00:00Asia's soccer board is joining growing opposition to Gian Infantino's plan to bring private investors into the World Cup,
00:07saying FIFA urgently need to review how it is run.
00:10The Asian Football Confederation says it stands with UEFA and CONCACAF
00:15after both boards push back on FIFA's offer on one-time $20 million payments to each member federation.
00:23The AFC said football should never have been put in this position
00:27and argues the proposal cannot win the broad consensus needed to move forward.
00:32FIFA wants to spin off its commercial arm, including the men's and women's World Cups and club World Cup Cups,
00:38into a $20 billion subsidiary with private investors taking a 20% stake.
00:44The plan anchors investors in a New York-based firm founded by Joshua Kushner, the younger brother of Jared Kushner.
00:50The Asian Confederation also says FIFA's handling of the proposal exposes deeper problems in consultation and decision-making.
00:57and is calling for the urgent review of governance at the World Cup body.
01:01Meanwhile, senior FIFA advisor Carlos Codero, who represented the soccer body on the White House task force for the World
01:07Cup,
01:07resigned Friday in protest at its private equity plan.
01:12the American Confederation
01:13the American Confederation
01:14the American Confederation
01:14the American Confederation
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