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chicago_shearer

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  1. When Alexi Lalas is given as much time and credit as he is, you know things are still a bit f***ed. Thank god someone at ESPN had the wherewithal to get Martinez and Van Nistelrooy.

     

    And no one on Sportscenter, Sports Reporters, PTI, or any of the other shows has a clue.

     

    Just wait until Eric Wynalda, Joe Buck and FOX take over for the 2016 Copa America and 2018 World Cup .

  2. Blame your marketing, your ambassadors, your hotel accommodations or your old hooligans from old days and other negative steriotypes. Blame your tourism authority. Blame David f***ing Beckham. Don't just use the creation of association football as the reason. Like I said - list the stadiums, commute time, atmosphere and then maybe just post videos of Euro 96 and call it a day.

     

    There's really nothing wrong with accommodations, there's nothing wrong with the marketing or David f***ing Beckham's involvement in the last bid attempt, there haven't been inordinate hooligan problems in over a decade (they hosted a European Championship in Ukraine/Poland in 2012 for f***'s sake) and the negative stereotypes of English football have more or less dissipated in the Premier League/Sky era.

     

    I agree that it has nothing to do with inventing football. It has to do with common sense about where in the world might host a pretty good football tournament. Like the London Olympics, England (or a joint UK bid for that matter) would probably host a friendly, enthusiastic, cost effective, well organized World Cup with a great atmosphere for supporters. It is well overdue another one, seeing as Germany, Italy, France, Spain etc. have all hosted at least once since (plus additional European Championships) and we're seriously entertaining another US bid in the relatively near future.

     

    As Disco says, FIFA won't do it because they won't make enough money. Because their corrupt organizing committee hate the FA and English football in general (see Jack Warner), and because FIFA's own practices (FIFA courts, sponsor focused bullshit, profit) will face more difficult public scrutiny from an active press about the way they operate.

  3. Less exposure for Sports Direct. That's a pretty good reason, imo.

     

    I suppose, but that would take a prolonged period in the Champ or lower to really take effect. More likely he would just spend a little to get us back up.

     

    I don't think Ashley is going anywhere until he gets an offer that he considers a substantial profit on the initial purchase price plus these "interest-free" loans in the club. Relegation would diminish the value of the club to prospective buyers and make it less likely that Ashley would sell. Premier League football hasn't been enjoyable for a while, but relegation would do nothing to make it more likely that he leaves. Until he gets this over-the-odds offer, the club is a marketing platform for a sportswear retailer.

  4. An all eastern US and Eastern Canada final would be fine by me. I was thinking by co-hosting, Canada would actually qualify (hell it may even help their development for the game). The US is too big as it is for the travel/cost for average fans and adding a massive country like Canada only makes this worse. So why not regionalize it? I would prefer the West Coast or Cascadia because yeah I believe the crowds and the weather are better.

     

    Since the previous two are being held in Brazil and Russia then I imagine stupidly long distances between host cities won't be a problem.

     

    Also, I've just learned that Fox have US broadcast rights to the World Cup in Russia, not ABC/ESPN. Christ.

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