[ranul]

should certain countries recieve byes to the semi finals or should all country by treated as equals

[Sachin]

I vote no. Make everyone go through the same process. Just make the process shorter.

Sachin

[desertfox2]

I voted yes because teams like USA, Mexico, and Costa Rica deserve byes. These teams have proved that they don't need to play the weaker teams in this region early on. It's so dumb that they have to travel down to the carribean and defeat teams 10-0 and risk injury at the same time. Byes would avoid this.

[Crazy_Yank]

I agree. It is ridiculous for the top teams to play in the 1st round. How would the US blowing out Puerto Rico 20-0 help the sport? Not to mention these 3rd world back waters can't even maintain a proper field.

[EvilRick]

Hell Yes!
Next question.

[Various Styles]

Originally posted by Sachin
I vote no. Make everyone go through the same process. Just make the process shorter.

How would you make the process shorter without giving certain teams byes !?!? I liked the previous WCQ format because in the first rounds the weaker teams would get left out and imo had a better chance of advancing than they will by facing the stronger teams early on. This current process only forces all the teams to play extra meaningless games against countrys that dont even have football leagues or fans..

[Levante]

Originally posted by Sachin
I vote no. Make everyone go through the same process. Just make the process shorter.

Sachin

I vote Yes.

Also Sachin, you risk serious injury when teams play on fields that aren't kept up for international play.

[IASocFan]

If everyone makes money on the new format, then we'll see it again. Particularly if the seeded teams bring lots of fans to the D pot games, and sell lots of seats to their home games. The A pot teams can try new players, and put on a good show, then everyone can win.

If all the teams that deserve byes win their games by double digits and no one wants to see the games, then CONCACAF will probably rethink their plan.

The key is marketing to the participating members and their fans.

[ricostarica]

There should be these "byes" since injury is a big problem. Some of the not-so-big teams don't have the football to play well and result to more kicking (as some central american countries I will not mention). Also, some teams have important players in more prestigious leagues and would be hard to withdraw them for a game let's say against Barbados (sad memories). Teams such as the United States have players such as Friedel, Reyna, McBride and others in Europe and is hard for them to come to play against weaker teams. Such is the example which occured with Trinidad and Tobago where Sir Alex Ferguson became angry with Dwight Yorke since he came to as Fergie said, "worthless" games. With that (and night life), Yorke was dropped off the ManUre team. Oh, and one last thing, if a team plays without its star players against another team, it is more likely that they will lose the game seeing as how it isn't the country's actual starting eleven

[gabe]

no team should receive byes, every nation of the world should get as much of a chance to go to Germany, even though im Costa Rican of a country that wins some big games and loses to barbados, it isnt fair to those nations who have players who are carpenters etc who WANT to play, and this mexicans really piss me off "waste of time?" shut up!!!!!!!! i hope aruba pulls of a 10-0 on ur a**! good luck to costa rica, usa, honduras/guatemala/trinidad= i dont care who is the third,, any1 cept mexico