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In the meantime, Infantino has sought to further ingratiate himself to the 211 member associations the same way he always has: by promising them more money. His latest offer was to boost the FIFA payments to develop the game around the world by handing each federation an extra $15 million. Jon Rahm Gives Up Over $100 Million to Leave LIV Golf.
This week, the top council of soccer’s world governing body gathered in Zurich for the first time since his catastrophic plan to privatize part of the World Cup rights blew up over the summer. And this time, Infantino had no choice but to apologize. His contrition, however, was far from total. He still gave a presentation on why he thought the plan, known as FIFA Forward Enterprise, would have been a good deal for the FIFA members. And from the head of the FIFA Council table—a setting not unlike the Dr. Strangelove War Room—he insisted the project with Joshua Kushner was only ever a proposal. Even after leaving the upstart circuit , the former Masters champion still doesn’t have a clear path back to the PGA Tour.
“No satisfactory answers were provided,” the head of the German soccer federation Bernd Neuendorf told reporters.
