Podcast appearances and mentions of Bonita Mersiades

In this headlines-free extra episode of the Briefing:  After three weeks of intense pressure, Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales has finally succumbed and announced he will resign. Rubiales has dominated news after kissing Spanish player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent, after Spain won the FIFA Women's World Cup last month.  We're joined by Bonita Mersiades, a former executive with Football Australia and a FIFA whistleblower, to speak about what happened and whether this will be the watershed moment many are hoping for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this weeks show Pokuah & George talk to Bonita Mersiadas about the upcoming Football Writers Festival. They also chat to Paul Iliopoulos about the new home of our Matildas

On this weeks show George and Pokuah speak to Bonita Mersiades about the upcoming Football Writers Festival, the upcoming womens world cup and much more.

Author and Sports Administrator who worked on Australia's 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids Bonita Mersiades believes the handling of the A-League finals location could have been handled "a lot better." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author and Sports Administrator who worked on Australia's 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids Bonita Mersiades believes the handling of the A-League finals location could have been handled "a lot better." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Her Business of Sport podcast shines a spotlight on female sport business administrators who are changing the rules of the industry by carving new pathways for women in the field. Each episode interviews a woman in the sports industry about their career journey, experiences working in the field, and advice they give to future generations. Episode 8 features Bonita Mersiades - Author and Publisher at Fair Play Publishing and Founder of Football Writers Festival. Bonita has been active in football for a lifetime as a volunteer, and professionally with a national league club, state federation, as team operations manager for the men's national team, the Socceroos, and as head of corporate and public affairs for Football Australia. She was one of the first people in the world to speak out about the environment and culture within which world football and FIFA operated in the context of the 2018/2022 World Cup bidding contest. Bonita is known as a 'FIFA whistleblower', and advocated globally for independent governance reform of world football administration long before the famous 2015 FIFA arrests in Zurich. In this episode, Bonita talks about her career journey into the sports industry. Bonita shares her highs and lows throughout her career, the importance of using your connections, Australia co-hosting the Women's World Cup, and much more. This episode covers: Bonita's journey from government to sports industry The World cup bidding process for Australia The systemic issue within world football administration The Footballer's Writer Festival Bonita's qualities of a good leader The importance in having a mentor when breaking into the sports industry Bonita's advice about getting started in the industry and building a career

På söndag är det avspark i ett av tidernas mest omdiskuterade och ifrågasatta VM i fotboll. Bonita Mersiades jobbade för Australiens VM-kampanj när man kämpade mot Ryssland, Qatar och en del andra länder om att få arrangera VM 2018 och 2022 och hon skrev sedan den avslöjande boken Whatever it takes.I maj 2018 intervjuade jag Bonita Mersiades och då berättade hon om hur Australien gjorde av med 350 miljoner kronor för att få röster, om hur medlemmar i Fifa:s exekutivkommitté ville ha gåvor och pengar, om hur hon fick köpa ett smycke till en medlems hustru, om hur Franz Beckenbauer utlovade en röst i utbyte mot att en närstående till honom fick betalt och om hur andra gamla storspelare sålde sina tjänster till högstbjudande.Dessutom beskrev Mersiades hur hon blev utfryst och sparkad när hon ifrågasatte pengarullningen och etiken i Australiens VM-kampanj, om hur hon blev hotad med stämning när hon ville skriva en bok, om hur Fifa hängde ut henne när hon vittnade i organisationens rapport om hur det gick till när Qatar och Ryssland fick VM och Mersiades förklarade också vilken tur Ryssland haft som sluppit granskning när Qatar fått alla rubriker och att Fifa inte blivit mycket bättre trots att Sepp Blatter bytts ut mot Gianni Infantino. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Donikian & Josh Parish chat to Jason Pine about all things Kiwi football. Plus, Football NSW commentator Tony Tannous joins us to preview the NPL NSW season, and Bonita Mersiades comments on FIFA's handling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bonita Mersiades comments on FIFA's handling of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and approaches to human rights in football.

