It also said "the moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions, football changes forever" and called the model something that "has no place in world football." In addition, the need for private equity investment to fund new and existing FIFA Forward programs following the most profitable FIFA World Cup in history was questioned." The boycott threat from UEFA is quite the blow to FIFA's efforts seeing how it would be difficult to call any World Cup title without its confederation a legitimate one. Spain is the reigning World Cup champion on both the men's and women's side, and there is no shortage of powerhouses in world football included in UEFA. The back-and-forth and concern about FIFA's proposal comes shortly after the men's World Cup just finished this summer and before the women's World Cup takes center stage next year in Brazil.