There's lots of large stadiums down south that could be used.. Whether the college towns they are located in could support 10s of thousands of tourists is an entirely different thing.
Mexico and Canada are not all the Concacaf, and without the USA, a bidding from the region becomes more difficult, plus I doubt that Canada will want to be hosts for a long while, that's why I said that it will be Mexico + 6. And other than the current hosts, most nations in the area are very small, not very rich, and lack the infrastructure, often having just one stadium that meets WC requirements, if that many.
Uh... Are you forgetting about the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal that brought down Sepp Blatter, Jack Warner, Chuck Blazer and a number of other FIFA officials. That whole thing was because Qatar and Russia used bribery to win their bids. https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...r-qatar-world-cup-votes-us-prosecutors-allege
Concacaf is also bigger than just Canada/US/Mexico and it still happened. Just different combination and it should be more inclusive That's news to me, why wouldn't we want to host again? If by +6 you include the US, doubtful Mexico and Canada would accept hosting just 10-15 games again. The US would have to split the game more evenly (unlikely) or go solo and most likely face a rival bid they have little chance to win
Germany, UK, France could. China could pretty easily throw a mountain of money at stadiums and slap together some stadiums that would look amazing, but fall apart as soon as the WC was over. Australia could probably do it with a few upgrades to their NRL stadiums, but they wouldn't be as flashy as the other countries.
While there's no evidence of it, FIFA always could change the rules. Since the 2038 bid is only CONCACAF and OFC if the rotation is kept up, I would not be surprised if FIFA at least modified the rules to allow an OFC nation(s) to joint bid with AFC nation(s), or to allow CONMEBOL to bid. If it is left to just CONCACAF and OFC, that just means CONCACAF is going to win and there isn't going to be a bidding war that FIFA officials really, really like since it opens up the opportunity for bribes.
That’s even more tenuous than Saddam selling WMDs to Al Qaeda. Miller might think he’s clever, but that’s the dumbest fvcking thing I’ve heard yet.
I wouldn't be shocked with a combined Australia & New Zealand bid at some point, given they recently hosted the Women's World Cup together.
Somebody should make a thread that deals with sports and politics to have all this FIFA/WC discussion.
I mentioned that combination in a previous post, but if we follow the precedent of the 2030 joint bid, Australia would be prohibited from bidding in 2038 because Saudi Arabia hosted in 2034.
National Guard deployment appeal rejected. No rebellion taking place. From Xwitter Major setback for Trump National Guard moves as 7th Circuit declines to disturb block on deployment in Illinois. Judges Rovner, Hamilton, St. Eve (GHWBush/Obama/Trump) see no rebellion permitting use of Guard by prez.
This ruling makes the 9th Circuit's opinion stand out. In that opinion and the recent hearing on the restraining order stopping Trump from deploying NG units to Portland, the 9th circuit said that even a single incident of violence against a federal official or building can be used by the President to justify federalizing a state's national guard (and sending in the US military).
Gift Mango a Golden trophy that says "Greatest President Ever" or something. Shouldn't take much more than that.
If someone doesn't goof on him and build a teeny tiny Arc D'Trump for the bigly unveiling, what are we even doing as a country?
It's Bolton's turn on the rack. The charges may look extremely familiar. https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/politics/john-bolton-grand-jury-maryland
I'm going to double dip on this one... Is Trump having conversations in his head with foreign leaders?? Yesterday Trump said he talked to Indian PM Modi about stopping buying Russian oil, but India's Foreign Ministry is unaware of any discussions between Trump and Modi. https://www.business-standard.com/e...and-russian-oil-purchases-125101601418_1.html Considering how much bandwidth the media spent on Biden's mental acuity, where is the same bandwidth on Trump's obvious mental issues?
The administration is going to take partial ownership and introduce price controls for companies related to rare earths. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...e-of-industries/ar-AA1OwY7f?ocid=BingNewsVerp So Trump was the communist all along.
1. Nobody wants to party in Saudi Arabia. 2. China doesn’t have the stadia. 3. Is there a UEFA nation that could do it? I have my doubts. I wonder how the grass will look in Saudi toward the end, if they’re just using 15 stadia. A 48 team Cup has 72 groups games, then 31 elimination games plus the 3rd place game, so 104 matches altogether. That’s 7 matches per stadium.