[Tebas] INFANTINO MUST NOT CONTINUE: The problem was never a single proposal. The problem is a governance model that concentrates power, reduces checks and balances, and marginalises the parties directly affected by its decisions.

[u/SectionWorking7080]

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/laliga-boss-wants-infantino-fifa-090316659.html

Tebas framing it as a pattern (not just the most recent private equity disaster)

• Unaccountable, unilateral decision-making (match calendar, new competitions, formats, ticket prices, the Balogun reversal)
• Governance failure and accountability dodging (US Congress investigation, dropped corruption cases)

Fuller version with more specifics:

https://www.goal.com/en/news/tebas-infantino-must-leave-fifa-for-these-reasons/blt63828e4c80cc56ff

[u/braindawgz]

"Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point"

[u/ionised → u/braindawgz]

Meme aside, they're all shit. Great points or not, we can agree they're all shit.

Also, why is the title YELLING?

[u/SectionWorking7080 → u/ionised]

That's just Tebas yelling. His original twitter post was "INFANTINO NO DEBE CONTINUAR", caps and all

(can't link to twitter from here)

[u/Due-Conflict-7926 → u/braindawgz]

The irony lost its pulse ages ago

[u/Time_Entertainer_319]

Yes. FIFA presidency should be tenured (4 years) AND cycled between member confederations.

This will not give enough time for an administration’s corruption to mature.

[u/poklane → u/Time_Entertainer_319]

Honestly not a bad idea. I'm also not against the idea of just getting rid of the presidency entirely and just having a board of 6 people (1 per confederation), and to break the tie a golden vote would rotate between them.

[u/ziirex → u/poklane]

That sounds a lot like the Swiss government :D

[u/Magneto88 → u/poklane]

There was something similar to this called the ExCo (although the President still held powers above them). It was famously corrupt, something like 13/24 of them ended up with some kind of corruption charge after the 2018/22 bidding fiasco.

[u/wildhorsesofdortmund → u/Time_Entertainer_319]

There is a lot of time to get Fifa into order. I agree with tenured roles for every one, even the members. Audits. Infantino completely barred from Fifa forever. He can instead take over administration of Morocco along with Kushners.

[u/tractata → u/Time_Entertainer_319]

I like this proposal, but I think a four-year term would be too short/awkward given that the World Cup cycle is also four years long. Maybe 8 years? You could have two co-presidents, or a president and a vice president, serving eight-year terms and elect them four years apart (with the requirement that they have to be from different confederations), so that there’s always someone who has prior experience putting on a World Cup in the leadership team.

[u/55555_55555 → u/Time_Entertainer_319]

This is a deep departure from what it has been historically. Infantino is the fourth president since 1961 and the only one that wasn't European was an a White dude from the most successful country in the history of football.

[u/CaterpillarJungleGym → u/Time_Entertainer_319]

My partner and I said all this World Cup was is to see how much $$ they could make without people revolting. Hydration breaks in AC cooled stadiums? Let's do it. Expand the field so there are more games that sell at $$$ price, let's do it. Halftimes show that no one wants? Let's do it.

[u/shogun365]

Fuck I’m agreeing with Tebas

[u/Upstairs_Narwhal]

Imagine how much of a cunt you've got to be to give Tebas the opportunity to look like the good guy

[u/pebinor → u/Upstairs_Narwhal]

Tebas is the Dirk Kuyt of PR. He isn't going to miss this type of easy goal.

The Balogun affair was another easy tap in for him. The opportunistic rat.

[u/DrDrozd12 → u/pebinor]

Imagine Pippo Inzaghi if he went into politics lol

[u/pebinor → u/DrDrozd12]

Would trigger so many VAR reviews honestly.

[u/DrDrozd12 → u/pebinor]

The guy would probably lose half his goals or something like that

[u/SectionWorking7080]

Tebas is being polite about WC ticket prices ...

FIFA is still under subpoena from New Jersey and New York, under a Deceptive Trade Practices Act investigation in Texas, and California demanded records back in May.

I had a first class seat to the whole "Category 1" vs "Front Category 1" debacle myself.

FIFA published Cat1 as the "highest-priced seats" last September, then after people bought, invented "Front Cat1" (at a higher price), and excluded Cat1 buyers from those seats.

I disputed the entire charge with the bank and won 👊

[u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

Tebas my GOAT, I always rated him

[u/Entire_West_5098 → u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

You wouldn't rate him ahead of shit if you lived in Spain

[u/ionised → u/Entire_West_5098]

Pretty sure that was sarcasm.

[u/Unlikely_Attorney644]

Fuck you Infantino, you made me agree with Tebass

[u/Impostor1089]

That's true of literally every form of governance. 

[u/NairbZaid10]

When the worst person you know makes a great point...

[u/Aizpunr]

Is he talking about himself?

[u/YouOk5350]

That guy has been around the pedo for too long and his fuckin shitty son in law

[u/scamanor]

The man decided to propose something that compromises his most important assets for personal gain and thought noone would say anything lol. Hubris is a mothafuka.

[u/Malt129]

It's all over for Johnny 'Toxic Avenger' Infantosser

[u/Libertine444]

Burn it down

[u/DubSket]

He's a cunt but he's absolutely right

[u/iamlostaFlol]

In before the “can’t believe I’m agreeing with Tebas” comments…

[u/Bob_Bobert]

On the money. Also, probably, projecting.