothing to hide. There is huge public interest in FIFA, therefore we have to be as transparent as possible. We will try to communicate in a more open way so the world can believe us and be proud of their federation.’

FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi, January 2003, on fifa.com


 

Presentations by Andrew Jennings

 

 

 

Andrew Jennings makes presentations at every kind of convention, conference and congress. From university sports sociology students to sports lawyers, the US Senate Commerce Committee - chaired by John McCain, media schools to media festivals, he's a much sought-after speaker. Most requested topics involve the secrets of the IOC and FIFA - and how to unravel them.

 

In recent years Andrew has made presentations at the Global Investigative Journalists conference in Toronto and separately at the University of Toronto, the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, the Summer Foreign Policy Seminar at the University of Otago, New Zealand, German sports investigative reporters in Dortmund, been taken to Buenos Aires by the British Council to lecture to media students, spoken at the Play The Game conference in Reykjavik, The Frontline Club in London and the Prix Europa Media conference in Berlin.

 

Later this year Andrew will be at the University of Brighton, the Global Investigative Journalists conference in Lillehammer, and Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.

 

Use the Contact link to tell me about your conference, your students and also to commission articles.