Lord Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Olympics, will head FIFA's new ethics commission that will judge all cases alleging conflicts of interest and breaches of FIFA rules. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Coe was an outstanding personality in the world of sport. “He has total integrity and will have total independence.”
The ethics commission will only rule on new cases, meaning Coe will not have to deal with the Jack Warner case. Warner, a FIFA vice-president from Trinidad and Tobago, has been identified by FIFA's auditors as being involved in the sale of World Cup tickets for several times their face value - a clear breach of FIFA rules. Warner's case will be investigated by FIFA's disciplinary committee.
