In Opinion FIFA has an obligation “to leverage the sport’s commercial value to invest in soccer development worldwide,” writes Nathán Goldberg Crenier, vice president of U.S. Soccer. It can do that without “selling a significant piece of the World Cup — its crown jewel — to a private equity firm.”

nyti.msOpinion | Soccer Is Not for Sale. Give the Boot to FIFA’s Private Equity Play.Soccer federations should stop FIFA’s boss, Gianni Infantino, from selling it out.