|
 The corruption allegations swirling around FIFA over the last week
could ultimately prompt changes at other governing bodies, but
Silver was confident the International Basketball Federation, or
FIBA, was transparent.
"I'm sure that because of the investigation that's now going on with
FIFA that the other federations, not just FIBA, will all take a
fresh look at how they do business, to ensure that everything is
done in the best possible way with the highest standards," Silver
told reporters before the opening game of the NBA Finals.
"But we're very confident in the way that FIBA is operating."
FIFA, was the target of a twin-pronged assault by the United States
Department of Justice and the Swiss Attorney General's office last
week which saw the arrest of senior officials on a multitude of
corruption charges.
Sepp Blatter, the president of the Federation Internationale de
Football Association, has not been charged and he was elected to a
fifth four-year term last week but then unexpectedly resigned on
Tuesday.
Silver, who took over at the helm of the National Basketball
Association in February 2014 after David Stern retired following a
30-year stint, called FIBA a "very transparent organization" that
has open board meetings and has their financials audited.
[to top of second column] |
"There's been absolutely no suggestion that FIBA, our federation, as
opposed to FIFA, has been tainted in any way by corruption," said
Silver.
"There's never been a discussion in our sport of any of the sort of
taint that we're seeing right now in FIFA. I mean, we're going to
take a close look at it."
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Christopher
Cushing)
[© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
