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Ethics committee bans Chuck Blazer from football for life

FIFA's ethics committee bans Chuck Blazer from football for life
FIFA's ethics committee bans Chuck Blazer from football for life
In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, bribes and kickbacks as well as other money-making schemes
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Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer was banned from all football activities for life on Thursday by the sport's governing body which is engulfed in a scandal over alleged corruption.

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"In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, bribes and kickbacks as well as other money-making schemes," FIFA's ethics committee said in a statement announcing the ban.

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