Football is the world's game, but under FIFA's current leadership, its credibility is collapsing.

The breaking point came during this 2026 World Cup, when USMNT striker Folarin Balogun received a straight red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, triggering an automatic one-game suspension under FIFA's own disciplinary code. A decision normally not open to appeal. Then, in an unprecedented move, FIFA's Disciplinary Committee suspended that ban just one day before the USA's knockout match against Belgium, after reports that U.S. President Trump personally called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to question the decision. FIFA has never before intervened this way in over 60 years of World Cup history, and it offered no clear disciplinary reasoning for reversing course. 

This is not an isolated incident. It is the latest, most visible symptom of a governing body that has repeatedly prioritized political and commercial interests over the integrity of the sport itself. Fans, players, and national federations no longer trust that matches are decided on the pitch rather than in boardrooms and phone calls.

Football belongs to everyone who plays it, watches it, and believes in it. Not to a small circle of officials who can rewrite outcomes under pressure. We, the undersigned, call for the creation of a new, independent international governing body for football: one that operates transparently, applies its own rules consistently and without exception, and puts fair play, respect, and the development of the sport above profit and political influence.

We urge national football associations, players' unions (including FIFPRO), sponsors, and fans around the world to join us in demanding structural change. The game deserves better than this.

Sign this petition if you believe football's future should belong to the sport — not to power and money.