One World Sports: Panama Papers and Reigniting The Spark




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: Just as another round of Champions League, Europa League and domestic titles come closer into view, another potential scandal involving media rights and the secret economy surrounding world football has been revealed in the name of the Panama Papers as a worldwide investigation begins to unravel more than 11 millions secret documents affecting not only the FIFA President but also the world elite. Joining Anto to discuss this important story and its impact on the newly elected Gianni Infantino is David Larkin of ChangeFIFA to break down the early revelations and how they must be framed given the recent level of scandals that have gripped the organization over the last decade and how the culture inside FIFA continues to resist the very changes once touted in the run up to the election by its action. Then in part two, Dr John Ratey, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, and the author of the world recognized best seller - Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain - joins the show to discuss his important work in establishing the link between physical activity, proper brain function and how we continue to discover more revolutionary insights that reveal themselves in youth sports and why grassroots soccer ticks off many of the significant boxes.