1 Impose a limit on the president's terms of office

Since the earliest days of the United States, there has been a resistance to the principle of unlimited re-elections of presidents. "The danger is that the indulgence and attachments of the people will keep a man in the chair after he becomes a dotard, that reelection through life shall become habitual and election for life follow that," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1805, recommending two four-year terms. This safeguard against dynasty and tyranny is well established. In Zurich on 31 May, a 73-year-old Sepp Blatter stands for his fourth term as Fifa president. "If some period be not fixed, either by the Constitution or by practice, to the services of the First Magistrate, his office, though nominally elective, will in fact be for life; and that will soon degenerate into an inheritance," added Jefferson. Michel Platini stands by to succeed Blatter in 2015.

Likelihood of it happening

Strong, but unlikely until 2015. Blatter's challenger in Zurich, Mohamed Bin Hammam, would recommend a presidential-term limit but his election chances in the first place are slim. Platini probably would set such limits as one of his first steps in 2015, when he is expected to inherit Blatter's office.

2 Introduce at least a scintilla of transparency at Fifa

Fifa's revenue in 2010 was about $1.3bn. That is significantly more than the entire GDP of the east African nation of Djibouti; almost as much as the central American state of Belize. Of the $794m spent by Fifa on "development-related expenses" between 2007 and 2010, $137m was lavished on "other projects", described as such as its Humanitarian Support Fund — about which there is extremely limited information available — education and awareness courses called Com-Unity and Futuro III — ditto — and refereeing and medical issues. Even less light is shed on pay. In 2006 the Securities and Exchange Commission demanded full disclosure of the salaries of the three highest-paid employees, the chief executive and finance director at all regulated companies; similar rules exist here. Fifa, being a "private" organisation, is not bound by such rules.

Likelihood

Zero. What is good corporate governance for listed companies in the US and the UK does not apply for Fifa. Beyond its 208 occasionally unruly member states, Fifa has no shareholders, irrespective of how billions of fans might describe themselves.

3 End rule barring 'government interference' in FAs

Since its election in October 2007 Poland's Civic Platform government has scored a unique achievement: it has been the only European Union economy to have grown throughout the global financial crisis. The widespread corruption in the game that had seen 120 individuals arraigned for match-fixing was something of a national embarrassment. But despite the threats to the sport's integrity in Poland it was only when the prime minister, Donald Tusk, moved to dissolve the national association's board of directors with the words "I will complete the clean-up of Polish football of the corruption and all the dirt it has been mired in" did Fifa intervene in Polish football. And how? In the only way it knows: threatening to suspend the Polish FA unless it reinstated the PZPN federation, with Uefa falling into line with a warning Poland would be stripped of the Euro hosting rights.

Likelihood

Zero.

4 Give entire Fifa congress a vote on World Cup decisions

There are now strong allegations about the conduct of one third of the membership of the Fifa executive committee in whose hands rested the decision to award host-nation status for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. That is eight people, of whom two have now been suspended from all football activity. But those who accepted inducements from undercover reporters purporting to represent the USA 2022 bid were exposed to temptations born of a flawed system. With only 24 voters to win over, a big-budget campaign might consider $1.5m payments a sound investment.

Likelihood

Some, at some point. Even Blatter concedes: "I would like to [follow] the example of the IOC, to prevent what happened. The executive (would) receive 10 or 12 bids, look at them, pick the best and give (them) to the full congress to choose." But despite Blatter's personal pronouncements, it is not yet on Fifa's statute book.

5 Hold inquiry into 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding race

Valcke has written to the Sunday Times saying it was "unhelpful" to send submissions to Fifa that would not stand up in a court of law. But Fifa should not be conducting a criminal investigation. It should hold internal disciplinary procedures against those accused by the paper and if on the balance of probabilities they are held to be guilty then they should be dismissed from their executive committee posts.

Likelihood

Günter Hirsch, a former Fifa ethics committee member wrote in his resignation letter from that committee: "The events of the past few weeks have raised and strengthened the impression that responsible persons in Fifa have no real interest in playing an active role in resolving, punishing and avoiding violations against ethic regulations of Fifa."