ALL 55 UEFA Members Vote to Boycott FIFA Competitions Over World Cup Stake Sale
Gianni Infantino wanted a war over FIFA Forward Enterprise. He's got one now, and it's the biggest one of his presidency.
Every single UEFA nation all 55, unanimously just told FIFA they'll sit out the World Cup, men's and women's, rather than let the tournament become a private equity product. That's Spain, the reigning world champions, willing to walk away from the trophy they just won. That's not a protest, that's a declaration of war on Infantino's leadership.
And here's the brutal part for FIFA: the money argument doesn't matter anymore. $40m per association means nothing against "the World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product." UEFA didn't negotiate. They didn't ask for changes. They rejected it outright, and dared FIFA's other confederations to side with private investors over the game's biggest prize.
Infantino's September 19 deadline suddenly looks less like a plan and more like a countdown to a full-blown FIFA crisis. The World Cup runs on the world's biggest football nations showing up. Right now, Europe just said it won't.
