"FIFA's Proposed Reforms Not Enough To Force Real Change, Critics Say", 20 July 2015

FIFA President Sepp Blatter reiterated his intention to step down and announced a series of reform proposals at a Zurich press conference on Monday, as international soccer’s governing body remains mired in corruption and bribery scandals that erupted in late May. The global labor, human rights and transparency organizations that have emerged as FIFA’s fiercest critics were not impressed by Blatter's latest effort. The proposed reforms “are another missed opportunity” for meaningful change that could cleanse global soccer of corruption and human rights abuses, said Tim Noonan, a spokesman for the International Trade Union Confederation. ITUC and other groups, under the banner of a New FIFA Now campaign, have called on FIFA’s sponsors to support the creation of an independent commission to oversee reforms...