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Blue Star Error posted:You'd probably want Australia instead of USA really You'd rather have a team that has only gotten out of the group stage once and has actually qualified for half as many world cups as the USA? I mean poo poo if you just hate the United States I can't help you out but I have a hard time seeing why you'd want to pull Australia in instead of the US in our pretend replacement FIFA. But if you could get Australia, Japan, and South Korea the Asian Federation would be pretty much dead in the water competition-wise.
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Food Court Druid posted:You guys are right, it's all a foreign plot to keep down the noble Europeans. If only football was under the wise guidance of UEFA. I agree, it's an excellent idea that Kiribati - with a population of ~100,000 and who has literally never won an international match - has the same voice in FIFA as Germany.
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Pook Good Mook posted:You'd rather have a team that has only gotten out of the group stage once and has actually qualified for half as many world cups as the USA? Australia is a chinese territory now so all that Yuan.
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Voting should be weighted by FIFA rankings (lol) and performance in the last World Cup. Last World Cup winner gets 10 votes. Runner-up gets 8. Third place gets 6. Fourth place and all quarter-finalists get 5. Round of 16 countries get 4. Group stage countries get 2. Then every team in the top 25 FIFA rankings gets 5 votes. 26-50 get 4 votes. 51-100 get 3 votes. 101-150 get 2 votes. 151+ get 1 vote. It would be a massive clusterfuck to organize votes, but at least Germany would have 15 times the say of American Samoa.
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vyelkin posted:Voting should be weighted by FIFA rankings (lol) and performance in the last World Cup. Last World Cup winner gets 10 votes. Runner-up gets 8. Third place gets 6. