Sony Terminates Its Deal With FIFA

<p>Sony has decided not to renew it&&num;8217&semi;s sponsorship contract with football&&num;8217&semi;s global  governing body&comma; FIFA&period; The company has been a major sponsor of the organisation since 2006&comma; a contract that has cost them &dollar;348&period;7 million&period; Sony is worried that the costs on sponsorship will rise over the next few years&comma; a rise they won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to afford in their current financial state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their decision may also be based on FIFA&&num;8217&semi;s declining image&period; The organisation is currently embroiled in a corruption scandal over its decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar&period; What&&num;8217&semi;s more&comma; numerous investigations have revealed that Qatar is using slave labor to build the necessary stadiums&period; Many slaves have already died during construction because of poor working conditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;sony-terminating-fifa-sponsorship-deal&sol;1100-6423882&sol;">Gamespot<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;