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Originally Posted by Locke
I love the incredible number of 'Can Infantino clean up FIFA' articles?
I'm not exhaustively familiar with him, but hes Italian, a culture not exactly notorious for their by-the-book, above-board and incorruptible nature.
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I think he has some good points:
1. He never intended to run, only ran because Platini got suspended and UEFA needed a representative.
2. Since he entered late, he's had to do a heavy campaign around the world.
3. He's won the vote today on the support of 3 Confederations (UEFA, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF). Frankly these are the 3 confederations that we care about and have been shutout by Blatter. No more false promises to Africa and Asia.
Some plans:
1. He was the man behind the multi-venue Euro 2020 plan. Wants to do the World Cup this way too. Who knows. Canada one day might host a World Cup group instead of a full event.
2. He's pro instant replay
3. Expand the World Cup to 40 teams. He says even at 40 teams that's only 20% of the members. Comparatively Euros will have 24 out of 53. Almost 50%.