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

Ricardo Terra Teixeira

Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Ricardo Teixeira

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Age: 61
Title: President, Brazilian Football Confederation

PRO: Under his 19-year tutelage, Brazil has won the World Cup twice and the right to host the 2014 World Cup Finals for the first time since 1950.

CON: Off the field, his arrogance and intransigence have won him a reputation as a man not to be crossed; a parliamentary investigation accused him of 13 crimes, including tax evasion and embezzlement.

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