March 16 – FIFA is reviewing both payment and pension arrangements for members of its new-look ruling Council as part of the organisation’s cost-cutting policy, according to an AP report.
The current $300,000 FIFA Council stipend, plus daily expenses, was agreed under the previous FIFA leadership and before the executive committee was phased out and replaced by the Council of 37 members.
“The Compensation Sub-Committee will discuss FIFA’s compensation policy in the past and for the future,” FIFA was quoted as saying Tuesday.
The panel, chaired by Slovenian auditor Tomaz Vesel, will aim “to come up with proposals for ratification by the FIFA Council.”
Vesel’s appointment was announced last July to replace Domenico Scala, who resigned as chairman of the audit and compliance committee in protest at the Gianni Infantino-led initiative that gave Council members carte blanche to hire and fire members of independent watchdog bodies.
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