Not even John Oliver could’ve predicted how positively entertaining the arrests of several high-ranking FIFA officials would be.
Last year he introduced non-soccer fans to FIFA’s long history of corruption, bribery, and human rights violations in an excellent takedown, but because Last Week Tonight was off last week, he had to wait until this past Sunday to talk about how the U.S., “the country that cares the least about football,” brought down the corrupt officials behind it.
And it might be safe to say he’s bloody thrilled about it. In fact, it just might change what the rest of the soccer world thinks of the U.S.
"If America keeps driving this investigation and actually finds something to indict him, I don't think you understand how much that would mean to everyone on Earth," Oliver said. "The whole world's opinion of America would change overnight."
But while many FIFA heads were chopped down, one remains in the form of FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who was just reelected to his fifth term. And as long as Blatter is in power, the corruption will likely continue—at least until the sponsors start to go away. And if that's the case, Oliver will do anything to make that happen. Anything, sponsors.Screengrab via Last Week Tonight with John Oliver/YouTube