"Tarkam" ©Adek Berry (AFP) Brazilian footballer Andersen Da Silva eating his dinner ahead of an FUT Coins inter-village tournament locally called "Tarkam" ©Adek Berry (AFP) FIFA passes reform package in bid to shake off scandals | Daily Mail Online.
FIFA passes reform package in bid to shake off scandals ByReuters Published: 06:24 EST, 26 February 2016 | Updated: 06:24 EST, 26 February 2016 e-mail By Mike CollettZURICH, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Soccer's world governing body approved the deepest reforms in its 112-year history.
Friday in an attempt to put years of scandal and crisis behind it and transform itself into a trusted, modern sporting organisation.FIFA delegates voted by 179 votes to 22 to accept the reforms, which include replacing the Executive Committee with a 36-member FIFA Council, and limiting the president and other senior officials to three terms of four years.
A new professional general secretariat, akin to a company's executive board, will handle the business side of FIFA, leaving the 36-member Council, elected by national member associations and including at least six women, to focus on broad matters of policy and strategy.Both bodies will be overseen by a fully independent Audit and Compliance Committee.Francois Carrard, the independent chairman of the Reform Buy FIFA Coins Committee, presented the 62-page document to delegates, saying FIFA had a once-in-a-generation opportunity.