And now the World Cup will have 48 teams, which means more matches, which means more weeks of the tournament, which means more money. I remember the idea of the World Cup occurring every two years being floated around and it wouldn’t surprise me if that ends up happening. I feel like greed is going to end up killing this sport, especially the competitiveness of it
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Qatar WC proved me wrong and was the best WC in recent memory but a winter World Cup has given rise number of injuries so if FIFA Keeps off making money they have no motivation to change, this winter work cup may become more common.
That's why the bastards wanted to make it biennial, and they will try again, harder. And that stupid club world cup, that's even dumber than this one. Intercontinental was what should have always been
World Cup's are rare and special, that's why they do amazingly well. Due to the iconic status of the tournament. It speaks to peoples imagination. It's filled with wonder. That's why it also makes a lot of money.
Okay lets do it every single year to rinse the money out of it. If it makes us so much money bags every 4 years, we should maximize those profits!!
Now the World Cup isn't as special anymore and eventually won't make as much money.
I don't think it's fair to conflate the expansion of the tournament with a hypothetical increase in frequency. While both bring in more money, the former does have sporting value and occasional expansion is healthy, even if it does have downside. The frequency however, should not be altered and is a pure cashgrab
A lot of people will keep watching. But it would really be less special and less watched probably. Now every 4 years even a lot of Americans watch it and its something special. If its on tv each year, idk if they would care as much