Editing Sepp Blatter (section)

=== 2004 comments on women's football ===
In 2004, Blatter said during an interview in the Swiss newspaper [[Sonntagsblick]], when asked how to increase the popularity of women's football, "Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?" His comments resulted in heated responses.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Christenson |first1=Marcus |last2=Kelso |first2=Paul |date=2004-01-16 |title=Soccer chief's plan to boost women's game? Hotpants |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/16/football.gender |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028144237/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jan/16/football.gender |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Women give Blatter short shrift - Jan. 16, 2004 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/01/16/blatter.women.reut/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=CNN |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104173153/https://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/01/16/blatter.women.reut/ |url-status=live }}</ref>