Banned FIFA executive dies
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CHUCK Blazer, the disgraced American executive whose admissions of graft set off a global scandal that ultimately toppled FIFA president Sepp Blatter, died on Wednesday. He was 72.
Blazer’s death was announced by his lawyers, Eric Corngold and Mary Mulligan. At a November 2013 court hearing during which Blazer entered guilty pleas to 10 federal charges, Blazer said he had rectal cancer, diabetes and coronary artery disease.
A person familiar with his death said Blazer died in New Jersey.
“I’ve known Chuck for a lot of years. He did a lot for the sport. Sorry about all the issues regarding FIFA, but he was a good man,” United States national team coach Bruce Arena said.
Blazer was general secretary of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football from 1990 to 2011. He pleaded guilty in the US to bribery and financial offenses in 2013 and was later banned by FIFA for life.
According to the transcript of his November 2013 guilty plea, Blazer and others in FIFA agreed to accept bribes in the bidding process for the 1998 World Cup in France and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
FIFA’s ethics committee said Blazer breached rules on loyalty, confidentiality, duty of disclosure, conflicts of interest, offering and accepting gifts, and bribery and corruption.
As part of the 2013 plea agreement, Blazer agreed to cooperate with investigating authorities in the US while they investigated the FIFA corruption scandal, which eventually played a crucial role in Blatter’s departure.
Blazer had accused another former CONCACAF president, Jack Warner, of having pocketed funds from a US$10 million project to support the African diaspora in Caribbean countries at the time of South Africa’s successful bid to stage the 2010 World Cup.
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