fifa has been hit by a series of scandals that swirled around seth blader and other top officials. they are trying to create more transparency. registration for candidates has closed, but many are under intense scrutiny. >> reporter: candidates submitted their registration by monday's deadline. media reported the contenders as follows, jordanian prince hussein calling for sweeping reforming to the body and ran in the may election. fifa vice president sheik al khalifa, the president of the and comes from bahrain. football a former football player from trinidad has also entered the race. david nakhid played for the national team. south african businessman tokyo sexwale announced his can't saysy. he was a former apartheid prisoner and a member of fifa's global task force against racism and discrimination. former deputy secretary jerome cha champagne. the head of musa bility. and infantino. the corruption scandal engulfing fifa came to light in may after u.s. prosecutors indicted 14 people. among them were nine fifa officials. u.s. investigators suspect that over a 20-year period the d