UEFA PLANS ?WORLD CUP? BREAKAWAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 01 Jun 2015
Fed-up with the scandal riddled world governing body for football, FIFA, the powerful Union of European Football Associations or UEFA plans a ?World Cup? breakaway which was first proposed by Denmark's UEFA ExCo member Allan Hansen ? one of the powerbrokers keen on UEFA breaking away from FIFA.
The Daily Mail reports that the radical plan was proposed at a meeting of Europe's 54 territories and ahead of 79-year-old Blatter's re-election for a fifth term as president last Friday in Zurich.
Under the plan a European Championship every two years with invitations to other big football countries outside Europe was one of the proposals UEFA is putting forward in the fight against FIFA corruption.
The initiative would see all the top-ranked teams in world football take part in a competition that would not be under the jurisdiction of Sepp Blatter's administration.
Correspondent Charles Sale reported that Blatter and FIFA ?have been tarnished almost beyond repair? after the arrest of seven of the body's officials and the indictment of 18 people on $150 million worth of fraud, bribery and kick-back charges in a United States-led investigation.
Disenchanted sponsors and TV rights holders have made Hansen believe that his plan would be attractive enough to take significant sponsorship and broadcasting rights ? FIFA's two important revenue streams ? away from Zurich until FIFA reforms itself to the extent that UEFA feel they can take part in a global World Cup once again which will not happen until Blatter is deposed or steps down before his four year term ends.
The English Football Association is one of the leaders in the fight to get rid of Blatter.
FA chairman Greg Dyke believes it is only a matter of time before the FBI or Swiss police, who have launched a criminal investigation into the campaigns to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, catch up with Blatter.
Dyke spoke out after US Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the arrest of FIFA officials last Wednesday and the indictment of 18 people connected with football 'only the beginning'.
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