## Corrupt Oil Money & Football (Soccer) Football (aka soccer) is the most popular sport in the world, and it’s not even close. There are about ~2.5 billion fans of cricket worldwide, whereas there are about ~3.5 billion to 4 billion fans of football. (There are ~2.2 billion fans of basketball and ~1 billion fans of tennis.) Across all demographics, there are people who love football. They may not be the first people we think about when we think about the fanbase, but the fan community does include billionaires and heads of state. So, if a billionaire wants a new play thing, a football club…