Jack Warner was a world renown wheeler and dealer in the world of international soccer. Few within the FIFA hierarchy held more sway than Warner did, but it led to many rumblings of corruption and in May it led to the United States attorney general indicting Warner and 13 others within FIFA.
The Trinidadian is fighting extradition to the United States, but after its own internal investigation, FIFA has decided to ban Warner for life from the organization, according to the BBC.
Had this been done in January or even two or three years ago, Warner’s ban would’ve been hugely important and completely shocking. After the events of the last four-plus months, should this move really be shocking?
Given the details already out there from the attorney general’s investigation, the only question is what the heck took FIFA so long to issue this ban?
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