The sign-up bonus has a deadline. That tells you what it is.

The story

Fifa has offered England and other member associations $40million (£30.1m) each if they sign up to Gianni Infantino's controversial World Cup sell-off scheme by a deadline of 19 September, but the Fifa president has been told there is "significant and growing opposition" to the plan. Infantino wrote to member associations that a $10billion (£7.5bn) funding package would be available if the plan is approved, dropping to $2.7bn if rejected. Uefa held an emergency meeting of its 55 member associations to discuss the proposal, calling Fifa's deadline "everything you need to know about this plan" in a statement, and warning "Fifa cannot continue to use our sport to enrich themselves and their friends." The FA said it had no prior warning of Infantino's plan and is "deeply concerned." One option reportedly on the table at Uefa's meeting is a boycott of Fifa competitions including the World Cup.

The reframe

This is the same sale reported here on 29 July, but the new detail sharpens the picture rather than repeating it. A transaction that Fifa insists changes nothing about its governance now comes with a $40million signing incentive per association and a hard deadline, plus a funding package that shrinks by nearly $7.3billion if members say no. Uefa's own read on that structure, that the deadline "is everything you need to know about this plan," is the more interesting story than the sale itself: an institution being asked to approve its own restructuring is being offered a price for saying yes and a penalty for taking time to think about it.