FIFA President Gianni Infantino has abandoned plans to sell off the commercial rights to the FIFA World Cup following significant backlash. The decision, announced Friday, comes after a period of division surrounding the proposed project.
According to a statement released by the FIFA president, “Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place.
The move signals a reversal for Infantino, who had previously championed the plan to sell off World Cup commercial rights. While the details of the original proposal weren't fully outlined in the source material, it evidently sparked considerable opposition leading to this decision. The FIFA president made the announcement on Friday but did not specify where he was when making the statement.
The report indicates that the level of division created by the project—despite any support it may have garnered—was the primary driver behind Infantino’s change of course.
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