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Sepp Blatter's inability to reform FIFA to doom him despite reelection

Now that Sepp Blatter has been elected to a fifth term as FIFA president, the focus shifts to "What's next?"

And the tea leaves aren't aligning favorably for world soccer's beleaguered leader.

Corporate sponsors, who helped FIFA accumulate revenue of more than $5.7 billion over the last four years, are threatening to take their money elsewhere unless there is reform in an organization rocked this week by a 47-count federal indictment alleging racketeering, fraud and money laundering, among other charges.

And the investigations are continuing, both in the U.S. and in FIFA's Swiss home, where officials say they are looking into criminal mismanagement and money laundering surrounding the votes that gave the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively.