FIFA's major sponsors appear to be taking sides against the soccer organization's embattled president, Sepp Blatter, with four major companies calling for him to resign immediately—while others are keeping silent or say the ongoing reform efforts should be allowed to run their course.
Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch InBev, McDonald's and Visa issued separate statements Friday, in what appeared to be a coordinated move, saying Blatter should go right now, reports the BBC. Those four stepped up pressure after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against the soccer executive last week, alleging, among other things, that he sold TV rights at below market value to a former FIFA official.
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