World football governing body Fifa moves with breathtaking speed and efficiency when there’s the slightest threat to its profit margin, and it usually goes to great lengths to make an example of those who pose a danger to the bottom line.

Punishment is swift and the folks in Zurich, Switzerland, usually  administer it with the precision of an incensed black mamba...

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