FIFA Scraps Controversial Plan To Turn World Cup Into Commercial Enterprise

Source: deadline.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:20:09 GMT

FIFA on Friday said it would not move forward with a plan to create a $20 billion commercial arm of soccer’s world governing body by selling stakes in the World Cup and other events to private investors. The proposal had been met by a wave of criticism by several soccer confederations from the time it […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: FIFA kills controversial plan to sell World Cup rights to a Kushner-led group — www.rawstory.com
Left: FIFA Opens Disciplinary Case Over Argentina Conduct At World Cup — www.huffpost.com
Left: The Kushner-Backed FIFA Takeover Tearing the Soccer World Apart — www.motherjones.com
Center-Left: Fifa scraps proposal to sell off stakes in World Cup after widespread backlash — www.theguardian.com
Center-Right: FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino on the Ropes as He Ditches Controversial $20 Billion Private Investment Plan — www.variety.com
Center-Left: FIFA scraps controversial deal to sell stakes in World Cup to private investors — www.npr.org
Center: FIFA scraps its World Cup investment plan after backlash — www.cbsnews.com
Center-Right: Gotham FC’s Emily Sonnett has season-ending surgery putting World Cup in doubt — nypost.com

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