> I'm impressed and somewhat surprised that the U.S. would be the entity to enforce this given the relative lack of presence FIFA has in the U.S.
The cudgel FIFA uses to prevent anyone looking too closely at how it does business is to threaten any member country with suspension from international competition if there is "political interference in football."
It requires a combination of a big enough investigation/court system to work with the Swiss and a political class who won't care if there's a risk of soccer being disrupted in the country, so the US would be one of the few nations that might fit the description.
The cudgel FIFA uses to prevent anyone looking too closely at how it does business is to threaten any member country with suspension from international competition if there is "political interference in football."