Sepp Blatter Gets Booed at Women's Soccer Medal Ceremony

It is a close tie with the Dos Santos injury.

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Sepp Blatter Gets Booed at Women's Soccer Medal Ceremony

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what was the reasoning behind this?

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Everyone hates him

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well i got this from the booing

From Wiki's Blatter page (take that for what it's worth):

"...several controversial statements. These include suggesting that female football players should wear tighter shorts to appear more attractive to men, that Latin American countries would 'applaud' John Terry for having an extramarital affair, that homosexuals should 'refrain from any sexual activity' while attending the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and that on-field racism could be corrected with a 'handshake'.[3] Blatter also received criticism for not postponing his 2011 election in which his term as FIFA President was extended through 2015, despite the fact that all other candidates for the role had been suspended or withdrew."

From the thenry712's Honor's Thesis:

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Even more damaging to FIFA’s commitment to expelling discrimination from soccer and society are several sexist, homophobic, and derogatory remarks from FIFA President Sepp Blatter. In 2004, President Blatter offered that women’s soccer could increase its popularity if, “women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball,” by wearing tighter shorts and jerseys. In 2010, in regards to gays attending the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal, President Blatter stated that gay fans, “should refrain from any sexual activities” (The Guardian, 2011, ¶ 7). Perhaps the most shockingly contrarian statement to the campaign aiming to eliminate racism from soccer and daily life is President Blatter’s statement that racism is not a problem in football and can be solved by a simple post-match handshake (The Guardian, 2011). Comments like these from the President, present FIFA as an organization that makes empty grandiose statements against cultural problems frowned on by most of modern society, yet ignores these issues within the confines of their own organization.

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Also FIFA is notoriously corrupt:

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FIFA’s Fair Play rhetoric as it applies to on-field and off field play, also greatly contrasts the recent media attention focused on FIFA’s perceived corruption and lack of internal transparency. In 2010, FIFA received increased media scrutiny as a result of awarding Russia the 2018 World Cup Finals, and Qatar the 2022 World Cup Finals, after allegations of bribery by these two bidding countries’ organizing committees (Telegraph Staff, 2011; Ziegler, 2011). These allegations have yet to be proven false by a recent internal investigation sponsored by FIFA. The 2011 FIFA presidential elections were marred by lifelong suspensions given to one candidate, Mohammed Bin Hamman (former AFC President, Qatar) and one executive committee member (former Vice President Jack Warner, Trinidad and Tobago) caused by the uncovering of a money-for-votes exchange during Bin Hamman’s campaign (Telegraph Staff, 2011). For a governing body that preaches ‘Fair Play’ to their sports’ millions of participants, the allegations against their internal affairs, regardless of their truth, greatly damage any credibility FIFA may have in promoting this campaign.

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Well, the men do wear tighter shirts than the women...