FIFA Organization

Now that Gianni "Johnny Baby" Infantino has been elected FIFA president, we can all speculate as to what the Gianni Infantino FIFA presidency will actually look like. 

We've been handed our first clue as to the Infantino administration's style, etc. when Johnny Baby showed up to a soccer game next to FIFA's headquarters with shiny green shoes on.

The New York Times ended a profile of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter thusly:

“Enough is enough,” he said. “I will always be a president.”

We looked into it, and it turns out no, he will not always be a president. In fact, since the election of Gianni Infantino, he isn't even currently a president. 

That's sort of how elections work. You're a president, then someone else gets elected, then you're not a president anymore. 

On Friday, world football’s governing body (FIFA) elected its new president: Gianni Infantino.

Fridays election of a new FIFA President may have been the second-most important thing to happen at FIFA's extraordinary congress. Before Gianni Infantino's election as Sepp Blatter's replacement, delegates vited to enact much-needed FIFA reforms. 

With these reforms, FIFA is at least paying lip service to moving away from the rampant corruption that has inhabited it pretty much forever.

FIFA's Extraordinary Congress Friday to decide who will replace Sepp Blatter has elected Gianni Infantino, of Switzerland, as the new FIFA president.

FIFA election, 2nd-ballot results:

Gianni Infantino 115
Sheikh Salman 88
Prince Ali 4
Jerome Champagne 0

It's over.

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) February 26, 2016

Tokyo Sexwale is not going to win the FIFA presidential election. This is the case for a variety of reasons, mostly because he's barely even campaigning and even his own continent has pledged its support for someone else.

But we would not be doing our civic duty as an esteemed media organization if we did not interrupt what we're sure would have been a very fine and productive day with our ill-informed and quite honestly pointless thoughts on the FIFA election.

The stage is set for the biggest international tournament in the United States since the 1994 World Cup finals. The 2016 Copa America Centenario promises Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, James Rodriguez and another chance for both Mexico and the United States to disrupt the accepted international footballing hierarchy. This is your ultimate guide to the ultimate tournament of the Americas, the 2016 Copa America Centenario. 

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You may remember Wendell Lira, the Brazilian lower-leagues player who achieved international stardom for doing this:

Wendell Lira Goal

Lira won the FIFA Puskas Award, given annually to the scorer of the sickest goal of the year, but it turns out his best talent with a soccer ball may not actually be kicking it, but making virtual players kick it with an Xbox controller.

The situation at the former and possibly current, who the hell knows at this point, wretched hive of scum and vilainy that runs the soccer affairs for the whole world that we call "FIFA" has devolved to the point that the organization is now eating it own young,

In the last 10 years, no three figures have been more powerful in soccer than Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jerome Valcke. If the ethics committe get their way, those three will not figure into the next 10 years.