FIFA's worldwide ban on the former SCR Altach official is a landmark moment for women's soccer, after years of secret recordings dating back to 2018 targeted minors and women in spaces where they should have been safe. This decision provides justice for the victims and stops the disgraced former official from harming others again.
From top to bottom, this whole episode has been plagued by systemic failure, from the club's failure to properly protect the women and girls in its care to the legal system's failure to punish the perpetrator properly for his transgressions. While a global ban is something, it does nothing to help those whose intimacy was stolen and whose right to meaningful compensation was denied.
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