{"product_id":"fixing-football","title":"Fixing Football","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in North America. But behind the spectacle lies a story of corruption, impunity, and institutional failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMel Brennan was Head of Special Projects at CONCACAF and one of five North American delegates to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea\/Japan. He watched as the organisation entrusted with the world's game betrayed it. And unlike almost everyone else who was in the room, he decided to talk about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePart memoir, part exposé, part manifesto, \u003cem\u003eFixing Football\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers from Trump Tower boardrooms to World Cup congresses, tracing the corruption at the heart of world football governance and making an urgent, practical case for reform. With the tournament arriving on North American soil, Brennan argues this is the moment the sport - and the region - cannot afford to waste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMel Brennan is the only former North American football executive to speak on the record about what he witnessed inside CONCACAF and FIFA. He remains the highest-ranked African-American in the history of world football governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlso published as \u003cstrong\u003eSaving Soccer\u003c\/strong\u003e in North America.  \u003cbr\u003e(ISBN: 978-1-923236-58-5; ISBN eBook: 978-1-923236-59-2)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eInternational readers\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFixing Football\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (or \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaving Soccer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e) is available internationally in print. Purchasing it from your home base, or online via Amazon\/Barnes and Noble etcetera, is likely to incur less postage cost for you. Having said that, we are happy to send internationally. We charge postage at cost, and Australia Post is relatively expensive. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Brennan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45177155158198,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-Book","offer_id":45177155223734,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8688\/0438\/files\/FixingFootball_frontcover_final_web_lo.jpg?v=1775954114","url":"https:\/\/www.fairplaypublishing.com.au\/products\/fixing-football","provider":"Fair Play Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}