And guess which country paid a million-dollar bribe to FIFA to bring the World Cup to their country?
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-fifa-world-cup-bribes-20160316-story.htmlWarner, a long-time powerbroker from Trinidad and Tobago until resigning in a 2011 election bribery scandal, is identified by FIFA in its 22-page claim for receiving a $1 million bribe from 1998 World Cup bid candidate Morocco, and ensuring the $10 million bribe from South Africa was paid via a FIFA account in 2008.
The main factors in shutting down the NY meet may have been the issues adidas has with the IAAF, the Randall's Island location, and attendance. However, I wonder if another factor is that Morocco is better than New York at playing the IAAF back-scratching game.