Next week the authors of both of the above, and many others, will be in Qatar for the United Nations Asia Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights...[A]fter many years of denial and buck-passing, are we starting to see the beginning of something new, something that might indeed make football, sports, and mega-sporting events beautiful once more?...Although corruption and ethics scandals emerge from a broad range of sports, international football is now so large and so impactful that it has attracted the greatest amount of criticism in human rights terms...John Ruggie’s report has come at just the right time and...should have a profound effect on FIFA [who] has already made some significant statements in relation to human rights...John Ruggie goes to the heart of the matter when he clearly states in his new report that: “What is required is a cultural shift that must affect everything FIFA does and how it does it. The result must be ‘good governance,’ not merely ‘good-looking governance.’” (p.36).Major sport has enjoyed a special status in international governance terms for many years...but as with other parallel issues of ‘global public goods’ such as internet governance, sport cannot be a law-free zone...the work must start now and strong and clear commitments from FIFA and other sports bodies are an important start.