What will it take to end the secrecy that surrounds football’s governing body?
Last week two construction workers died at the stadium in Sao Paulo that is due to host the opening match of next year’s World Cup.
Of course that is a dreadful tragedy for the friends and family of the two men who lost their lives.
Like the appalling helicopter accident in Glasgow, it would be wrong to point the finger of blame at any person or group.
I’m certainly not saying that FIFA are responsible for several stadiums being behind schedule
Sadly, accidents happen all over the world when major building work is taking place.
There’s talk of work going on round the clock to meet deadlines.
But there is so much secrecy surrounding FIFA, we can have no faith in the investigation they’ve launched into the tragedy.
This is the sporting organisation that has an income of over $1 billion a year.
However, we’ve repeatedly seen there is little accountability of how much of that money is spent.
Until we have transparency at FIFA there will always be more questions than answers.
When, I wonder, will someone within football stand up to Sepp Blatter and his cronies?
They regularly make blunders that beggar belief.
The farce surrounding the 2022 World Cup being awarded to Qatar is a story that’s set to run and run.
And you can’t help thinking there will be more bad news from Brazil before the games kick off in less than 200 days’ time.
It’s hard to believe this clown Blatter is still running world football at the age of 77. They say with age comes wisdom but he is clearly the exception to the rule.
Football fans should be outraged by the secrecy that exists in FIFA because it’s their money that’s being spent.
Without the supporters either passing through the turnstiles or watching on TV there’s no sponsorship money, no advertising and no broadcast rights.
We have every right to demand that decisions about expenditure and organisation are made public and explained.
That’s clearly not happening at the moment.
It was always going to be hard for Brazil to meet the economic demands of hosting a World Cup.
They have no problem with their football expertise, but creating the necessary infrastructure for a 21st century tournament is hard on their fragile economy.
Are FIFA doing enough to help? We just don’t know because we can’t trust the people at the top.
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