UEFA, Europe's soccer confederation, confirmed on Thursday that it was not making empty threats over FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan to sell the World Cup off to private investors. A boycott of this nature is UEFA's strongest play to block Infantino's proposal. Europe is certainly not immune to money grubbing, but UEFA is in a unique position over every other confederation in the world. UEFA knows this, and so for once it is taking its role as the proverbial leader in the clubhouse of world soccer seriously. As I stated on Wednesday, a World Cup without UEFA is a non-starter, at least if Infantino wants to keep raking in money anywhere near the neighborhood of the $15 billion the 2026 World Cup generated.