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Пүрэв гарагт болсон УЕФА-гийн гишүүн 55 холбооны цахим хурлаар энэхүү хатуу байр суурийг нэгтгэжээ. ФИФА өөрийн гол үйл ажиллагааг удирдах “FIFA Forward Enterprises” (FFE) нэртэй шинэ байгууллага байгуулж, 4.2 тэрбум ам.доллароор үнэлэгдэх 21 хүртэлх хувийн хувьцааг хувийн хэвшилд худалдах төлөвлөгөөгөө Мягмар гарагт зарласан юм. Жанни Инфантиногийн санаачилсан энэхүү төсөл нь хөлбөмбөгийн арилжааны үнэ цэнийг өсгөх зорилготой гэж тайлбарлаж буй ч олон улсын хэмжээнд хүчтэй шүүмжлэл дагуулж байна.
УЕФА-гийн зүгээс энэ алхам нь хөлбөмбөгийн удирдах байгууллагын давшгүй хил хязгаарыг давлаа хэмээн мэдэгдсэн бол Конкакаф болон Азийн хөлбөмбөгийн холбоод (АХХ) зөвлөлдөх үйл явц дутагдалтай байгаад сэтгэл дундуур байгаагаа илэрхийлэв. Конкакаф холбоо уг асуудлыг хэвлэл мэдээллээр дамжуулан олж мэдсэндээ гүнээ харамсаж буйгаа мэдэгдэлдээ дурджээ.
Жанни Инфантино энэхүү шийдвэрээ ардчилсан үйл явц хэмээн хамгаалж, хөлбөмбөгийн арилжааны талыг бэхжүүлэх нь байгууллагын хөгжлийн дараагийн алхам гэв. Гэвч энэхүү төслийг хэрэгжүүлэхийн тулд ФИФА-гийн 211 гишүүн холбоод болон ФИФА-гийн зөвлөлийн дэмжлэг шаардлагатай байгаа юм. Ирэх жил Бразилд болох эмэгтэйчүүдийн ДАШТ болон 2030 оны эрэгтэйчүүдийн ДАШТ-ий өмнө үүссэн энэхүү зөрчил нь олон улсын хөлбөмбөгийн ертөнцөд томоохон доргилт авчраад байна.
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European nations have agreed to boycott the World Cup over FIFA’s plans to sell stakes in the tournament to private investors.
The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of the 55 national associations which are members of UEFA, the European football confederation, on Thursday, according to sources with knowledge of the meeting.
The next World Cup in the calendar is the women’s edition in Brazil next summer, followed by the men’s tournament in Spain, Portugal and Morocco in 2030.
On Tuesday, FIFA confirmed its plans to sell a significant minority stake in a new entity that it, as a non-profit organisation, is setting up to run its main events, such as the World Cups and Club World Cups.
This new entity will be called FIFA Forward Enterprises (FFE) and will take over FIFA’s commercial operations, with the organisation itself remaining soccer’s global governing body and retaining a majority stake in FFE. A press release from FIFA said it was seeking to sell up to 21 per cent of FFE, aiming to bring in $4.2billion (£3.2bn). That money could be immediately released to its member associations.
This proposal must be approved by FIFA’s 211 member associations, including the English FA, U.S. Soccer and the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and the FIFA Council, the organisation’s decision-making arm made up of the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, its eight vice presidents and 28 other members.
Infantino has spearheaded the idea, and said in the release that “football is the world’s most popular sport and an extraordinary engine of human and social development. Parts of the game have turned that popularity into remarkable commercial value — and we celebrate that success and want it to continue, because it lifts the whole game. Our job is to make sure the rest of football grows with it: FIFA exists to support sustainable, inclusive development in every corner of the world.”
FIFA’s plans were met with backlash around the world. Infantino’s predecessor Sepp Blatter and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham were among them, while European football’s governing body UEFA said, “This crosses a line that football’s governing institutions should never cross.”
Multiple confederations took issue with the process FIFA had followed. This included Concacaf, the confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean, which accused FIFA of a lack of consultation regarding the proposals.
“Concacaf was only made aware of this matter through media reports and, subsequently, via a media release,” a statement read. “We are deeply concerned by the lack of due process.”
The Asian confederation also said it was “disappointed that a matter of such significance entered the public domain before the AFC family had been afforded the opportunity to examine and discuss it through the appropriate and established governance channels.”
The African confederation, however, only commented to confirm its involvement in the consulting process, “encourag(ing) its Member Associations to examine” the proposals themselves.
Infantino subsequently defended the idea on Wednesday in an interview with FIFA, the organisation he leads. In a five-minute video he said it was a “democratic process” and “strengthening the commercial side of the game is the natural next step in (FIFA’s) evolution”.
“FIFA obviously continues to govern football without any external interference,” he said. “And the flagship tournament it organises, like the FIFA World Cup or the FIFA Women’s World Cup, will always remain.”
