Blatter: Stop treating fans as prisoners and animals

NASSAU, Bahamas: Seeking ways to lessen the chance of further fan fatalities, FIFA president Sepp Blatter urged nations to avoid treating fans like "prisoners and wild animals" by using fences to contain them in cramped stadiums.

"This must happen," Blatter said on Wednesday.

Blatter made the emotional plea at FIFA's annual Congress, where several issues were discussed by soccer's worldwide governing body but no votes held to decide two significant items on the agenda - the plan to restrict clubs to a maximum of five foreign players in starting lineups and a notion to lower the maximum age for the Olympic men's tournament from 23 to 21.