FIFA has scrubbed the phrase "corruption" from its code of behavior manual.
And it additionally offers advice on the way to ride out the storm if fearing a ban for paying and receiving bribes.
After the corruption scandal that rocked the organisation after the awarding of Russia 2018 and the 2022 world Cup in Qatar, they have taken action — through definitely deleting the term from their vocabulary.
And Gianni Infantino has also gone soft on the ones accused of taking or receiving bribes.
Bribery remains prohibited within the ethics code, but the potential to prosecute cases has been weakened.
The 2012 code said "prosecution for bribery and corruption" was not subject to a "limitation duration."
However long it took investigators to discover offences, you can nevertheless be sanctioned.
However section 12.1 of the new code states: "Bribery, misappropriation of finances and manipulation of football matches or competitions might also no longer be prosecuted after a lapse of ten years."
So, for officials who want to pass round brown envelopes, the message is apparent: maintain your head down for a decade and you are home and dry.
The message to soccer officials not deterred from seeking to benefit from bribery and fraud by the criminal cases: as long as the misdemeanour isn't discovered for 10 years you'll be in the clear at Fifa.
Ethics prosecutors now simply have 5 years to complete cases into other general breaches of the code - half the previous time approved to uncover wrongdoing.
Infantino said last year: "the new Fifa is a democracy it isn't a dictatorship. it's far a transparent organisation ... a deeply sincere organisation."
Critics will argue that this latest move clearly sweeps old problems under the rug.
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