FIFA president Gianni Infantino living the high life at World Cup as fans pay the price

FIFA president Gianni Infantino living the high life at World Cup as fans pay the price centers on allegations that FIFA’s leadership is using private air travel and premium accommodations while supporters face steep costs. The article says Infantino has flown to as many as two matches daily on a jet rented from Qatar since June 11, escorted by police convoys across host cities. It also reports FIFA is renting office space inside Donald Trump’s Manhattan skyscraper, with estimated cost cited at around $40,000 per month; FIFA says it pays market rate and uses the office. For fans, the cheapest resale tickets average more than $1,800, while FIFA flew delegates from all 211 member nations to the $1,000-a-night Ritz-Carlton in Miami for meetings. The piece adds FIFA projects reinvesting at least $11.67 billion of about $13 billion in revenue, and disputes claims that hotel spending alone exceeds $200 million.