{"id":6657,"date":"2026-07-21T18:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:36:11","slug":"tebas-infantino-should-resign-for-destroying-the-football-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6657","title":{"rendered":"Tebas: Infantino should resign for \u2018destroying the football industry\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Gianni Infantino should resign as head of FIFA for \u201cdestroying the football industry\u201d by expanding international competitions, La Liga president Javier Tebas said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6655\">ESPN starts layoffs tied to NFL Network acquisition, memo says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time he has lashed out at Infantino over fixture congestion and for considering a proposal to expand the 2030 men\u2019s World Cup from 48 teams to 64.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncreasing the number of national teams makes no sense. The football industry isn\u2019t just the World Cup, which is the most important event. But not everything can revolve around the World Cup,\u201d Tebas told La Gazzetta dello Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion, yes, I think his time is up,\u201d he said of Infantino. \u201cHowever, he has the support of the system and the federations, so there\u2019s not much more to add, is there? There\u2019s no opposition candidate, nobody wants to stand just to lose. This is the system and it\u2019s rotten at its core.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe shouldn\u2019t stay, but he won\u2019t leave. I\u2019ve heard many people who are against Infantino. They say it, but then they do nothing. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s worse, the silence or the complicity, because those who stay silent are perfectly aware of the damage football is suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South American soccer\u2019s ruling body CONMEBOL has made an official proposal to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams. The competition is already set to be the most sprawling edition with six host nations spread across three continents.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6653\">\u2018I was about to cry\u2019: Johnston County man wins $250K from lottery scratch-off ticket<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s national competition that sustains this sport,\u201d Tebas added. \u201cThey are destroying the football industry, which generates tens of thousands of jobs, for an event that lasts 40 days and involves a minority of players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized world football\u2019s governing body FIFA over the new hydration breaks implemented at the World Cup which ended Sunday, as well as the extended 27-minute halftime interval \u2014 rather than the standard 15 \u2014 during the final that saw Spain defeat Argentina 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>The hydration breaks midway through each half were introduced to help players deal with the summer heat in the United States, Canada and Mexico. But critics say they had unintended consequences, ruining the flow of the game and giving coaches a chance to tactically shift momentum in their team\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFIFA arranges things as it pleases, for what it wants, for its own interests \u2014 certainly not for football,\u201d Tebas said. \u201cHydration breaks are a lie. We have them in La Liga, but only when it\u2019s genuinely hot. Here, the pitches in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta had air conditioning. It was a lie \u2014 and just a break for advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Infantino announced in April that he would run for re-election for a fourth term as president. The vote for the 2027\u20132031 period is scheduled for March 18 in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6651\">Messi returns to Argentina for rest after World Cup final loss to Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gianni Infantino should resign as head of FIFA for \u201cdestroying the football industry\u201d by expanding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tebas: Infantino should resign for \u2018destroying the football industry\u2019 - 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