Corporate Sponsors Demand Accountability From Fifa

Fifa  the governing body of World Football makes the rules and conditions under which the game is played but who is Fifa accountable to?  Like the International Olympics it's a private organization which is accountable to no government or independent oversight committee.  When allegations of wrongdoing surface who should investigate?  At present Fifa believes an in house  investigation by lawyer they hired will have the final say in the allegations which came to light following the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

How can an investigation be impartial and objective when the lead investigator and those under him are beholden to the very organization who hired them.  They can't.  Just as long as the "investigation" gives the appearance of credibility while being a complete whitewash is all that matters to Fifa.

The car manufacturer Hyundai has become the latest top-tier World Cup sponsor to call for a "thorough investigation" into allegations that corruption and bribery played a part in the decision to award the hosting of the 2022 flagship tournament to Qatar.
In total, five of the six Fifa 'partner' sponsors have now expressed concerns over allegations made in the Sunday Times that the disgraced former vice president of football's governing body, Mohamed bin Hammam, paid over $5m to win support in the Qatar bidding process.
Hyundai joins Sony, Adidas, Coca-Cola and Visa in expressing concerns over the bidding process. Only the airline Emirates has so far declined to comment on the claims.

Here's the best part;

Former US prosecutor Michael Garcia, who is leading Fifa's internal investigation, will publish his report around a week after this year's World Cup final.

Mr Garcia, who has spent more than a year and £6m travelling the world and gathering evidence, will reportedly not consider the millions of documents that are the source of the Sunday Times' corruption claims.
"After months of interviewing witnesses and gathering materials, we intend to complete that phase of our investigation by 9 June 2014, and to submit a report to the adjudicatory chamber approximately six weeks thereafter," said Garcia.

Even though the Sunday Times holds in its possession millions of documents which point to corruption in the process which led to Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup Mr. Garcia is going to ignore them.