For the moolah. Its possibly the least fan-friendly tournament in football history. Who decided to stop fans bringing their own water bottles into murderously hot stadiums? We thought Sepp Blatter was corrupt. The Arabis-speaking Infantino has taken it to a new level. This was the bald headed c**k who removed 11 of the 13 members of the Ethics Commission in 2017. You can tell the next two World Cup's are going to be utter disasters. First a tournament between Portugal, Spain, and, wtf, Morocco. Then the Camel Shagger Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 2017, FIFA came close to breaking up. The Danes openly suggested they might leave FIFIA. There was talk of UEFA combining with Conmebol was mooted, ie a World Cup without Europe or South America. In 2017, in the wake of the decision by the US at the time to ban people on the basis of their faith, chosen or otherwise, Infantino said: The then head of UEFA said The United States is of course sovereign; they have control of their borders, and their decision to prevent entry is entirely their choice. But once they took a decision to base entry decisions based not on individual characteristics, but on group characteristics, they were disqualified from hosting the World Cup, and they should have withdrawn their participation in hosting the tournament. The US Government cannot wash its hands; their role was vital in the United bid winning. The expansion to the biggest ever World Cup is presented as some sort of triumph. I see the opposite; increasing mediocrity and teams who are not deserving of attending. Take Qatar; the Qatari WC team includes players from the following countries (no familial links to Qatar): Sudan x4 Iraq x4 Egypt x3 Brazil x2 Algeria Belgium England France Ghana Iran Portugal Senegal Somalia Uruguay Teams that can't pull together a full squad of home grown players should not be allowed in the World Cup. The World Cup is basically an amateur knock out competition. FIFA doesn't pay any of the players. Club football is more relevant now. There is precedence. Take baseball. The current effective world champion, the holders of the Baseball World Classic, is Venezuela. Does anyone actually care besides Venezuelans? The pre-eminent baseball competition is the World Series (named after a newspaper). For baseball fans, that's always and always will be the most important baseball competition. If there is still a need for a national side competition, UEFA should withdraw from FIFA, organise its own cup, based around the European Cup, but with invitations extended to previous FIFA WC winners.
