Paging FIFA delegates, paging FIFA delegates… By Steven Sandor Posted on July 15, 2015 Comments Off on Paging FIFA delegates, paging FIFA delegates… 0 801 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Below the media area at Commonwealth Stadium, there were eight sections of seats, six rows each, that had to be covered with green and yellow tarp ahead of the Women’s World Cup’s opening match. Those seats had been reserved for FIFA delegates. But hundreds of delegates who were supposed to be in those seat decided to stay away from the Women’s World Cup opener — as it came just days after Swiss and American authorities made arrests of FIFA officials on racketeering and fraud charges. It also came just after FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who also skipped out on the entire tournament, announced that he would be stepping down.
