ToonArmy 13 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Does anyone know why the majors have never moved to a biannual system, it seems pretty easy to go to a cycle like this in. Now would be the best time to do it with the one year delay to the continental cups in much of the world. Hold the qualifications across single seasons. Guaranteed huge revenue for FIFA and the regional football governing bodies, and a huge landmark television event guaranteed every year. 2021 - Continental Competitions 2022 - World Cup 2023 - Continental Competitions 2024 - World Cup 2025 - Continental Competitions 2026 - World Cup 2027 - Continental Cups 2028 - World Cup 2029 - Continental Cups 2030 - World Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 How do you hold qualification in only 8 match days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ 3,613 Posted July 4, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 4, 2021 I'd wager it has a lot more to do with revenue generated outside the tournaments for country hosting as well from qualifiers, friendlies, etc. On the player front, you'd burn these players out with a guaranteed tournament every summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy 13 Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, ScoRoss said: How do you hold qualification in only 8 match days? Neutral venues. Can do it in 6 match days with groups of 4. Team 1 v Team 2 Team 3 v Team 4 Team 2 v Team 4 Team 1 v Team 3 Team 1 v Team 4 Team 2 v Team 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, ToonArmy said: Neutral venues. Can do it in 6 match days with groups of 4. Team 1 v Team 2 Team 3 v Team 4 Team 2 v Team 4 Team 1 v Team 3 Team 1 v Team 4 Team 2 v Team 3 How does this work for Africa? They have 54 nations, but only 5 qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy 13 Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, ScoRoss said: How does this work for Africa? They have 54 nations, but only 5 qualify. Seed the 2 highest finishing African teams at the last biannual tournament to the play off stage. Then have 13 groups of 4. Take the 13 group winners to the play offs stage and the best placed loser into a round of 16. Play the round of 16 to get 8 Play the quarters to get to 4 Take the highest overall ranked loser throughout for the 5th place. Total of 8 match days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted July 4, 2021 Administrator Share Posted July 4, 2021 No one care about player welfare and giving them a break some summers?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy 13 Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stan said: No one care about player welfare and giving them a break some summers?! They're paid enough. They still get 6 weeks off, at least 2 weeks more than most of the people who support them. Many of whom do highly physical jobs without the sort of medical faffing the players get. I don't think an amazon packer working a 60 hour week with a heart condition cares about player welfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted July 4, 2021 Administrator Share Posted July 4, 2021 Just now, ToonArmy said: They're paid enough. They still get 6 weeks off, at least 2 weeks more than most of the people who support them. Many of whom do highly physical jobs without the sort of medical faffing the players get. They'd suffer serious burnout and then you'd wonder why they'd get so many injuries in any given season from it. No amount of money could stop that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy 13 Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 Just now, Stan said: They'd suffer serious burnout and then you'd wonder why they'd get so many injuries in any given season from it. No amount of money could stop that... Injuries are mainly caused by bad training management not burnout. Expand squads if you have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,385 Posted July 4, 2021 Administrator Share Posted July 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, ToonArmy said: Injuries are mainly caused by bad training management not burnout. Expand squads if you have to Any evidence or justification of this? Or just a random thought? Can't just expand squads just like that. Only the richest clubs could, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 27 minutes ago, ToonArmy said: They're paid enough. They still get 6 weeks off, at least 2 weeks more than most of the people who support them. Many of whom do highly physical jobs without the sort of medical faffing the players get. I don't think an amazon packer working a 60 hour week with a heart condition cares about player welfare. Who only gets four weeks off? Think you might need to change jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy 13 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 6 hours ago, ScoRoss said: Who only gets four weeks off? Think you might need to change jobs. Annybody who's employer forces them to take bank holidays on Bank Holidays who can then only take 4 full weeks and is unlikely to get those in one go like our spoiled footballers. I think you might want to check the statutory entitlements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ToonArmy 13 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, ScoRoss said: Didn't he used to bemoan every single season the amount of games players played? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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