Mitt Romney is just the person to take over, clean up, and restructure FIFA. His experiences at Bain Capital and running the Salt Lake City Olympic preparations would seem to give him just the background that's needed, and he could probably pass any scrutiny of ethics.
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FIFA corruption obviously goes much deeper than Blatter, Valcke, and apparently Platini. At the core of the problem is that every FIFA member country has an equal vote, which is absolutely absurd - the Seychelles gets the same say in governing the game as Germany?
Start with weighting voting power to those countries that have the most invested in the game - so yes, Europe, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, and the United States. Most of them, though not all, know how to run an organization in a somewhat transparent manner. Then it needs not a President, but a CEO. A competent executive, proven in management, marketing, etc.. Mitt Romney, perhaps.
Start with weighting voting power to those countries that have the most invested in the game - so yes, Europe, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, and the United States. Most of them, though not all, know how to run an organization in a somewhat transparent manner. Then it needs not a President, but a CEO. A competent executive, proven in management, marketing, etc.. Mitt Romney, perhaps.
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Shutter FIFA. It's rotten to the core and beyond repair. Create a new organization, founded on the bedrock principles of transparency and accountability, to take FIFA's place. Then we can get back futbol!
Kofi Annan anyone?
FIFA generates a lot of income from sponsorships and sanctioning of International events. Some of that money is distributed to 208 national federations, creating local money pots for which there is little accountability.
When an organization is rotten, top to bottom, what hope is there for change that might cut out downstream beneficiaries?
My only hope is that Prince Ali bin Hussein, a man of wealth and impeccable character, is the last man standing as the new FIFA president.
When an organization is rotten, top to bottom, what hope is there for change that might cut out downstream beneficiaries?
My only hope is that Prince Ali bin Hussein, a man of wealth and impeccable character, is the last man standing as the new FIFA president.
How about a swap? Sepp Blatter and team can slide over to VW and Martin Winterkorn and friends can take the helm at FIFA?
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FIFA is not salvageable! BLOW IT UP!
It's financial support comes almost exclusively from the member federations in Europe and the Americas. These member federations must withdraw from FIFA and create a new world body with weighted voting. As long as Samoa, Vanautu, Saint Lucia and Barbados have equal voting power as China, India, the United States, Russia and Brazil, their votes are easily bought as we have seen with the vote to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Any new federation must have weighted voting perhaps by allocating five votes to the 20% most populated member states descending to one vote for the 20% least populated.
It's financial support comes almost exclusively from the member federations in Europe and the Americas. These member federations must withdraw from FIFA and create a new world body with weighted voting. As long as Samoa, Vanautu, Saint Lucia and Barbados have equal voting power as China, India, the United States, Russia and Brazil, their votes are easily bought as we have seen with the vote to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Any new federation must have weighted voting perhaps by allocating five votes to the 20% most populated member states descending to one vote for the 20% least populated.
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The difficulty is, Western nations had it their way until 1973 or so, when Havelange was elected; before that it was something of a European club, so much so that in England's famous 1966 WC victory was played without the continent of Africa because the westerners would not give up World Cup spots.
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The organization capsized long ago. It's time for someone, anyone, to start a new organization. The present structure is rotten to the core and cannot reasonably be repaired. It would be better to start something totally new. FIFA flushed all credibility down the toilet years ago.
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"That’s exactly what Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, suggested. “Enough is enough,” he declared, finally unable to stand FIFA’s drama anymore now that it was embarrassing the entire Olympic movement."
Juliet, you quote the President of the IOC to weigh in on FIFA's corruption? What, the Mafia wasn't available? Oh pot, kettle on the phone for you...
Juliet, you quote the President of the IOC to weigh in on FIFA's corruption? What, the Mafia wasn't available? Oh pot, kettle on the phone for you...
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The real problem is that for too many members 'corruption' is normal.
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It's all very easy. Append to the constitution Article 1: All records: financial transactions and voting histories are made public including all executive/governing committees AS WELL as member federations. Failure to do so would mean being expelled from FIFA.
If you don't like it, don't expect to be part of the WC, and all those billions of FIFA dollars.
If you don't like it, don't expect to be part of the WC, and all those billions of FIFA dollars.
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I don't think this will happen with the current national representatives. One of the most discouraging news this summer was that the Asian and African nations urged Blatter to STAY ON, after he had announced his resignation at some future date. Apparently, they have grown comfortable with the present system, where everything is decided by backroom politics--complete transparency must be a horror scenario for them. The cleanest way to proceed would be to let FIFA simply die and start all over with an independent successor organization, maybe even a competing one if some members are unwilling to give up the old ways.
Another crazy idea!!! Take advantage of the current crisis to remake the whole sick world surrounding football: Severely limit the amount of money that can be spent on the television rights,sponsorships etc. The barbaric salaries of players and obscene transfer fees will all come back down to earth.People who love the game will be encouraged to come back to it, people who are only in it for the money will get out.It could serve as a model for the world of sport.
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