Red Defence
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They're frightened of FIFA. Every single country is frightened of what they might lose.
Ok so to the people who think that giving 1 vote to each country is not a fair system, what do you propose?
How about giving more votes to countries that have qualified the most, or teams that have made the top four in the tournament get more votes.Ok so to the people who think that giving 1 vote to each country is not a fair system, what do you propose?
How about giving more votes to countries that have qualified the most, or teams that have made the top four in the tournament get more votes.
Kinda like the US electoral vote where states with a higher population count more in the polls but in this case countries with a history of at least getting somewhere in the tournament have more votes.
Imagine if some top countries boycotted just one of these world cups right before qualifyers? Granted Blatter would be thrilled with England out,but add a Brazil and they would cave.
so basically Brazil (with a bit of help from Italy and Germany) get to choose who hosts the WC everytime?
How about giving more votes to countries that have qualified the most, or teams that have made the top four in the tournament get more votes.
Kinda like the US electoral vote where states with a higher population count more in the polls but in this case countries with a history of at least getting somewhere in the tournament have more votes.
Imagine if some top countries boycotted just one of these world cups right before qualifyers? Granted Blatter would be thrilled with England out,but add a Brazil and they would cave.
Better than Blatter & his cronnis getting to choose.
The one vote per country thing sounds pretty good to me. Makes it harder for corruption for a couple reasons. Firstly you'd have to bribe more people and bribing more people = more money. Secondly (and more importantly imo) the more people you approach the more likely to be caught out you are.
The one vote per country thing sounds pretty good to me. Makes it harder for corruption for a couple reasons. Firstly you'd have to bribe more people and bribing more people = more money. Secondly (and more importantly imo) the more people you approach the more likely to be caught out you are.
The one vote per country thing sounds pretty good to me. Makes it harder for corruption for a couple reasons. Firstly you'd have to bribe more people and bribing more people = more money. Secondly (and more importantly imo) the more people you approach the more likely to be caught out you are.
Australia spent 10 million Aussie dollars, twice as much as England did on their bid. Article
Australia, have lost out big time by what happened. Under current rules nations can't host a world cup within 2 world cups of the last time it was held in that confederation, (10 years to make it clear). Many thought that China where going to get 2026, but they cannot now host a world cup until 2034 under current rules. So if Chine win 2034 Australia won't be able to host a world cup until 2046.
America have a big chance here, no one from UEFA of AFC (Europe or Asia) will be able to bid for the next world cup in all likelihood. I'd be amazed if it doesn't return there. Meanwhile the clock for the world cup to return to Western Europe keeps ticking. It will have been 24 years if Western Europe get it in 2030, yet before 2006 they had held the world cup every 8 years since 1954, and then they got 2 in a row.
This all assumes that there is no 2014 revolution.
2030 will be the centenary World Cup, from what I've heard, there's an expectation that it will go back to Uruguay, with Argentina co-hosting it. I wouldn't bank on this rotation system lasting that long though, FIFA will change it in accordance with their needs. The previous rotation system only lasted for 4 World Cups and missed out two Confederations.
2030 will be the centenary World Cup, from what I've heard, there's an expectation that it will go back to Uruguay, with Argentina co-hosting it. I wouldn't bank on this rotation system lasting that long though, FIFA will change it in accordance with their needs. The previous rotation system only lasted for 4 World Cups and missed out two Confederations.e
Either Fifa change the rules of there will be a AFC split with China wanting the World Cup before 2034. Also, with the East Asian becoming increasingly upset with the Middle Eastern countries, there will be enough support from Japan & Korea to make it happen.
There is still every chance that China will go head to head with USA for 2026.
I cannot see why any of the leagues would go along with it, or their sponsors or broadcasters.
Only if the rules are changed.
This is from an interview with Plattini.
Platini, who has been head of Europe's football governing body for six years, says he "will fight" for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be held in winter.
"We have to play the World Cup at the best moment to stage the World Cup," he said.
"It's 50C in the summer in Qatar. If we do not change the date, there are countries that will never receive the World Cup."
I dont know about others but for me the World Cup is a summer thing, holdings it in the winter is just wrong.
If there are countries that cant hold the World Cup because it is too hot, so what !
Here is the rest of the interview
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21135626
French magazine questions Qatar World Cup award
France Football magazine has raised questions about FIFA's awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, alleging it was tainted by corruption and collusion involving top figures in the game.
The weekly publication said in its latest edition published on Tuesday that the awarding of football's most prestigious tournament had "a whiff of scandal that begs the only question worth asking: should the vote be declared null and void?".
To back up its claims, the magazine, which dubbed the affair "Qatargate", quoted what it said was an internal email in which FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke allegedly said that the tiny Gulf state had "bought the 2022 World Cup".
Valcke subsquently claimed a misunderstanding and insisted that the tone of the email was "light-hearted".
France Football also quoted former FIFA media chief Guido Tognoni, who was kicked out of the organisation in 2003, as saying he believed there were "strong suspicions" that members were compromised over the 33.75-million-euro ($25 million) Qatari bid.
Key figures in making Qatar's case included the now-banned former Asian football chief Mohammed Bin Hammam, FIFA vice-president Julio Grondona of Argentina and Ricardo Teixeira, who quit Brazil's football federation and FIFA over graft claims.
The magazine also said there was a "secret meeting" at the French presidential palace in Paris on November 23, 2010 -- some 10 days before the crucial vote to decide the 2022 competition venue.
Attending were then-president Nicolas Sarkozy, Qatari prince Tamin bin Hamad al-Thani, UEFA president Michel Platini and Sebastien Bazin, representing Paris Saint-Germain owners Colony Capital, who at the time were in financial difficulty.
"During this meeting, the question repeatedly came up of a buy-out of Paris Saint-Germain by the Qataris, an increase in their shareholding of the Lagardere group, the creation of a sports (television) channel to challenge Canal+ -- which Sarkozy wanted to weaken -- all in exchange for a promise: that Platini did not give his vote to the United States, as he intended to, but to Qatar."
PSG were eventually bought by Qatar Sports Investment in June 2011. BeIn Sport, a subsidiary of Doha-based satellite channel Al-Jazeera, launched last year and took the television rights to show live French football from Canal+.
According to France Football, "the Americans would be odds-on favourites to be handed the 2022 World Cup in the event that Qatar's designation was withdrawn or sidelined".
Competition organisers were quoted as saying: "We won the World Cup 2022 bid by respecting from beginning to end the highest ethical and moral standards, such as they were defined in the rules and regulations."
FIFA told AFP it had no comment to make on the subject.
But a spokesman pointed out that its ethical commission, headed by former US prosecutor Michael Garcia, said last Thursday that he was to conduct a "wide-ranging inquiry" into the awarding of the 2018 edition to Russia and 2022 to Qatar.
UEFA were not immediately available for comment when contacted by AFP.