Beautiful game, ugly deal

The FIFA logo is carried during a pregame ceremony ahead of the World Cup final match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19. After promising to learn from its role in a failed ‘Super League’ that fuelled fan anger, JPMorgan Chase is involved in FIFA’s latest meltdown. — Hiroko Masuike and Eric Lee/The New York Times

IN April 2021, JPMorgan Chase found itself in the midst of a storm.

A plan for a breakaway Super League featuring the richest football clubs in the world, which would have unmoored the century-old structures of the sport in Europe, had folded in less than a week.