Soccer Fans Rejoice as FIFA Officials Arrested on Suspicion of Corruption in "The World Cup of Fraud"

Members of the soccer governing group that decides the next World Cup charged with corruption and somehow nobody is surprised

It might be the "world's game," but if there was finally a way for Americans to be interested in soccer, a juicy mafia scandal might just be the trick. 

The U.S. Justice Department, FBI and the IRS rocked the soccer world Wednesday morning announcing what most soccer fans already knew: The governing body that selects where the World Cup is played every four years is horrifically corrupt. 

Seven soccer executives were arrested in Switzerland at a posh Zurich hotel where FIFA officials had gathered for their annual meeting with an indictment later listing 14 individuals involved in charges ranging from corruption to racketeering. Nine of those individuals were FIFA officials (soccer's governing body) and four were sports marketing executives with allegations that FIFA executives received more than $150 million in bribes in exchange for television and marketing contracts for tournaments such as the World Cup. 

Swiss authorities are also looking into the controversial FIFA decisions to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia and 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Qatar, of course, is an oil-rich country where it is almost 120 degrees outside every day of the year. 

"This really is the World Cup of fraud, and today we are issuing FIFA a red card," said IRS' criminal investigation chief Richard Weber. 

The man not listed in the indictment is FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who is up for re-election later this week. Blatter is widely considered the most powerful man in sports even though corruption allegations have followed him for years. 

Blatter issued a statement on the indictment saying, "Let me be clear: such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game."

Just how corrupt is FIFA? John Oliver last year ranted on his Last Week Tonight program that "FIFA is a comically grotesque organization," adding, "In fact, telling someone about the inner workings of FIFA for the first time is a bit like showing someone 2 Girls, 1 Cup. You do it mainly so you can watch the horrified expressions on people's faces." 

Seemingly not surprised by the news, Soccer fans took to Twitter to post their amusement even posting renderings of personalized new FIFA video game covers.