Labels:text | cartoon | mammal | screenshot OCR: SPORTS rules of play, over- more than 140 staff and executive, operations and seeing the trans- marketing offices in Los Angeles and the press fers of players office in New York City. Heading the organisation worldwide, orga- is Alan 1. Rothenberg, a lawyer who has also nising international served as president ofthe US Soccer Federation competitions, es- since 1990. tablishing stand- According to a 1992 study, the 1994 World Cup ards for coaching, will have an economic impact worth more than refereeing and US$4 billion. sports medicine, and encouraging soccer's devel- The study encompasses venue figures only, opment around the world. including the organising committee's expen- Since assuming the presidency of FIFA, Dr ditures in each venue, and is based on behavioural Joao Havelange has done much pattems of four basic groups: me- to widen the scope of soccer, far dia, local residents, non-local beyond the traditional reach of the domestic visitors and foreign European-South American axis. visitors. Due largely to his efforts, today Africa is guaranteed three spots, while Asia, North and Central America and the Caribbean have two each. Staging the 1994 World Cup championship under the direction of FIFA is World Cup USA 1994 Inc, a non-profit organisation with
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