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UEFA, European soccer's governing body, has slammed the FIFA proposal and on Thursday the association said all of its national members would boycott FIFA competitions unless and until it was "abandoned in its entirety." "We unanimously and unequivocally reject FIFA's proposal to transfer ownership interests in the World Cup and other FIFA competitions to private investors," UEFA said in a statement , calling the proposal "both irresponsible and indefensible." "As a result of today's discussion, no UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership," UEFA said. Later Thursday, the 41-member Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football — North America's governing soccer body — followed suit, announcing following an emergency meeting that it was also rejecting Infantino's plan, but stopped short of declaring a boycott. "During the meeting membership expressed deep concerns about the lack of due process surrounding the proposal, the artificially short deadline imposed, and the absence of any review or approval by the relevant FIFA governance bodies," CONCACAF said in its statement. "In addition, the need for private equity investment to fund new and existing FIFA Forward programs following the most profitable FIFA World Cup in history was questioned." Meanwhile, multiple national soccer associations have expressed their own deep concern about the lack of consultations from FIFA regarding the plan.
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