President Sepp Blatter is not to blame for FIFA's corruption, according to former adviser Jerome Champagne.
Former FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne declared the "political controversies" of football's governing body are not Sepp Blatter's fault but that of the executive committee.
Speaking to Perform in the aftermath of Blatter's re-election as president Saturday, Champagne claimed the inability of the FIFA president to appoint its own government — the executive committee, or ExCo — makes it difficult to institute reform.
"The FIFA president, forget the name of Mr. Blatter for one minute, is elected by the world parliament of football," Champagne said.