{
  "id": 14252,
  "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/28/fifa-private-investors-deal-backlash-uefa-football-balance-of-power",
  "title": "FIFA’s plan to raise billions from investors is sparking a backlash—one insider says Europe is angry because it could change soccer’s balance of power",
  "summary": "Thrive Capital's Joshua Kushner and former Liberty Media boss Greg Maffei are involved in the controversial bid to buy a stake in a subsidiary of the non-profit that oversees the beloved World Cup soccer tournament.",
  "authors": "Allie Garfinkle",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "eu",
  "published_at": "2026-07-28T23:38:51.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-29T05:10:12.205Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fortune-ai",
  "source_name": "Fortune AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://fortune.com/section/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14252",
  "original_url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/28/fifa-private-investors-deal-backlash-uefa-football-balance-of-power",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}