Fox used inside information from FIFA to secure the rights to televise the World Cup in the United States, a former sports marketing executive testified in federal court according to a Friday evening report from The New York Times.
Alejandro Burzaco, a former banker acting as a witness for the justice department, told officials that he acted as an intermediary when Fox sought to wrestle the World Cup package away from ESPN in 2011.
Fox wound up winning the package and televised the men's tournament in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022, and will do so when the World Cup is held in North America in 2026.