The scale of FIFA's excesses were highlighted on Wednesday when a study of salaries showed that employees at soccer's world governing body received wages that were 34 percent higher than the average hedge fund trader.
FIFA employees averaged a yearly salary of $242,000, 25 percent higher than the $194,000 commanded by traders at banks and 34 percent more than the $180,000 earned by employees at hedge funds, according to salary benchmarking website Emolument.
"Financial industry professionals must be breathing a sigh of relief that FIFA remuneration is hogging all the limelight," Alice Leguay, co-founder of Emolument, said in a press release.