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In many ways, FIFA president Sepp Blatter is a walking contradiction.
As recently as Monday at the Ballon d'Or gala in Zurich, Blatter yielded his latest material, praising AC Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng for his courage to walk off the field amid racist fan chants just days after he said that Boateng's course of action was the wrong one to take.
In November 2011, Blatter blindly claimed to CNN that "there is no racism" in soccer, only to see the following year be riddled with controversial, racism-sparked episodes that continue to mar The Beautiful Game.
He claims to be attempting to rid the game of corruption, but he oversees an organization that is oftentimes synonymous with it. He expresses his desire to grow the women's game across the world, then...
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