Taking our ball and going home

Simon Jenkins in The Guardian argues that England FA should no longer tolerate the way FIFA works and quit. It feels like the right thing to do and would hopefully instigate a change in how the global game was run, particularly if European heavyweights like Germany and Holland also felt enough was enough. Maybe even in Brazil there is an appetite for change. And Australia who are perfectly capable or running an excellent world cup might be keen on being part of a new body that judges these things sensibly.

Would football go down the same road as boxing with different organisations overseeing different versions of the world title? Maybe, but who would want to be part of a rump FIFA left with the lower ranked nations competing for a worthless bauble while the main event was taking place somewhere else? Time for The FA to take their ball home.