FIFA Episode 5- Desert Heat II

In which Mel tries to finish explaining the plight of Asian Football Association President Mohammad Bin and how his story connects to his nation of Qatar and the some of the other characters in this story. Again, there are too many sources here for me to add them all. I’ll keep adding sources to future episode notes. Red Card: How the US Blew the Whistle on the World's Largest Sports Scandal- by Ken Bensinger Red Card | Book by Ken Bensinger https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Card/Ken-Bensinger/9781501133916 FIFA Uncovered (Netflix Limited Series) - Producers: John Battsek, Miles Coleman, Director/Producer: Daniel Gorden - Ventureland/Passion Pictures Production (2022) – https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80221113 “FIFA’s Presidential race falls apart as Blatter’s rival quits” by Owen Gibson, Saturday May 28, 2011, https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/may/28/sepp-blatter-corruption-scandal-fifa “FBI Examines US soccer boss’s financial records” by: Reuters, Reuters, August 16, 2011, https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/fbi-examines-u-s-soccer-boss-s-financial-records-idUSTRE77F6UT/“How Much do NHL Refs get Paid?” by: Chuck McMahon, Boardroom.tv, July 1, 2023, https://boardroom.tv/nhl-referee-salary-breakdown/ “US Soccer History: 150 years and counting” by: Derek Reese, World Soccer Talk, January 9, 2023, https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/150-years-of-us-soccer-history-20221106-WST-406135.html“The American Football Association”, by Roger Allaway, American Soccer History.org, November 8, 2023, https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-american-football-association/“American Armature Football Association” by: Ed Farnsworth, Americian Soccer History.org, August 27, 2015, https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/tag/american-amateur-football-association- “All Women’s World Cup winners: complete list” by: International Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee, https://olympics.com/en/news/fifa-women-world-cup-all-winners-complete-list