FIFA ends Warner TV deal

Warner

FIFA has terminated a multi-million pound 2014 World Cup TV deal after discovering the rights had been sub-licensed to a company owned by controversial former vice-president Jack Warner.

The agreement with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) has been brought to an end after FIFA told the organisation it had not approved the sub-licensing deal with Warner’s company, JD International (JDI).

Warner, who was at that time also the CFU president, sold the rights to Jamaica-based cable provider SportsMax in 2007 for a fee reported to be between US$18 million and US$20 million, though that included the 2010 World Cup as well.

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4 Comments

  1. simple mind
    September 12, 2011

    Mr.Warner,long held positions corrupt the holders of such.It makes you feel that the entity you manage becomes private property.

  2. September 11, 2011

    Fifa need to get rid of all FA that support jack for a total clean up. If not jack will control from the outside.

  3. September 11, 2011

    It seems warner had cfu in his back pocket to make money for himself. With so much evidence of warner corrupt deals why is our DFA still supporting him? Why was warner always unopposed in every election. All cfu members should benefit from TV rights. These benfits are not reflected in their accounts. So where did such benefits go.

  4. Anonymous
    September 11, 2011

    yes

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