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Bermuda and Concacaf rejects Fifa World Cup sell-off plans
['Ross Clarke', 'Sports Editor']
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Bermuda has joined the 40 other Concacaf member nations in rejecting Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell off commercial World Cup rights to private investors.
While Concacaf members rejected the proposal, they did not go as far as the 55 European members, who agreed to boycott all Fifa competitions in a Uefa meeting earlier on Thursday.
“Concacaf is a confederation united by the love of our game, where football comes first,” read a Concacaf statement.
In addition, the need for private equity investment to fund new and existing Fifa Forward programmes following the most profitable Fifa World Cup in history was questioned.
The rejection of the proposal by Concacaf means 96 of the 211 member nations of Fifa have voted against the selling of World Cup rights.