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GENEVA -- The strict rules FIFA passed in February to oversee its top officials seem to have been relaxed and do not need to be applied to the letter, months after the scandal-scarred soccer body hailed them as crucial to rebuilding trust following the corruption-tainted years of Sepp Blatters presidency.Amid claims that FIFAs new audit panel chairman from Slovenia fails to meet independence criteria demanded for the job, FIFA clarified on Friday how its governance regulations can be interpreted.FIFA appointed Slovenia state auditor Tomaz Vesel in July as an apparent outsider with no formal soccer links to oversee its billion-dollar annual spending. Among his first tasks was helping decide President Gianni Infantinos $1.5 million salary and right to future bonuses.To protect against conflicts of interest, and uphold the independence of audit and ethics committee leaders, FIFA rules state they are not permitted to have had an official function in a FIFA member federation during the four years before being selected.However, Vesels recent work with a Slovenian federation committee was reported Thursday by a soccer magazine in Norway. The magazine, Josimar, reported that Vesel said his advisory work was declared to FIFAs vetting panel.The Slovenia federation is led by Aleksander Ceferin, elected last week as UEFA president and a FIFA vice president, who plays with Vesel on a soccer team in Ljubljana.On Friday, FIFA said the vetting process by its review panel which clears candidates for independent jobs, elections or committee seats can now assess on a case-by-case basis if they can take office.The text of these rules is, in some respects, open-ended and vague, requiring its clarification on a case-by-case development of criteria aimed at making their application as objective and certain as possible, FIFA said in a briefing document published Friday.While also clearing Vesel for duty, the three-member FIFA review panel has vetted dozens of candidates for seats on FIFAs revamped committees plus continental elections, including joining the Infantino-chaired FIFA Council.However, Vesels appointment has been the highest-profile test of checks and balances FIFA put in place to clean up its operations while cooperating with investigations by American and Swiss federal prosecutors which removed Blatter from office.FIFA declined to comment Friday on details of the review panels assessment of Vesels eligibility.In a statement provided to The Associated Press, FIFA did suggest the panel could take into account if a candidates previous soccer positions were purely advisory and did not involve any remuneration.The Vesel case has cast further doubt on FIFAs commitment to letting officials in key oversight roles work independently.He replaced Domenico Scala, who resigned in May in protest after FIFAs annual meeting in Mexico City where Infantinos council was given hire and fire power over audit and ethics committee leaders. 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I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue.SAN FRANCISCO -- Nate Thurmond, the tenacious defensive center who played with Wilt Chamberlain and was an iconic figure in two cities, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. He was 74.The Golden State Warriors announced the death of one of the teams most respected players less than a month after they lost the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games. Both franchises previously retired the Akron, Ohio, natives No. 42.Thurmond played 11 of his 14 seasons with the Warriors and retired after the 1976-1977 season, one year after leading the Miracle Cavaliers to an improbable trip to the Eastern Conference finals.Without a doubt, he is one of the most beloved figures to ever wear a Warriors uniform, Golden State owner Joe Lacob said.Current Cavalier and Akron native LeBron James said on Twitter: Knowing u played in the same rec league as me growing up gave me hope of making it out! Thanks!The 6-foot-11 Thurmond was voted as one of the best 50 players in NBA history and is considered among the most dominating centers in the game. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.Nate Thurmond was a giant of his era and one of the greatest players in the history of our game, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.Thurmonds play and numbers werent flashy, but he earned the respect of his peers and knowledgeable basketball fans for his consistency, defense and strength.Looking back, he was as ferocious as any player in the history of the game on the court, but one of the kindest and nicest souls in his everyday life, former teammate and coach Al Attles said.Thurmond recorded the first official quadruple-double in NBA history as a Chicago Bull when he had 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocked shots against the Atlanta Hawks in 1974. He is one of only four players to grab more than 40 rebounds in a game.Thurmond starred at Bowling Green, averaging 17.8 points and 17.0 rebounds in three seasons. He was selected third overall by the Warriors in the 1963 draft.Thurmond apprenticed under Hall of Fame ccenter Wilt Chamberlain until the Warriors traded Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers in the middle of the 1964-65 season.dddddddddddd Thurmond went on to average 15 points and 15 rebounds during his career and still holds the Warriors franchise records for career rebounds and minutes.We have lost an incredible person and someone whom I admired as much as any player I ever went to battle against on any level, Hall of Famer Jerry West said. Nate Thurmond was, without a doubt, one of the fiercest competitors that I played against during my entire career. He played with unbelievable intensity and was simply a man among boys on most nights, especially on the defensive end.The Warriors traded Thurmond to the Bulls prior to the 1974-75 season. The Bulls dealt him after 13 games the next season to his hometown Cavaliers, where he closed out his career in style.He played a key role in the Cavaliers most memorable season before James. They beat the Washington Bullets in seven games to get to the 1976 Eastern Conference finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics in six games, but Thurmonds leadership that season made him a local legend.Cleveland teammate Campy Russell said Saturday that the Cavaliers franchise will always love and respect him as a true Cavalier legend.Though he played less than two seasons for the Cavaliers at the end of his career, his jersey number was the first retired by the team.After the seven-time All-Star selection retired, he worked for the Warriors as a community liaison and broadcast analyst until his illness sidelined him earlier this year.Nate brought the same passion to his longtime community-relations role with the Golden State Warriors, who benefited from his deep knowledge of the game and warmth and kindness to everyone he encountered for more than 30 years, Silver said in his statement.Thurmond also opened a popular barbecue restaurant in San Francisco called Big Nates BBQ, which he sold in 2011. 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