Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17 · Aired Aug 13, 2026
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South Korean football (soccer) teams have allegedly bribed foreign referees with sexual services.
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This did happen, but it wasn't individual football teams doing the bribing. A 2016 government investigation found the Korea Football Association, the sport's national governing body, paid for sexual services for foreign referees and officials on at least eight occasions in 2011 and 2012. The report only became public in 2026.
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Is it true that South Korean football (soccer) teams have allegedly bribed foreign referees with sexual services?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. This did happen, but it wasn't individual football teams doing the bribing. A 2016 government investigation found the Korea Football Association, the sport's national governing body, paid for sexual services for foreign referees and officials on at least eight occasions in 2011 and 2012. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2539 - Protect Our Parks 17, aired Aug 13, 2026, at 2:05:39. The supporting source is krdo.com, linked below.
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