Former member of the failed 2018 & 2022 World Cup bid Bonita Mersiades is surprised Australia and FA are considering to bid for the FIFA World Cup again | Tony Rallis shares his draft system idea to send Australian players globally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I en tid när det på allvar talas om en bojkott av VM i Qatar 2022 och när allt fler är kritiska till styrningen av den internationella fotbollen är det värt att lyfta fram Bonita Mersiades. Hon var en tidig visselblåsare kring kampanjerna för att få VM 2018 och 2022 men som fotbollen straffade snarare än hyllade. Jag träffade henne i Dubai våren 2018 och hon berättade om sin bok Whatever it takes som handlade om hennes arbete för Australiens VM-kampanj och hur man gjorde av med 350 miljoner kronor för att få röster. Det visade sig vara förgäves. Det var talande att höra om hur medlemmar i Fifa:s exekutivkommitté ville ha gåvor och pengar, om hur Franz Beckenbauer utlovade en röst i utbyte mot att en närstående till honom fick betalt och om hur andra gamla storspelare erbjöd sina tjänster, och då givetvis till högstbjudande. Dessutom beskrev Mersiades om hur hon blev utfryst och sparkad när hon ifrågasatte pengarullningen och etiken i Australiens VM-kampanj, om hur hon blev hotad och hatad, om hur Fifa hängde ut henne när hon vittnade i organisationens rapport om hur det gick till när Qatar och Ryssland fick VM och om hur hon efter det hade svårt att få jobb. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks show join George and Josh as they break down the week in football. They also chat to Melbourne City's Director of Football about the current City recruitment and the development of some up and coming players. They are also joined by Bonita Mersiades to discuss her long history in Australian football along with her thoughts on the upcoming women's World Cup,

Bonita Mersiades joins the show to discuss her long history in Australian football along with her thoughts on the upcoming women's World Cup,

In recent days, the eyes of the tech world have turned to Australia and its dispute between their government and Facebook, after a new law was passed requiring Google and Facebook to provide financial support to the news industry. Controversially in the week before the law passed, Facebook removed all Australian news content to put itself outside scope of this new law. Damian Collins MP discusses the resulting fallout with Australian MP Anne Webster, sports writer and anti corruption campaigner Bonita Mersiades and Matt Nguyen, policy lead at Reset Australia. As ever Dr Charles Kriel joins.

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Women in Football President Bonita Mersiades joins us on the program to talk all things Women in Football

