Ummn... juz my 2 cents worth... corruption within players do exist... Bribery may not be on the part of the govt but the bookies esp... in odds of Brazil and France, alot of ppl bet on Brazil. If Brazil win, the bookies will lose out alot... Do u think they will wana lose? they can bribe players... Also, it can be in the form of dead threats e.g if u score u will be shot.... Who wouldn't be worry about their life? Those person who send the threats juz got to be lucky once and u will be dead... Some may ask, why would these players accept money when they earn high wages.. u will nv noe how much the money that goes into their pocket if they are bribed... A fraction of money earn by all bookies in the world combine is alot and imagine having it... u will be damned rich... sometimes dun u wonder why a team with probability of winning= 99.9999999% will lose? And why is do host countries for world cup win at times though te odds are against them or they get into top 8 when they are least expected to... Yet, when at the nxt world cup when it izzn't their yr to host, they seem to deflate? e.g France. Watch South Korea this yr to c if my predictions are correct... They wun be like wat they were at the last world cup. My pt is hosting countries USUALLY do better dan expected... Consider the amount of money they earn by hosting world cup..