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FIFA reforms panel makes little progress at 1st meeting

FIFA Reform Committee Chairman Francois Carrad provides a brief update on the commitee's discussions, during a press conference in Bern, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept.3, 2015. (Marcel Bieri/Keystone via AP)
FIFA Reform Committee Chairman Francois Carrad provides a brief update on the commitee's discussions, during a press conference in Bern, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept.3, 2015. (Marcel Bieri/Keystone via AP) FIFA Reform Committee Chairman Francois Carrad provides a brief update on the commitee's discussions, during a press conference in Bern, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept.3, 2015. (Marcel Bieri/Keystone via AP)

By Associated Press 3 min read

BERN, Switzerland (AP) – A FIFA-appointed panel driving reforms of the crisis-hit governing body appeared to stall Thursday after its first outing.

A two-day, closed-door session was intended to set FIFA’s clear path toward more transparency and integrity amid American and Swiss criminal investigations of corruption implicating senior football officials.

Francois Carrard, who FIFA picked last month to lead the process, said then he wanted to present “tangible” details to the President Sepp Blatter-chaired executive committee meeting on Sept. 24-25.

“We are not yet at the stage of the proposals,” Carrard, who was the IOC’s director general during reforms after the Salt Lake City bribery scandal, said Thursday.

Specific ideas will be discussed when his group returns to the Swiss capital Bern on Oct. 16-18.