The FIFA logo is seen outside the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich
MIAMI (Reuters) - As the princes, sheikhs and diplomats who would rule world football filed into a Miami airport hotel it struck an incongruous tone, a world away from the opulent jamborees of popular myth.
There were no gilt thrones to hand, nor velvet curtains hanging heavy. Instead, a small group of around 50 men – the men who will help elect the next FIFA president - settled down in rows of cheap seating.
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