Why UEFA is also at fault in showdown with FIFA, Gianni Infantino
Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros of The Cooligans discuss the looming decision that the European association could bring charges against the international group. Check out the full conversation on the "The Cooligans" podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you listen .
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Did what Gianni Infantino attempt to do, was that a crime?
That in itself, if him trying to sell the World Cup, or l- or, or creating this, avenue to do this, is that, i- is that a crime within itself?
I do not personally know.
I think UEFA is l- asking for Discovery to find out what the crime is.
Because if You would assume if he's bringing, if they're trying to bring him up on criminal charges, odds are a crime has been committed, and they're just simply trying to figure out where, what, or what- Right the extent of it was.
So the And, but, but this sort of goes back to, our- And here's the, here's the quote we were talking about before.
Right.
It doesn't consider Kushner, and Ban blameless either.
FFE is the organization that, Gianni Infantino tried to create to sell- Yeah the FIFA, properties, or at least sponsorships for them.
Whatchamacallit?
FIFA's most valuable assets to det- to the detriment, otherwise profit.
That's what it is.
A small circle to acquire permanent stake.
A permanent stake in an otherwise profit for FIFA's most po- valuable assets to the detriment of FIFA.
And by the way, UEFA is in, their hands aren't completely clean on this either because the reason why FIFA is trying to do this is because there's this ev- this ongoing battle between FIFA and UEFA as to who can make more money, 'cause UEFA right now makes so much more.
They make, like, 10 or, the last number I saw was, like, 4X.
They make so much more than FIFA because Champions League draws in so much more value, than And FI- again, World Cup's only every four years, so there's- Yeah, yeah that's their biggest piece, which is why they try to make Club World Cup a bigger issue.
That UEFA sort of has, sways much more power in the game than FIFA, and FIFA's upset about that.
So FIFA wants to find a way, how do we swing that leverage back to us?
