Why Everyone Is Wrong About FIFA's $20 Billion Gamble

By Times News

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Gianni Infantino’s proposed plan to sell off stakes in FIFA to private investors has sparked huge outrage across European football and politics — but is the backlash justified? Is this the end of "pure" football, or simply the market force that made the Premier League the best in the world? Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal They were speaking on The State of It USA podcast. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/fhW7JK9B9Lk 00:00 - The Exclusive: Infantino’s Plan to Privatise FIFA 00:21 - Political Backlash & Boycott Threats 00:37 - Media Outrage & The Anti-Americanisation Stance 01:18 - Is FIFA Privatisation Actually a Good Thing? 02:56 - Lessons From Football in the 1970s and 1980s 03:51 - How Private Investment Saved the Premier League 04:15 - The Nostalgia Fallacy: Pure Football vs. Modern Standards 05:14 - Are $15k Tickets and Halftime Shows R

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