Best and Worst Sports Executives 2008
There is a whole other game that goes on behind the scenes in any sport. TIME has chosen some of the notable — and not so notable — sports executives and asks you to vote on who plays the game best
—By Sean Gregory, Josh Tyrangiel, Adam Smith, Hannah Beech, Kristina Dell, Andrew Downie, Uki Goni, Jeff Israely, Tony Karon, Glen Levy, Catherine Mayer, Simon Robinson, Bill Saporito, and Yuri Zarakhovich
Age: 76
Title: President, Argentine Football Association; vice president, FIFA
PRO: Argentina holds a record six championships in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and it picked up its second straight world championship last year at the FIFA world tournament in Canada. As head of Argentina's AFA for 30 years, Grondona has survived strong storms in a country where politics and football are often interlinked.
CON: Inability to curb violence among the country's barras bravas (or "tough gangs," Argentina's well-organized hooligans). who often enjoy political support. Also, Argentine soccer has become almost completely dependent on television rights for financial survival.
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