| poklane said:
IMO countries which are capable of hosting the World Cup on their own shouldn't be allowed to host the World Cup joint with other countries. Whenever countries submit a joint bid FIFA should investigate if those countries can host it on their own, and if they can host it on their own the joint bid shouldn't be accepted by FIFA. It's just taking tickets out of the qualifiers. |
I completely agree, and felt that way since 2002 when Korea and Japan joint hosted. There are some European countries I could see doing a two nation bid (Netherlands/Belgium) but if this becomes the standard then even England, Spain, France, Germany, or Italy would have to find 2 other nations to join in making the event less special. The World Cup should be, in part, a celebration of a country. You spread it out and it losses meaning, I feel similarly about the Euro in 2020 being in thirteen countries.
