Soccer Is Not for Sale. Give the Boot to FIFA’s Private Equity Play.

By Nathán Goldberg Crenier

Mr. Goldberg Crenier is the vice president of U.S. Soccer.

This article has been updated to reflect news developments.

Soccer, and the joy the game brings to billions of people worldwide, isn’t just a sport. It’s a sacred public good. That makes FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, a steward of the public’s trust, one that should be protected passionately.

Instead, FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, plans to sell a stake in future World Cup revenues to private ownership. FIFA announced Tuesday that it intends to form a new entity called FIFA Forward Enterprise that would centralize its........

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