Why democracy may be a problem for FIFA reform

Now you may not readily think that democracy can be a hindrance to reform. To suggest that seems absurd. Yet in the case of FIFA that is indeed the stumbling block. Democracy is undoubtedly the best way to run things but the one person, one vote idea can have pitfalls as the working of FIFA demonstrates so vividly.

I say this because hard as it is to believe FIFA, in comparison with many other organisations including the United Nations, to which it is often compared by Sepp Blatter, is much more democratic. So while the main UN body, the general assembly, works on the principle of one nation, one vote it is essentially a debating chamber, whose decisions have no international sanction and are often ignored by nations. The body with real power is the Security Council and this could not be less reflective of the modern world. For who are its five permanent members with veto powers? They are the US, Russia, China, Britain and France.