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<blockquote data-quote="Cruz_del_Sur" data-source="post: 1161473" data-attributes="member: 55747"><p>Several reasons. In order for them to host all three of them would have to get a spot at the actual WC. That means one of 3 things. </p><p>Either </p><p>- they get someone else's spot (from Europe)</p><p>- Europe gets more spots</p><p>- The entire tourney gets more teams</p><p> </p><p>In principle, I wouldn't object to the first one, but given Georgia's and Romania's state of affairs, I'd say no. I know, how the **** do I know what things will look like in 12 years. Well, I am using my best guess as an assumption. </p><p>I can see a strong argument for using a weak nation as a platform to spread the sport. <strong>If and only if </strong>that nation is strong enough to qualify for the World Cup. And having not one, but two nations in that position? Absolutely not. And as fantastic as the end of the WC has been for Portugal i don't see any reason to believe Spain and Portugal would be able to do that. Qualify I mean. Sure, they could, but who knows? </p><p>Europe getting more spots (out of the same total) means you're screwing someone else. Europe is overrepresented as it is. Who you're gonna cut? Namibia? Uruguay? Tonga?</p><p>And given the gap in level between teams i'd say making the pool bigger is something we should avoid. Seriously avoid. I m pretty sure the demand for games like Brazil vs New Zealand or Zimbabwe vs France wouldnt be that high and the results would be detrimental. </p><p></p><p>Another reason (<strong>EDIT</strong>: this is more my personal preference than a reason) is that i like it better when everything is close. If the country is too pick 2-3 cities and keep it there. </p><p>Ireland is perfect in that sense. Hard to achieve but if one country can do it let's keep it simple. For big countries keep it within 2-3 cities. </p><p></p><p>3rd: out of the 10 WCs to date, 5 have been held in Europe. One in Africa and zero in South America. Sure, the question becomes if that is possible and or desirable. I just find it weird that on one hand every four years we all talk about how great it is to have a global game and how we intend to help the game progress in Tier 2/3 regions and then we seal off the biggest two comps (6N and TRC) and host the world cup 50% in the same continent. Don't know, i'm not an expert, but that looks a LOT like preaching one thing and practicing another. </p><p></p><p>And from a commercial point of view, say you have</p><p></p><p>A: a group of countries that already has an ENORMOUS amount of tourism </p><p>and </p><p>B: countries that have quite interesting things to offer but don't have much tourism (relative-wise)</p><p></p><p>Are you sure you want to spend money promoting tourism on A? I am not sure that's the smart move. Maybe, but i'd like to see some numbers first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cruz_del_Sur, post: 1161473, member: 55747"] Several reasons. In order for them to host all three of them would have to get a spot at the actual WC. That means one of 3 things. Either - they get someone else's spot (from Europe) - Europe gets more spots - The entire tourney gets more teams In principle, I wouldn't object to the first one, but given Georgia's and Romania's state of affairs, I'd say no. I know, how the **** do I know what things will look like in 12 years. Well, I am using my best guess as an assumption. I can see a strong argument for using a weak nation as a platform to spread the sport. [B]If and only if [/B]that nation is strong enough to qualify for the World Cup. And having not one, but two nations in that position? Absolutely not. And as fantastic as the end of the WC has been for Portugal i don't see any reason to believe Spain and Portugal would be able to do that. Qualify I mean. Sure, they could, but who knows? Europe getting more spots (out of the same total) means you're screwing someone else. Europe is overrepresented as it is. Who you're gonna cut? Namibia? Uruguay? Tonga? And given the gap in level between teams i'd say making the pool bigger is something we should avoid. Seriously avoid. I m pretty sure the demand for games like Brazil vs New Zealand or Zimbabwe vs France wouldnt be that high and the results would be detrimental. Another reason ([B]EDIT[/B]: this is more my personal preference than a reason) is that i like it better when everything is close. If the country is too pick 2-3 cities and keep it there. Ireland is perfect in that sense. Hard to achieve but if one country can do it let's keep it simple. For big countries keep it within 2-3 cities. 3rd: out of the 10 WCs to date, 5 have been held in Europe. One in Africa and zero in South America. Sure, the question becomes if that is possible and or desirable. I just find it weird that on one hand every four years we all talk about how great it is to have a global game and how we intend to help the game progress in Tier 2/3 regions and then we seal off the biggest two comps (6N and TRC) and host the world cup 50% in the same continent. Don't know, i'm not an expert, but that looks a LOT like preaching one thing and practicing another. And from a commercial point of view, say you have A: a group of countries that already has an ENORMOUS amount of tourism and B: countries that have quite interesting things to offer but don't have much tourism (relative-wise) Are you sure you want to spend money promoting tourism on A? I am not sure that's the smart move. Maybe, but i'd like to see some numbers first. [/QUOTE]
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