[gngrasso]

My opinion: FIFA should give national organizations 15% to 20% of tickets, minimum. Wouldn't the excitement and atmosphere at the games be better if a larger percentage of the audience on both sides were die-hard supporters?

Either way FIFA sells the same number of tickets. Games are more exciting, and more of US are happy!

[NBlue]

While we're at it, I think that Christmas should come twice a year. In addition, money should, in fact, grow on trees. That whole IRS/taxes thing sucks as well, we should do away with that . . .

[Wizhawk]

Originally Posted by NBlue

While we're at it, I think that Christmas should come twice a year. In addition, money should, in fact, grow on trees. That whole IRS/taxes thing sucks as well, we should do away with that . . .

The first suggestion wasn't a bad one. FIFA sells the tickets one way or the other. Why not give more of them to the home fans?

[FoxBoro 143]

Well I did not get my tickets through the USSF, so with the FIFA lottery, I am sure about 15% of the tickets go to the national teams fans, at least.

[Shibb]

Don't be silly. FIFA can't get their kickbacks from ticket brokers, travel agencies and sponsors if they give more to national organizations. FIFA gets to feed at the trough first. Then the national organizations get their turn. This is called politics.

[gngrasso]

Originally Posted by RevsFan143

Well I did not get my tickets through the USSF, so with the FIFA lottery, I am sure about 15% of the tickets go to the national teams fans, at least.

I don't know about that. In the first and second FIFA ticket rounds something like (according to FIFA) 85% of all orders for all games came Europe, and a very large part of that from Germany herself, that leaves only 15% of tickets going to the rest of the world.

I would think greater worldwide distribution is better for the host nation economy as well. More tourists in more restaurants and hotels = more Euros.

[spoonman]

You guys are lucky, over here from the 8% half of it goes to sponsors of the national FA.

[gngrasso]

Originally Posted by spoonman

You guys are lucky, over here from the 8% half of it goes to sponsors of the national FA.

prolly does here too, we just don't know it!

[NBlue]

Originally Posted by Wizhawk

The first suggestion wasn't a bad one. FIFA sells the tickets one way or the other. Why not give more of them to the home fans?

Of course it wasn't a bad suggestion -- but its dreaming. FIFA is going to do what FIFA is going to do and there is nothing we can do about it.

[rksehga]

I think something that so many tend to forget is that a ticket to a World Cup match is still a relatively cheap ticket - if you get it straight from an approved source. That is part of what fuels demand. FIFA should be lauded for even keeping it a possibility that so many of the posters here - the college kids and the similarly incomed - can even consider going to be financially feasible.