Today we are joined by Bonita Mersiades, former Head of Public Affairs with the Football Federation Australia, and author of Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Way (Powderhouse Press, 2018).  In our conversation, we discussed the 2018/2022 Australian World Cup bid, the future of global football, and the FIFA way. In Whatever It Takes, Mersiades offers an insiders account into the Australian bid, unpacking the political and personal ambitions that drove the process.  The Football Federation Australia, one of the country ’s most powerful executives, and the Commonwealth government worked together to develop a case for an Australian World Cup.  They produced an attractive sales pitch that included new stadiums across the country, partnerships with state governments, and potential celebrity endorsements from Aussie movie stars.  The bid cost the Australian taxpayers over 50 million dollars, much of that money paid to consultants, but in front of the secretive Executive Committee, the their bid received only one vote. Whatever It Takes documents how the Australian bid failed so completely.  Mersiades showcases how the Australian bid – seen by many as the dirty bid – was compromised and highlights how the World Cup bid process can implicate federation officials, journalists, and sportsmen.  Mersiades’ account pulses.  Few escape her vivid recollections as she deftly weaves her short chapters full with rich conversations with top FIFA officials, including Sepp Blatter; arguments with jet setting former soccer stars; interviews with journalists from around the globe; and interrogations from FBI investigators. Anyone interested in the inner workings of sports most powerful and at times secretive organizations should read Mersiades insiders account. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth-century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Bonita Mersiades, former Head of Public Affairs with the Football Federation Australia, and author of Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Way (Powderhouse Press, 2018).  In our conversation, we discussed the 2018/2022 Australian World Cup bid, the future of global football, and the FIFA way. In Whatever It Takes, Mersiades offers an insiders account into the Australian bid, unpacking the political and personal ambitions that drove the process.  The Football Federation Australia, one of the country ’s most powerful executives, and the Commonwealth government worked together to develop a case for an Australian World Cup.  They produced an attractive sales pitch that included new stadiums across the country, partnerships with state governments, and potential celebrity endorsements from Aussie movie stars.  The bid cost the Australian taxpayers over 50 million dollars, much of that money paid to consultants, but in front of the secretive Executive Committee, the their bid received only one vote. Whatever It Takes documents how the Australian bid failed so completely.  Mersiades showcases how the Australian bid – seen by many as the dirty bid – was compromised and highlights how the World Cup bid process can implicate federation officials, journalists, and sportsmen.  Mersiades’ account pulses.  Few escape her vivid recollections as she deftly weaves her short chapters full with rich conversations with top FIFA officials, including Sepp Blatter; arguments with jet setting former soccer stars; interviews with journalists from around the globe; and interrogations from FBI investigators. Anyone interested in the inner workings of sports most powerful and at times secretive organizations should read Mersiades insiders account. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth-century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Bonita Mersiades, former Head of Public Affairs with the Football Federation Australia, and author of Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Way (Powderhouse Press, 2018).  In our conversation, we discussed the 2018/2022 Australian World Cup bid, the future of global football, and the FIFA way. In Whatever It Takes, Mersiades offers an insiders account into the Australian bid, unpacking the political and personal ambitions that drove the process.  The Football Federation Australia, one of the country ’s most powerful executives, and the Commonwealth government worked together to develop a case for an Australian World Cup.  They produced an attractive sales pitch that included new stadiums across the country, partnerships with state governments, and potential celebrity endorsements from Aussie movie stars.  The bid cost the Australian taxpayers over 50 million dollars, much of that money paid to consultants, but in front of the secretive Executive Committee, the their bid received only one vote. Whatever It Takes documents how the Australian bid failed so completely.  Mersiades showcases how the Australian bid – seen by many as the dirty bid – was compromised and highlights how the World Cup bid process can implicate federation officials, journalists, and sportsmen.  Mersiades’ account pulses.  Few escape her vivid recollections as she deftly weaves her short chapters full with rich conversations with top FIFA officials, including Sepp Blatter; arguments with jet setting former soccer stars; interviews with journalists from around the globe; and interrogations from FBI investigators. Anyone interested in the inner workings of sports most powerful and at times secretive organizations should read Mersiades insiders account. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth-century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Bonita Mersiades, former Head of Public Affairs with the Football Federation Australia, and author of Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Way (Powderhouse Press, 2018).  In our conversation, we discussed the 2018/2022 Australian World Cup bid, the future of global football, and the FIFA way. In Whatever It Takes, Mersiades offers an insiders account into the Australian bid, unpacking the political and personal ambitions that drove the process.  The Football Federation Australia, one of the country ’s most powerful executives, and the Commonwealth government worked together to develop a case for an Australian World Cup.  They produced an attractive sales pitch that included new stadiums across the country, partnerships with state governments, and potential celebrity endorsements from Aussie movie stars.  The bid cost the Australian taxpayers over 50 million dollars, much of that money paid to consultants, but in front of the secretive Executive Committee, the their bid received only one vote. Whatever It Takes documents how the Australian bid failed so completely.  Mersiades showcases how the Australian bid – seen by many as the dirty bid – was compromised and highlights how the World Cup bid process can implicate federation officials, journalists, and sportsmen.  Mersiades’ account pulses.  Few escape her vivid recollections as she deftly weaves her short chapters full with rich conversations with top FIFA officials, including Sepp Blatter; arguments with jet setting former soccer stars; interviews with journalists from around the globe; and interrogations from FBI investigators. Anyone interested in the inner workings of sports most powerful and at times secretive organizations should read Mersiades insiders account. Keith Rathbone is a lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.  He researches twentieth-century French social and cultural history. His manuscript, entitled A Nation in Play: Physical Culture, the State, and Society during France’s Dark Years, 1932-1948, examines physical education and sports in order to better understand civic life under the dual authoritarian systems of the German Occupation and the Vichy Regime.  If you have a title to suggest for this podcast, please contact him at keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonita Mersiades is one of the most famous whistleblowers in world sport.She is the author of ’Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Way’ - a book that details the massive corruption inside the bids for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup including Australia’s role in the shady process.Bonita joined Misha Zelinsky to talk about the intersection of sport and politics, why when it comes to cheating its easier to punish individuals than nation states, the role that money plays in the corruption of sport and why it’s just so scary being a whistleblower.

