Fifa ‘more poorly governed today than 10 years ago’, open letter to organisation claims

Letter calls on Fifa to ‘address key structural flaws’Decade after arrests of officials on corruption chargesA decade after the arrests of seven of its senior officials on corruption charges, Fifa is “arguably more poorly governed today than it was 10 years ago”, figures from across the world of football have argued in an open letter to the organisation.The anniversary of the arrests at the Baur au Lac hotel in Geneva has prompted non-governmental organisations, legal figures, academics and supporter groups to call on Fifa to “address the key structural flaws” at the root of many of its governance problems, “most notably the deeply problematic power dynamic between the organisation’s executive branch and its member associations”. Continue reading...

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