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Football is too powerful to have one king. It’s time to abolish the FIFA presidency (www.nytimes.com)

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Gianni Infantino seems to exist independently of FIFA rather than as an extension of it, doing with the game whatever he believes is right

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[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Because capitalism style market "competition" leads to more opportunities for workers...

FIFA and UEFA and national FAs (and league associations) attract many corrupt people due to the sport's popularity.

Still they provide an international regulatory framework that applies from the world cup all the way down to amateur sides.

A player can transfer to a team in another continent and expect certain protections. A team can promote to a higher league and play on international competitions based on sporting merit.

Sure money has made it possible to buy sporting merit but deregulation is certainly not the solution to this problem.

Of all the people who are familiar with football, the only ones pushing for independent leagues are the richests clubs' owners. When Florentino Peréz says he wants to fix football's corruption I am reflexively skeptical.

In my opinion, to solve the issues with football we need automatic increased scrutiny of football officials by legal authorities.