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DomPerignon:
Trump's son in-law , Jared Krushner is the one behind this rubbish.

Krushner is the one who wants to buy up 20% of FIFA but thank God that UEFA is against it and has vowed to ensure the deal doesn't go through


But what does this olodo NFF chairman know about the deal that he thinks his opinion is relevant ?

Reference:
No sir. The moment you go down that road you begin to play with the influence money has on the running of the game

Jared will not stop at 20 percent. He will want more and more and then he will begin to influence the sport itself and guess what begin to Americanise it.

Already Infantino has bent so much to America he is poised to take it from the rear. Water breaks aka commercial timeouts will become regular revenue streams and in the future shareholders will determine who gets a red card and who doesn't.

If FIFA goes fully private why can't the NFF here sell shares too, why can't the police, the judiciary, road safety, NAFDAC, and other institutions of regulation, supervision and justice sell shares so that the big boys completely control all institutions legally ......a brave new world indeed.

At the end it is Africa that will end up with the short end of the stick.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
This people should carry their corruption agenda go another sports, they should not tamper with the beautiful game. Football is for the fans, not private investors

dettolgel:
Birds of a feather. Two most corrupt fellows.

Make FIFA try am na only Asia and Africa go play the "world cup"

traware:
@Bolded Are you kidding me?Money cometely controls football. Someday,folks who follow football will face the reality and accept the fact that football died a longtime ago because that sport (like many others) is fundamentally connected to money and money corrupts.

traware:
@Bolded Are you kidding me?Money operates football. Someday,folks who follow football will face the reality and accept the fact that football died a longtime ago because that sport (like many others) is fundamentally connected to money and money corrupts.

Reference:
The whole thing is so funny.
How do you privatize an Association.
How do you sell shares in such.
Federations come together under an umbrella for a common purpose. Federations who are associations in themselves. And then the leader they elect wakes up one day and decides to hand over everything to an investor to control.....just unbelievable.

And here I thought these things are only possible in banana republics.

You can imagine Oluomo buying controlling shares in NURTW...or olodo uprising buying controlling shares in ASUU.

Reference:
Ah, that is why the fight to ensure the game doesn't disintegrate in our generation. If people don't fight for values in any walk of life the barbarians are always banging at the gates.

It is in the nature of nature to ultimately ruin any creation of man. Is there anything manmade that remains forever without 'maintenance'....

Not saying Infantino is all bad. He has done great for the spread of the game to all nooks and crannies of the world and has given non traditional nations a seat in the sun whether by participation or hosting opportunities and rights respectively.

But that fast car need brakes when it reaches a bend or fork in the road. His latest agenda is a no brainier. You cannot put a price on justice.

FIFA should be to the 'beautiful game' what God Almighty is to all creation. How do you monetize that, how does any individual or group of people want to own that.

SportblitsNews:
Former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has backed FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell a 20% stake in the commercial operations of the World Cup and other FIFA competitions to private investors.

Pinnick believes the proposal could generate significant additional revenue for football development and provide greater financial support to FIFA’s member associations. His comments come amid growing opposition to the plan, particularly from UEFA and other football stakeholders.

The proposal has sparked a major debate over the future commercialisation of football’s biggest tournament, with supporters highlighting its financial potential while critics question the involvement of private investors.

Source: https://sportblits.com/amaju-pinnick-fifa-investment-plan/

Flangelo12:
That's what they do.

They destroy anything that people have been enjoying for "free" with the intention of having it for themselves.

Do the Kushners really love football?

NO.

They see the world loves the game and they want it for themselves.

That's how they've destroyed football in US.

You have to be at least middle income to really participate in soccer in US.

89green:
Pinnick is late, fifa had to destroy the plan due to backlash. They are always supporting nonsens

If you need to confuse your mind, you need to confuse yourself first - bam boo

Edusouls:
Other sensible member associations saw the red flags and rejected it outrightly but this fool is supporting it, the plan has already been scrapped I wonder if BLACKS were on top what the world would've been like? This our color make us Dey somehow different from others

Sebcolini:
Pinnick has always been a big fool and nuisance. Is this not the same human being that has regressed Nigerian football during his tenure as NFF president and even working with FIFA. Criminal scumbag

DoctorAyukebot:
When was the last you watched a local league?
That's where it starts..

Josywhyte:
Amaju Pinnick or Picnic, FIFA is not NFF you ran like your personal business back here in Nigeria. It's a global institution who must, above all else, seek the consent of all football bodies across the world before taking any "stupid and selfish" decisions. So shush and sit down

Kushites:
SHUT UP.

FIFA HAS BEEN CHEATING AFRICAN TEAMS AT THE WORLD CUP SINCE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.

EVERY RIGHT THINKING AFRICAN SHOULD WANT FIFA DISBANDED AND REORGANISED TO STOP GIVING EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN POLITICAL AUTHORITIES SO MUCH POWER TO DECIDE ON THE GAMES BY CHEATING VIA CORRUPT REFS.

Bluna:
I've been wondering why CAF has not spoken against it like their UEFA, Asia and concacaf counterparts. Now I can see the reason. Africa as usual wants to reap but not ready to sow. When others are generating massive football revenues on their own, Africa is still waiting on FIFA. This is very disgraceful and shameful. SMH

Josywhyte:
CAF is the one cheating itself if you don't know. This is what you get when you refuse to grow your football here at home. Baba, sometimes read before you jump into conclusions. Was it FIFA's fault when this same Amaju owed the late Stephen Keishi over 5 months salary? Was it FIFA's fault when the Nigerian national team was owed arrears for over three months during Amaju's tenure? This is man that held the entire NFF hostage and refused to do the needful. Infantino is corrupt which we all know and selling 20% of FIFA to private investors will kill the game bro. Read and understand before you open mouth like whale

Kushites:
SHUT UP AND USE YOUR HEAD.

FIFA'S STUPID RULE OF "NON-INTERFERENCE" WHEREBY THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT REPLACE OR EVEN SANCTION ERRING NFF OFFICIALS OR INTERFERE WITH THE RUNNING OF THE FA IS THE ROOT OF ALL PROBLEMS AT NFF.

SO GET RID OF THE FIFA OVERSIGHT AND GET CONTROL OF OUR FOOTBALL BACK IN THE HANDS OF ELECTED GOVT OFFICIALS.

BOTTOM LINE IS THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT FIFA AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED THAT BENEFITS AFRICAN COUNTRIES.

ZERO!

SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU FIGHTING FOR?