Futbol thread.

[DSP's Tax Lawyer]

Are they holding any games at any cfb stadiums (Hard Rock, the DOLPHINS stadium doesn't count, but let me stop before I spaz out)?

No they aren't. Everything is the soulless NFL stadiums. It really feels like a bunch of people who don't really know the US but have seen some sporting events decided which stadiums to host games for the World Cup. If we wanted an ideal stadium listing for a US world cup, these would be the schools I would recommend for hosting

Michigan
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Florida
Hardrock for the final


Alternatives
Florida State
Ole Miss
Miss State
USC

 

[OJ Simpson]

No they aren't. Everything is the soulless NFL stadiums. It really feels like a bunch of people who don't really know the US but have seen some sporting events decided which stadiums to host games for the World Cup. If we wanted an ideal stadium listing for a US world cup, these would be the schools I would recommend for hosting

Michigan
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Florida
Hardrock for the final


Alternatives
Florida State
Ole Miss
Miss State
USC

No game at the Rose Bowl is the most glaring omission for me. I wonder if the Big House has more name recognition outside of the US though. Probably.

How gay though. I'm guessing it has to do with money (wow what an epiphany, I know), which NFL teams and owners would obviously have. And the NFL have a relationship with the Premier League so it makes sense that they'd play those weird soccer ball games at shitty MetLife over Happy Valley. Or Gillette which just exudes football ground atmosphere (sarcasm, and I'm a Pats fan).

I'm not even that excited for this World Cup and this is one of the reasons. A World Cup in North America feels more like an advertisement than the world's biggest sporting event. But my thing is, is if you want to advertise America and promote our culture, why would you ignore some of our most historic stadiums? This should just be the FIFA World Cup, Sponsored by Every Fortune 500 Company, Co-Sponsored by DraftKings and Chase Bank.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Team USA has got this locked in.

 

[DSP's Tax Lawyer]

No game at the Rose Bowl is the most glaring omission for me.

Its just too far away from all the other stadiums. I was thinking of making it so that everything is relatively close to each other for fans to enjoy the games and not have to have 3 connecting flights in between games

I'm not even that excited for this World Cup and this is one of the reasons. A World Cup in North America feels more like an advertisement than the world's biggest sporting event. But my thing is, is if you want to advertise America and promote our culture, why would you ignore some of our most historic stadiums? This should just be the FIFA World Cup, Sponsored by Every Fortune 500 Company, Co-Sponsored by DraftKings and Chase Bank.

You can have the massive stadiums that could really make things fun while also showing off stadiums with some character to them with college football. But the NFL is cucking us out of having a good World Cup

 

[GaryGray]

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If the US v Germany exhibition game was any indication of the skill of the refs there will be riots before the round of 32.

 

[blahblahblah678]

Hard Rock Stadium did host the College Football Playoff final between Indiana and Miami,and is the home of the Miami Hurricanes.

And Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta hosts the SEC Championship Game.

 

[GaryGray]

Team USA has got this locked in.

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Fake image it does not have the official US FIFA homosexual approved™ insignia. This is the image shown on the scoreboard for any Official FIFA USA™ match. Along with the numbers on Official FIFA Nike USA™ jerseys being with the rainbow of child molesters.

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Are they holding any games at any cfb stadiums (Hard Rock, the DOLPHINS stadium doesn't count, but let me stop before I spaz out)?

Remember to host a game means forking over at minimum $250k per day in overtime for police and other public services to protect the game area. This cost is never recovered via the sale tax generated by those spending money in said city. There is zero economic benefit from hosting an international competition of circus and peanuts. It is why Chicago did not throw their hat in to host the game as mentioned by:

It's the main reason then-mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel said no to Chicago hosting games in 2026

 

[OJ Simpson]

Remember to host a game means forking over at minimum $250k per day in overtime for police and other public services to protect the game area. This cost is never recovered via the sale tax generated by those spending money in said city. There is zero economic benefit from hosting an international competition of circus and peanuts. It is why Chicago did not throw their hat in to host the game as mentioned by:

What the fuck is even the point then? lol. I mean I do get it from a cultural perspective and growing the game in your country (and that sweet sponsorship money for FIFA), especially in North America (US/Canada), but is the juice even worth the squeeze at this point I wonder?

Is this a primarily American/developed western world issue? When South American countries host is it a boost to their economies? When somewhere like Germany or France host a WC, is it the same problem?

I never did analyze a WC from the financial aspect tbh outside of thinking that it'd be a boost economically. Maybe naively on my end.

 

[Major Filth]

I never did analyze a WC from the financial aspect tbh outside of thinking that it'd be a boost economically. Maybe naively on my end.

I haven't done so for the WC, but I have done so for the Olympics. Basically, there is no immediate economic benefit for the host cit(y/ies), but the hope is to turn the event into a springboard for the local economy in the next 18-36 months via international recognition. You get panoramic views of your skyline and rich people returning to their home countries raving about how nice it is, really. We should think about expanding there.

And then you cross your fingers and hope.

