Australian football is embroiled in a governance crisis and could face a take-over from FIFA after Football Federation Australia failed to pass a proposed reform of its congress on Thursday.Players of the Australian senior men football team celebrate a goal against Honduras in their World Cup play-off
A key resolution at the FFA Annual General Meeting in Sydney to create a more democratic governance model was voted down, leaving the way for the world governing body to carry out its intention to take over the running of the game in Australia.
FFA Chairman Steven Lowy’s motion to reform the FFA congress fell short of the 75 percent voting threshold and he said the matter would now be referred to FIFA.
“We will now talk to FIFA about what steps can now be taken to resolve this issue so that we have a larger, more representative congress,” Lowy said.
“We have all been discussing and debating this for more than a year.
FIFA intervention likely as Australia FF fails to pass reform
