World Cup 2018: US exploring tournament for non-qualiers

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Metho scorpion wrote:...USA wants world to revolve only around them...
Not really. If it don't make dollars, it don't make sense. That is the mantra of corporate America which is the main driver. They feel there's some low hanging bread to be grabbed via cover of the WC. There's free bread lying around and they wan grab am. That's all.
Well their dollars is not our interest.

I am sure many of the major corporate backers of the World Cup are American companies (Cocacola, McDonalds, ESPN etc. among others), but the same dollars that makes sense if this does go through will still come into play if it doesn't. They have invested before and made revenue before, so abeg.

The World doesn't need this new tournament, no matter which way they try to spin it. It should be resisted. If there are funding issues, alternative funding sources should be looked into. I feel America is muscling World football a little too much nowadays anyways. So maybe we need less of their dollars. I wonder if we can look into Chinese sponsors, Australian sponsors, more European sponsors or even Middle Eastern sponsors.

It is too much of a price to pay. We can't devalue the World Cup, because of their dollars. American investors sometimes create more problems than they address. Look at how they handle investments in European football! It is a trojan horse.
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Tbite, the point is as long as there’s a tidy quick buck to make in exploitation of the WC, business folks will explore it. Capitalism 101 which USA lives by wholeheartedly. How you feel is irrelevant. The only relevance is the viability of attracting the best of the countries that missed out. That may prove to be a tough ask especially for a proud nation like Italy. Otherwise in theory it’s a money maker and apparently, Fifa isn’t standing in their way.
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It Will only take one crazy journalist to label it "The Loser's World Cup" and no one will turn up for it
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4 out of 5 african sides at the last world cup failed to qualify for the 2018 edition
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nemi2002 wrote:4 out of 5 african sides at the last world cup failed to qualify for the 2018 edition
But dem no get money. No one is missing Ghanaian Cedis in Russia. How much is the global Kenkey market worth?
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nemi2002 wrote:4 out of 5 african sides at the last world cup failed to qualify for the 2018 edition
Two of which where in Nigerias group :clap: and non of which came second in the group (in Nigerias group) so they probably couldn't make the losers World Cup roster!
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Group A
Italy
USA
Cameroon
New Zealand

Group B
Holland
Ghana
Ireland
Paraguay

Group C
Chile
Ivory Coast
Scotland
Norway

Group D
Wales
Algeria
Northern Ireland
Bolivia

I guess this would be a good tournament if all the teams attended with their A squads but we all know it will not happen. First of all, the players will want a break and secondly, the logistics will interfere with the World Cup itself. When the season ends in May and the World Cup starts in June, organising this tournament will get in the way as most teams will be involved in pre-World Cup friendlies.
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Tournament of Losers....it's really a shame the U.S will even think of this...
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Benedict Iroha wrote:Tournament of Losers....it's really a shame the U.S will even think of this...
Do you know Fox Sports invested $400m in World Cup TV rights? They are doing this because they are at a loss about how to recoup their investment. How many Americans will tune in to the World Cup if the US is not playing in it?

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