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A World Cup without UEFA members has no value to investors and generates no goodies to hand out to smaller nations, making Čeferin the real alpha to emerge from this sorry affair

To understand the true significance of the current FIFA scandal, it’s important to understand that Infantino is not the problem. He is a symptom of the problem.

It’s a very basic problem of governance and, frankly, mathematics.

FIFA’s structure allows for one member, one vote. 211 members equals 211 votes. So the mathematics dictates that FIFA presidents rely – for their power and continuance in post – on the votes of a minimum of 106 members.

In this supposedly ‘democratic’ scenario, Angola counts the same as Germany; Tahiti the same as Brazil.

The football federation of Tahiti does not have the same objectives as Brazil; the Angolan FA does not have the same time horizon for what is meant by the ‘good of football’ as Germany has. They just want hard cash. Now. With as few strings attached as possible.

FIFA's Catastrophe Has Shown Where The Power Really Lies | Methven's Memo

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