So basically, no top-tier city should ever fork out the cash to host. You want second-tier cities desperate to move up to top-tier to do that instead. Unless it's an historic milestone for the game(s) in question (Athens 2004, next WC), let your second-tier cities take on the burden and hope the richers have a layover in your top-tier cities. Guadalajara and KC are prime examples for this WC.

 

[GaryGray]

What the fuck is even the point then? lol. I mean I do get it from a cultural perspective and growing the game in your country (and that sweet sponsorship money for FIFA), especially in North America (US/Canada), but is the juice even worth the squeeze at this point I wonder?

Peacocking or trying to show the world your country is nigger rich. Unsure of where to look but some Youtube channel must show the story of what happens to every "Olympic village" after the end of the competition and how it can take five years or more to turn the facilities into something other than a homeless camp. China had plans to convert their areas into public features like water parks and what not after 2008. Meanwhile it took till 2016/2018 for London to do something about their 2012 Olympic village. In other cases it can be worse like Qatar having had anywhere from 1.5k-10k migrant worker deaths (reporting was quashed after 2014 don't try to look up the Hello Happiness Coke Campaign) in building their FIFA stadiums between 2012 and 2022. Brazil was also notorious for unaccounted deaths in building stadiums. Several were built on top of favelas in which during construction if you lived in that region and a red line was painted on the front of your shed/house that meant 24 hours to get out or be buried by the bulldozer which would level said home. IMO a permanent location for these four year competitions should be put in place. Though it will never happen because the nepo boomers in charge would be unable to take bribes which would allow for their dogs cat to have their own $300k/year $6k/month Manhattan apartment.
*All of this information is from my own recollection due to being old without any sources
*If there is no Defuctland level channel for international competition arenas there is a million dollar Youtube channel idea

 

[Dixieland Buckaroo]

Most of the college football fields are too short per FIFA regulations. They made Kronke in LA tear up 2 year old stands and lay sod in sofi. They were rumored to have asked Chicago to put a dome over Soldier Field. Colleges are too busy overpaying players to commit to those kind of temporary changes. (Most college turf isn't up to standard.) Especially the ones that are state-owned.

 

[Registration]

Second game was quite good in the second half. Korea won and the situation for South Africa got even worse

 

[Major Filth]

Second game was quite good in the second half. Korea won and the situation for South Africa got even worse

Czechia also kept it close, so have a chance to advance on GD so long as they can put up +3 on the violent niggers RSA

 

[Shining Wit]

16 stadiums seating min 40000

Just to cover how mad of a requirement that is, a country as football mad as England has this as a selection:

Wembley (London, 90k)
Old Trafford (Manchester, 74k)
London Stadium (London, 62k)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London, 62k)
Anfield (Liverpool, 61k)
Emirates (London, 60k)
Etihad (Manchester, 61k)
Hill Dickinson (Liverpool, 53k)
St James Park (Newcastle, 52k)
Stadium of Light (Sunderland, 48k)
Villa Park (Birmingham, 43k)
Stamford Bridge (London, 41k)

12 in total. If you bring Scotland in with Ibrox, Celtic Park and Hampden, that's 15. You'd have to hope any of the rugby pitches arent in use so you could use the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff or something to make 16

If your tournament format cant work in a country with such good footballing infrastructure as England without calling other countries in, you really need to think about if your tournament isnt bloated to fuck

 

[cypocryphy]

Hoping for 3 points tonight!

 

[Major Filth]

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Hoping for 3 points tonight!

Take the 1 if you can get it.

 

[cypocryphy]

Well we beat Paraguay in a friendly last November while missing a few key players, so I don't see why it can't be done again.

 

[Milles d'Allemagne]

Just to cover how mad of a requirement that is, a country as football mad as England has this as a selection:

Wembley (London, 90k)
Old Trafford (Manchester, 74k)
London Stadium (London, 62k)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London, 62k)
Anfield (Liverpool, 61k)
Emirates (London, 60k)
Etihad (Manchester, 61k)
Hill Dickinson (Liverpool, 53k)
St James Park (Newcastle, 52k)
Stadium of Light (Sunderland, 48k)
Villa Park (Birmingham, 43k)
Stamford Bridge (London, 41k)

12 in total. If you bring Scotland in with Ibrox, Celtic Park and Hampden, that's 15. You'd have to hope any of the rugby pitches arent in use so you could use the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff or something to make 16

If your tournament format cant work in a country with such good footballing infrastructure as England without calling other countries in, you really need to think about if your tournament isnt bloated to fuck

If we find a coffin sponsor to pay fifa the big bucks and have them allow standing terraces again, Germany would make the 16 stadiums cut.
Brazil is probably the only country with enough regularly used soccer stadiums for this, but that list gets decimated once any other requirement beyond 40k seats is added.

 

[Onni Kalsarikännit]

Team USA has got this locked in.

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Wait, why is Asmongold there?

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

The dilution of the World Cup is really showing itself with the first round because there's basically ONE promising game every five days and it's going to be hell come the third game of first round because everyone will just be trying not to concede.

Might honestly sit out the entire first round but if I do that I might miss seeing Scotland play.