US monitorship move may be best chance of Fifa reform: lawyers
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US prosecutors could eventually try to impose a court-appointed monitor on Fifa to ensure that soccer's corruption-hit governance body cleans up its act, according to lawyers who have helped troubled companies and other entities to reform. Fifa's decision last week to establish its own task force to propose reforms has been blasted by critics who say the organisation has shown over many years it is incapable of transforming from within.
Leading Fifa sponsors Coca-Cola Co and Visa Inc have joined labour union and anti-corruption groups in demanding Fifa agree to the establishment of a fully independent reform commission. Visa CEO Charlie Scharf said on Thursday that Fifa's response to corruption allegations were "wholly inadequate" and showed a lack of awareness of the need for change. But there is little sign that Zurich-based Fifa will voluntarily heed calls for an independent commission or major change.
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