Agreed. What do you think of the concept of having a secondary tournament for the countries that don't quite qualify for the WC? Like the Euros but for national teams world wide. That would give more meaningful games to countries on the cusp around the world and improve visibility into them too
I couldn't agree more with your statement that the best part of the World Cup isn't the WC Finals, but the qualification path. If there are as many chances for "big games" that mean something between the two teams competing to move up the ladder to qualification, the game will grow. World Cups every two years will ultimately end up with big countries sending "B teams" and treating it as a youth tournament, which will dilute the meaning for the eventual winners.
Agreed. What do you think of the concept of having a secondary tournament for the countries that don't quite qualify for the WC? Like the Euros but for national teams world wide. That would give more meaningful games to countries on the cusp around the world and improve visibility into them too
(Fully got this idea from TSS but I love it)
I couldn't agree more with your statement that the best part of the World Cup isn't the WC Finals, but the qualification path. If there are as many chances for "big games" that mean something between the two teams competing to move up the ladder to qualification, the game will grow. World Cups every two years will ultimately end up with big countries sending "B teams" and treating it as a youth tournament, which will dilute the meaning for the eventual winners.