FIFA's exec committee, led by President Sepp Blatter, "has dropped a proposal to impose age limits and restricted terms of office from a reform package due to be discussed at its Congress on Friday," according to Mike Collett of REUTERS. It comes a day after Blatter said that "the proposed age limits could be considered a form of discrimination." A FIFA statement read: "As no consensus has been reached among the member associations and their confederations on the agenda items 'term of office' and 'age limit,' a more thorough analysis is required. Therefore, both items will be examined further and the Congress will be asked to put them back on the agenda of the 2014 FIFA Congress with concrete proposals." The exec committee on Tuesday also endorsed proposals made by the new FIFA Task Force Against Racism & Discrimination, chaired by FIFA VP and CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb (REUTERS, 5/28). The AP reported the earnings of FIFA's leaders "were also still off limits ahead of the annual congress in Mauritius on Thursday and Friday." FIFA Audit & Compliance Committee Chair Domenico Scala said that he knew how much money Blatter made, "but would not reveal it." Scala: "It is not my role to disclose it." Blatter has reportedly "referred questions over his earnings and bonuses to Scala," and hinted in the past that it was just more than $1M. It is "believed to be much more than that" (AP, 5/29).
