If it won't any longer be Sepp Blatter's International House of Graft, what exactly will FIFA become? The beleaguered governing body of the world's game has come to a crossroads in its long and ugly existence. Can the greed be checked at last? Are there enough reformist and honest people in positions of power now to really change anything?
And who will become its new president? Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, the Jordanian challenger in Blatter's final election who is telling us what we want to hear? Is he the right man for the right time, the one to decentralize soccer's power and create sufficient oversight to clean house?
Lionel Messi
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The little Argentinian maestro will turn 29 in 2016, meaning he shouldn't yet be coming out on the other end of his prime. He's favored to win a fifth FIFA Ballon d'Or in January – besting his own record. And it isn't looking like Barcelona's absurd dynasty is nearing its end just yet.
But there's one thing Messi hasn't accomplished yet: win a major trophy at the senior level with Argentina. He's led his country to an Under-20 World Cup title and the Olympic Under-23 gold. Yet in spite of dragging Argentina into the final of the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 Copa America, he has thus far failed to claim any senior-level silverware for his adoring nation.
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