ICSS: FIFA "Crying Out" For Structural Overhaul -- ATRadio

(ATR) An official at the International Center for Sport Security weighs in on the suspensions of four football leaders.

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter looks on as fake dollar notes fly around him, thrown by a British comedian during a press conference at the FIFA world-body headquarter's on July 20, 2015 in Zurich. The 79-year-old Swiss official looked shaken as the notes thrown by Simon Brodkin, stagename Lee Nelson, fluttered around him in a conference hall at the FIFA headquarters. Brodkin was taken away in a Swiss police car after the stunt. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI        (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
FIFA president Sepp Blatter looks on as fake dollar notes fly around him, thrown by a British comedian during a press conference at the FIFA world-body headquarter's on July 20, 2015 in Zurich. The 79-year-old Swiss official looked shaken as the notes thrown by Simon Brodkin, stagename Lee Nelson, fluttered around him in a conference hall at the FIFA headquarters. Brodkin was taken away in a Swiss police car after the stunt. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

(ATR)Chris Eaton, executive director of Sport Integrity at the International Center for Sport Security (ICSS), tells Around the Rings that FIFA is "crying out" for a structural overhaul.

On Thursday, the FIFA ethics committee slapped Sepp Blatter with a 90-day suspension along with secretary general Jerome Valcke and UEFA chief Michel Platini.

FIFA presidential hopeful Chung Mong-joon was handed a six-year ban from football.

"I think FIFA needs to rebuild from the ground up," Eaton says.

"Just changing the people is not necessarily going to change the organization."

Before joining the ICSS almost three years ago, Eaton spent two years as head of security for FIFA.

Looking forward, Eaton tells ATR that FIFA must let the "values of football dominate over business."

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