The search is underway for the man to succeed Sepp Blatter and lead FIFA out of the pit of corruption that it has found itself in, and earlier this month, Vice Sports put forward a name that actually makes a lot of sense:

Romney—known as a “turnaround artist” for his work at Bain Capital reversing the fortunes of sinking companies—took on an executive role with the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics organizing committee and cleaned up a mess that had resulted from a corrupt bidding process that led to 15 years of International Olympic Committee reforms and was catastrophically over budget.

“He managed to remove the stink of scandal and replace it with the glow of success,” wrote the Boston Globe in 2007.

Romney had no special tie to the Olympics. In fact, he received a crash course during a flight from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles about how the Olympics work. But this is what he did regularly at Bain Capital: made leveraged buyouts of companies like Domino’s, Staples, or Sports Authority that he knew nothing about and turned them around. He also reportedly loves to fire people, which sounds like just the thing for FIFA.

So, could Mitt Romney be the next FIFA president? That question was jokingly put to the 2012 presidential candidate during his appearance on Meet The Press on Sunday, and far from being enthused by the idea, he didn’t entirely rule it out, either:

“Frankly I’m focused on trying to make sure we get this country going in the right direction so we can help the people who need it most.”

Doesn’t sound like a denial to me!