They will adjust the league schedules to have a shorter summer break and a long winter break during which the WC will run. It'll be a massive clusterfuck for all sorts of reasons but players won't be forced to choose between club and country.Luis Taint said:So what happens with all the leagues, transfer windows. If they continue with club football, there is going to be great pressure on the stars to pass on the World Cup.
Jed Zeppelin said:FIFA gets the World Cup it deserves.
Russia, meanwhile, must be loving all the focus on Qatar even though it's just as likely (if not moreso) to be a shitshow in the end.
soxhop411 said:
The Associated Press @AP 45s45 seconds ago
BREAKING: FIFA says 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will be played on Dec. 18.
I'd think not as the powerhouse teams have more to lose and would strongly object.Luis Taint said:Would the EPL consider playing the fixtures as is, but with larger squads? Not every player is on a national team.
Luis Taint said:Would the EPL consider playing the fixtures as is, but with larger squads? Not every player is on a national team.
Morgan's Magic Snowplow said:
No chance. The TV networks would hate this and the squads of the top clubs would be ridiculously depleted.
No chance, not when Boxing Day and New Year's Day football are a tradition.teddykgb said:Maybe this will be the impetus for the Premier League to incorporate some sort of winter break. I could see them significantly altering the schedule, maybe in ways that are more sustainable long term.
https://twitter.com/cboehm/status/578922357034737664Titans Bastard said:
At least Thanksgiving weekend will be fun2022 Confirmed for November 21-December 18. (and in Qatar)
Great, during league/CL matches, and when people are working and kids in school And did I say it's still in Qatar?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/716228/world-cup-qatar-2022-november-fifa-twitter-reaction-russia
I'm expecting to be watching college football. Egg Bowl, Nebraska v. Iowa, etc. Thanksgiving weekend is always fun anyway, always too much stuff to watch and do and not enough time.At least Thanksgiving weekend will be fun
The intetwebs tells me the November and December average temperatures are 75 and 66 respectively.Are all the games still to be held in stadiums that have floating air conditioners over them?
FWIW, Colombia backed out of hosting the 1986 World Cup much closer to the tournament itself than Qatar is to the 2018 tournament - reconsidering the decision would not be unprecedented, and there's still plenty of time (in theory) to back down from this if FIFA comes to its senses or the big European leagues were to start stamping their feet in protest:Every so often I wonder if they're going to come to their senses and play it in France or something. Nope.
They'll just show Sydney, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo instead.Think about all those scenes of fans watching games at the giant outdoor sites that they keep showing on TV - in London, Zagreb, Brussels, wherever. Those are going to be a lot less fun in December.
It's a travesty and probably some form of criminal that the WC is going to be held in Qatar.2022 Confirmed for November 21-December 18. (and in Qatar)
Great, during league/CL matches, and when people are working and kids in school And did I say it's still in Qatar?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/716228/world-cup-qatar-2022-november-fifa-twitter-reaction-russia
Probably? Where is massive bribery not a crime?It's a travesty and probably some form of criminal that the WC is going to be held in Qatar.
Qatar?Probably? Where is massive bribery not a crime?
Right? Like what WC doesn’t have graftI probably could deal with the graft if they didn’t do the other two.
I no longer take qualifying for granted...Will there still be the two open weeks before the tournament for friendlies or will top teams have to press on without their entire starting XI?
I suppose one benefit is that the top players will theoretically be more fresh than they would otherwise be after a full domestic season + Europa, CL, etc. Of course, we'll find a way to run 35 year old Michael Bradley and 32 year old Jozy Altidore out there at the end of a grueling MLS campaign...