Sports fans love to lament the corrupting influence of money on their favourite games. And the scandal at FIFA would appear to prove them right. If only athletes could just exemplify virtues like perseverance and teamwork, as the organisers of the Olympics insist they do. In the real world, however, sport cannot be separated from money. And the very trend that the purists decry-the transformation of supposedly innocent games into big business-provides some of the best protection against malfeasance.
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