publication date: Saturday, July 25, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)

category: Sports

clue: The most corrupt commissioner in any major professional sport doesn't want to get into a pissing match with law enforcement agencies who are investigating his organization for corruption.

explanation: Blatter was president of FIFA and was embroiled in corruption controversies. The phrase "pissing match" was a play on his last name. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Stan Iwanchuk

trivia: Scott created this goo as written before Blatter's resignation on June 2, 2015.


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