Avsnitt 195 av Sveriges nyfiknaste fotbollspodd gästas av Bonita Mersiades. Hon jobbade för Australiens VM-kampanj när man kämpade mot Ryssland, Qatar och en del andra länder om att få arrangera VM 2018 och 2022 och har nu skrivit boken Whatever it takes. I den beskriver hon hur det gick till när man gjorde av med 350 miljoner kronor för att få röster och Mersiades berättar om hur medlemmar i Fifa:s exekutivkommitté ville ha gåvor och pengar, om hur hon fick köpa ett smycke till en medlems hustru, om hur Franz Beckenbauer utlovade en röst i utbyte mot att en närstående till honom fick betalt och hur andra gamla storspelare erbjöd sina tjänster till högstbjudande.Dessutom beskriver Mersiades hur hon blev utfryst och sparkad när hon ifrågasatte pengarullningen och etiken i Australiens VM-kampanj, hur hon blev hotad med stämning när hon ville skriva en bok, hur Fifa hängde ut henne när hon vittnade i organisationens rapport om hur det gick till när Qatar och Ryssland fick VM och hur hon som visselblåsare blev svartlistad i Australien och haft svårt att få jobb.Bonita Mersiades förklarar också vilken tur Ryssland haft som sluppit granskning när Qatar fått alla rubriker, om att Qatar-VM blir svårt att flytta, att Fifa inte blivit mycket bättre trots att Sepp Blatter bytts ut mot Gianni Infantino och hur det är att vara kvinna i en oerhört sexistisk miljö. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 'Whatever it takes' is a book by Bonita Mersiades all about her time with Australia's bid for the 2022 World Cup revealing the culture of dishonesty surrounding FIFA.

Andrew Jennings is an investigative reporter, best known for his work investigating corruption in the IOC and FIFA. His 2006 book, "FOUL!" and his series of Panorama documentaries exposed the Sepp Blatter regime and was a big part of its eventual collapse. Now retired, Andrew was an entertaining guest, and we hope you get as much from our conversation with him as we did. "Whatever It Takes" by Bonita Mersiades is available from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whatever-Takes-Inside-Story-978-0-999643-1-0-5/dp/099964310X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519038489&sr=8-2&keywords=whatever+it+takes+bonita), and Rebecca Ruiz's NY Times article can be found at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/sports/fifa-ioc-usoc-iaaf.html Contact us on behindthegoals@hotmail.com or via @SuppDirectScot

Play the Game 2013. Open forum: Sport as a development factor Parallel session. Thursday 31 October 2013, 14:15-16:00 Chair: Lau Tofft (DEN) Speakers: Part 1: Bonita Mersiades, Writer, Freelance (AUS). Pamela Boteler, President, WomenCAN International (USA). Dawood Hashem, PhD, Abu Dhabi Education council (ARE). Nova Alexander, Co-founder/ Executive Director, Sacred Sports Foundation Inc. (LCA). Kurt Wachter, Coordinator, FairPlay-VIDC (AUT). Part 2: David Hindley, Subject Leader for Sports Education/Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University (UK). Charlie Raeburn, Independent sports consultant, Edinburgh (GBR). Panel discussion, Q&A

Play the Game 2013. Open forum: Sport as a development factor Parallel session. Thursday 31 October 2013, 14:15-16:00 Chair: Lau Tofft (DEN) Speakers: Part 1: Bonita Mersiades, Writer, Freelance (AUS). Pamela Boteler, President, WomenCAN International (USA). Dawood Hashem, PhD, Abu Dhabi Education council (ARE). Nova Alexander, Co-founder/ Executive Director, Sacred Sports Foundation Inc. (LCA). Kurt Wachter, Coordinator, FairPlay-VIDC (AUT). Part 2: David Hindley, Subject Leader for Sports Education/Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University (UK). Charlie Raeburn, Independent sports consultant, Edinburgh (GBR). Panel discussion, Q&A