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Published today 13:18
Insight. UEFA President Michel Platini might be the one who takes over after FIFA president Sepp Blatter. BBC confirms that he now Platini candidates in Fifa choice.
But FIFA problems are considerably greater than Sepp Blatter. Only a complete renovation of the International Football Federation’s organization can rebuild trust.
UEFA President Michel Platini might be the one who takes over after FIFA president Sepp Blatter. BBC confirms that he now Platini candidates in Fifa choice.
But FIFA problems are considerably greater than Sepp Blatter. Only a complete renovation of the International Football Federation’s organization can rebuild trust.
The news that Michel Platini is running for president of FIFA comes as no surprise. The French UEFA base has long been identified as Crown Prince to the outgoing Sepp Blatter, although the uproar around the Congress in the spring appeared naked a rift between them.
Platini, who is considered to have strong support from several continents and thus have large chances of being selected, will not be alone in wanting to take Fifa Throne at the extraordinary elections on 26 February next year. Even his running colleague, South Korean Chung Moon-joon, announced over the weekend that he will be a candidate and more people feel inclined, like Prince Ali of Jordan.
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But the chairman byte is not enough to come to terms with FIFA’s deeply interwoven corruption problems. It would be like believing that Greece would get to his feet only to the country changed its government. FIFA’s problem is much greater than Sepp Blatter and what the organization that leads the world’s most popular sport needs right now is a total blow-by, both personal and organizational. Never has the chance to make this radical reform have been better than now.
It has become legitimate to Blatter’s name as a football, one that it’s okay to bang on. True, the Swiss during the 17 years had the ultimate responsibility for Fifa has allowed corruption to spread in an organization where he worked in a total of 40 years. But as president, he sits not on the absolute power. It is available instead of the Executive Committee and the six continent connected.
The 24-strong executive committee, which among other things determines where the World Cup will be played, composed and designated large parts of the people sitting at the top of the continent federations hierarchy.
It has repeatedly proven that these men, because it deals almost exclusively with men, can not
When the Executive Committee in December 2010 the scandalous voting decided to give the World Cup to Russia and Qatar had two of its 24 members, Reynald Temarii from French Polynesia and Amos Adamu from Nigeria is already banned to vote after they are turned off after a mutaffär.
Of the 22 Members who finally took part in the vote, five since been forced to resign after being found guilty or accused of bribery.
All that work for Fifa is obviously not the villains. The problem is the organization have not kept up with when increasing the money got into football. Local bigwigs that their countries are accustomed to a decision you make is subject to certain favors have ended up in high positions. FIFA has today 209 member countries. Smaller countries often vote in blocks, which also invites you to fiddling.
The Frenchman Jérôme Champagne, who had the intention to become FIFA President in the spring, is among those who believe that Blatter is not the dictator he is often singled out as and in fact tied behind the chair. This is because the president can not choose what he wants in the Executive Committee, but must try to enforce a decision together with the opponents.
– It is as if Barack Obama would have had to have John McCain in his government, said Champagne in a DN -Interview last year and made an analogy with the US presidential election.
Others say it big problem is that each member country has one vote and the French Polynesian opinion is worth as much as, for example, Brazil.
Like Champagne worked Michel Zen-Ruffinen long corridors of power at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. As Secretary-General felt the latter a dysfunctional organization and felt that he could not keep quiet.
Founded in 2002 in connection with sports policy symposium Play the Game put Zen-Ruffinen, a former football referee, his finger on the corruption the structural weaknesses in the FIFA organization creates. He called for increased transparency and greater demands for accountability, but had obviously removed from his post. It took 13 years before anyone took his and other FIFA Critics’ objections seriously.
There is every reason for all member countries to examine themselves. World football’s rule, the structural members created. Despite one bribery case after another, UEFA and others crying out loud failed to create change. It took US authorities put teeth into the problem that the world would wake up. The FBI’s indictment comes mainly suspected violations related to the continent federations in South America and North America and the Caribbean. Meanwhile, prosecutors in Switzerland announced that it is investigating 53 cases of suspected crimes such as money laundering.
Football increased commercialization and popularity have made FIFA the balls more billions. Profit last year was 1.2 billion and it is now supposed to be close to 13 billion in the coffers. Fifa, which should be a non-profit organization, increasingly resembles a multinational corporation. Thanks to that like many other sports federations have their headquarters in Switzerland is the transparency of transactions is limited.
There is also something to consider for those who think it is enough to replace the president to bring order to Fifa .
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