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TeaHe fifa The leadership will travel to Doha on Monday for a series of meetings related to “The Best” awards, where some sources are expecting at least some tension. And not on who wins.
Many national associations are agitated by this Astronomical World Cup 2026 Ticket PricesAnd want to pick it up straight away. The Football Association say they will escalate fans’ concerns to FIFA, but the Football Supporters’ Association is hoping for more. they hope FA Really emphasizing it, and showing appropriate support.
If they don’t, there will be an uproar and this latest controversy over FIFA and the World Cup is likely to escalate.
The whole story already deserves more scrutiny into how the FA – and other major unions – actually conduct themselves in football’s power structure.
Sources from such federations generally stress that they have to maintain a diplomatic understanding around the top of FIFA and UEFA because of the risk of political exclusion due to the fact that the two federations are separate from each other. Top-to-bottom executive presidents are models with little room for dissent,
Therefore, they usually say very little which is really challenging, as they try to maintain some influence.
Except, what does any of this mean if you don’t actually say anything and you have no impact when it matters most?
After all, the FA’s first responsibility is to the football public of England. This is for their constituents.
If you cannot serve them in this way, you may even be politically ostracized.
And what’s really going to happen anyway? It’s not like FIFA or UEFA are going to cut forward or hat-trick funding.
Both federations love Wembley precisely because it is much more attractive than any other European stadium, meaning there is no risk of missing major fixtures.
FA lobbyists may point to a World Cup 2035 bid, but there is no competition there.
And, in any case, do they really have a mandate to secure a tournament at any cost – such as for their fans?
It would be completely spineless to refuse to speak publicly on this.
Such an approach is even more surprising now, given that there is constant tension between football’s various stakeholders – from the Premier League to the European Football Clubs (the new name for the European Club Association) – and you need sharp elbows to secure your place in the calendar. You need fighting spirit.
Many of those same stakeholders often declare themselves shocked by the meekness of the major confederations, from the FA to the federations of France, Germany and Spain. It feels like they are absolutely wasting their potential, and they should be the moral guardians of the game.
Instead, various sources have described him as “the most complicit in the preservation of the system of football” due to his refusal to flex much muscle and, worse, “patties”.
FIFA and UEFA have allowed the game to take over more and more, with virtually no challenge. And the risks in its future are much higher.
The big disappointment with this ticket crisis – even if you could say the same about any of the FIFA controversies over the past few weeks – is that a potential outlet for disagreement is so obvious and powerful.
According to insiders, if the 10-15 wealthiest federations took coordinated action, or even made a joint statement, it would “shock” FIFA President Gianni Infantino on this. This will be disagreement he is not used to.
So simple, so potentially effective in this dispute.
If FIFA still makes no changes to prices, and a position in this protection system is clearly very valuable to the associations, there is certainly another option.
They can use the substantial funds received from FIFA and UEFA to subsidize tickets for regular match-watching fans.
Many of the latter are already talking about making a very tough decision going into next summer, when it could reasonably be argued that full support is more valuable as it looks to be England’s best chance of winning a World Cup in decades.
But, actually, there is something deeper here.
There is a moral argument, and there is a political argument.
Member associations, particularly the FA, must do much more for their constituents. As was said on these pages on Saturday, FA president Debbie Hewitt is ideally placed to take over as FIFA president.
On playing this role, she said, “I’m not known for being a silent spectator.”
There has never been a more important moment to prove it.