A three-man committee including U.S. Soccer chief Sunil Gulati proposed changes designed to eliminate fraud and promote transparency.
CONCACAF will make extensive changes in the way it does business after several of the governing body's prominent officials were placed at the center of the FIFA corruption scandal.
The organization that oversees soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean announced Monday that it has approved reform measures proposed by a three-man special committee.
Among the changes set to be instituted after approval over the weekend by the CONCACAF executive committee:
— Term limits will be imposed on all members of the executive committee, including the president
— Adjustments to the nomination and election process designed to prevent "entrenchment" on the executive committee
— Financial statements and compensation for executive committee members will be made public on the body's website
— Hiring a Chief Compliance Officer to oversee compliance and fraud-prevention programs
— Create a whistleblower hotline administered by CONCACAF's audit committee
— Conduct background checks on all vendors via a new "pre-approval" system
Those recommendations were made by the federation heads of the three largest countries in CONCACAF: Sunil Gulati of the U.