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.

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 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 the 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

'Soccer chief's plan to boost women's game? Hotpants'

'They could wear tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so.'

Sepp Blatter, Former President of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders:

Sonntagsblick, 11 January, 2004

'No foreigner, particularly a white foreigner, will come to my country and harass me, intimidate me and push me around.'

Jack Warner, May 9, 2006 after the author attempted to interview him for BBC-TV about his ticket rackets

'The evidence ... would and should make any company have grave concerns about doing business with FIFA.'

Adam C. Silverstein, a lawyer for MasterCard in their successful action against FIFA

New York, December 1, 2006

'We must have a woman on the executive committee.'

Sepp Blatter, campaigning to become president of FIFA

May 30, 1998, Agence France-Press

'FIFA ... a graft-ridden autocracy.'

The New Yorker, June 26, 2006

'Among the tasks of a politics of morality [is] to work incessantly toward unveiling hidden differences between official theory and actual progress, between the limelight and the backrooms of political life.'

Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)

'FIFA's latest actions demonstrate that it still does not govern itself by its slogan "Fair Play."'

Judge Loretta Preske, dismissing a FIFA appeal

New York, February 28, 2007

'I still believe that the future of football is feminine.'

President Sepp Blatter, FIFA press release

Zurich, 2 February 2007

'We are more important than the Catholic Church.'

IOC President Juan Antonio 'Jackboots' Samaranch

HBO Real Sports, June 1996

'MacDonald's has supported the Olympic Movement for more than 30 years and we share many of the same ideals.'

IOC President Jacque Rogge

Turin, February 7, 2006

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