yuppie wrote:st_brendy wrote:sussexpob wrote:SaintPowelly wrote:sussexpob wrote:Agreed. After this tournament can we not just put it in a place that actually likes the game, and has that passion.
Qatar is simply a dumb option.
Didn't it come down to USA or Qatar ?? USA would of been a good option, they already have stadiums built and would help the game grow over there.
Only small problem is how big America is, and traveling would/could be a nightmare.
From New York to West Coast its about 5 hours air travel, so I guess its not that bad.
Whilst I think USA did bid, I think it was more a case of Australia or Qatar.
And Australia has most of the grounds and infrastructure in place. Not to mention they already had a record of hosting a big multinational sporting event recently. Well more recently than Qatar
Thing is most football fans are either in South America or Europe and the matches would be in the middle of the night or early in the morning.