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FIFA Quota Plans Are Doomed, Says Zoff by Paul Virgo (Profile/Interview | Reuters - October 16) Plans by world soccer's governing body FIFA to impose quotas on foreign players at clubs would be good for the game but are doomed to failure, former Italy great Dino Zoff has said.more details | go to article
Blatter Delighted By 6+5 Backing by Agence France Presse (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - February 26) FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Thursday welcomed an independent report which supported his claim that a controversial plan to limit the number of foreign players in matches would not breach European law.more details | go to article
Exclusive: A Presidential Interview With Sepp Blatter by Mohammed Bhana (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - February 27) A former public relations man, whose father once told him he would never earn his living in football, sits in his plush office in Zurich – safe in the knowledge he is the most powerful man in the game. Sepp Blatter, the President of FIFA – football’s governing body – speaks to Mohammed Bhana about the beautiful game and his plans for the future.more details | go to article
6+5 by J Hutcherson (Commentary | US National Soccer Players Association - February 27) Here's what FIFA president Sepp Blatter's 6+5 rule will mean for an American player looking for work in Europe. It will get that much harder.more details | go to article
Mourinho Voices Support For FIFA's 6+5 by No Author Listed (Profile/Interview | ESPN - March 30) Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has thrown his backing behind FIFA's controversial "6+5" rule, designed to limit the number of foreign players in domestic leagues, and insists that focusing on home-grown players is the right path to take.more details | go to article
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