One World Sports: Doom At FIFA's Doorstep




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: In a week where football reform efforts, fresh indictments and admissions of guilt swirled around FIFA and two confederations, the acts of administrators around the world leaves little doubt that the organization failed to deliver the kind of meaningful steps forward to preserve itself. Joining Anto is David Larkin of ChangeFIFA to dig deep into the allegations and events that shaped an important week which includes a farcical attempt to elect an FA President in Argentina, yet another shape-shifting move by attorneys to resurrect the Michel Platini candidacy for FIFA President and a powerful and bold statement by the ECA which pushes FIFA credibility into an even deeper ditch. The basic question is whether these events prove without reasonable doubt that FIFA has finally crossed the line of sustainability and must be disbanded in order to flush its culture before stepping forward and ready to be restored. We also discuss the ongoing problems with sporting justice and election fraud and why these two components are key factors that must be addressed before real and actionable reform can be assured.