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And another thing that we need, frankly, to feel righteously angry about is the denial of entry by US authorities to the Somali referee Omari Artan, who was refused entry to the country at Miami International Airport despite apparently having a valid travel visa. Fifa, so quick to deploy control-freakery when it comes to pressing matters such as recyclable water bottles, shrugged its shoulders and abdicated responsibility for one of its own referees. ?Fifa is not involved in host country immigration processes, including visa adjudications ? in line with previous Fifa events, a host government ultimately determines who receives a visa and who is admitted into their country,? sniffed a statement.
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