ZURICH (AP) - FIFA says former vice president Jack Warner peddled “inaccuracies and falsehoods” when he claimed last month that he got World Cup television rights for $1 in exchange for supporting Sepp Blatter’s presidential campaigns.
FIFA confirms that Warner received Caribbean broadcasting rights for $1, though from 1986 and not _ as Warner claimed _ from 1998 when Blatter was first elected.
FIFA says the deals had “nothing to do” with Blatter’s election campaigns.
FIFA says World Cup rights were often sold until 1998 for nominal sums to maximize coverage in developing nations, and provide soccer bodies with extra revenue from selling on rights to broadcasters.
The governing body says Warner was expected to raise money for the Caribbean Football Union.
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