'Gone down like a lead balloon': Ex-FA boss on FIFA's World Cup backflip

"It's gone down like a lead balloon."This is David Gallop's view of FIFA president Gianni Infantino's now-infamous World Cup privatisation proposal."It's so far off passing the pub test that I think it's like he let off a stink bomb in the middle of the pub and people ran screaming, leaving half a schooner behind," Mr Gallop told 7.30. "That's how poorly it's been received."Mr Gallop has been one of Australia's foremost sport's administrators He was CEO of the NRL from 2002-2012 before jumping ship to become the boss of Football Federation Australia for seven years until his tenure ended in 2019.He has watched on this past week as Mr Infantino's failed sell-off plan has evolved into a full-blown crisis over his leadership.Mr Infantino's proposal, dubbed the FIFA Forward Enterprise, would have seen the commercial rights of FIFA's most popular tournaments, including the World Cup, transferred to a private company, and a 20 per cent stake sold to investors, valued at $20 billion.It's been reported Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, was one of the private equity figures behind the plan."Anytime you sell anything, you need to have good, compelling reasons, but particularly so when it comes to something like the World Cup and ..