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Ka-pi96 said:
HomokHarcos said:

But I believe this was the actual thought process behind the decision.

"Gee, the UEFA Euro and FIFA World Cup make a lot of money and bring in tons of viewers. How can you get more of that? I know, let's have a major international tournament every year!"

Yeah and on that basis it's not a bad idea. I mean Rugby has a major international tournament every year and it works great there. But 3 teams do not a league make!

Should have been 8 teams per division, single round robin, top of the division wins the trophy and bottom is relegated. Would have made for an interesting tournament. Instead we've got this absolute mess of a tournament.

I think of it the same way I think of annualized sequels. If there's a video game franchise I love, I like it when they release games a few years apart because then I get more excited as less is more, but as soon as they start releasing a game every year I will lose some interest in it. What I liked about international football is that it was one of the few sporting events that didn't happen every year, it was really the most exciting thing. But now to me it feels like an annualized sequel just like every other sporting event.