New Jersey politician seeks to
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New Jersey politician seeks to block FIFA’s sale of World Cup grass, calls it illegal

FIFA has started selling off parts of the grass at the World Cup finals stadium in New Jersey. Now a local politician wants to stop the sale. "It's illegal," says Mike Inganamort.

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State politician Inganamort believes that since the state paid most of the equivalent of 126 million kronor to build the grass pitch at MetLife Stadium, Fifa and the local organizing committee cannot sell the grass and share the proceeds.

“What is happening is not only a bad deal for New Jersey taxpayers, it is illegal,” Inganamort said in a press release to Politico.

He wants New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill to do everything in her power to stop the sale and also apply for a legal injunction.

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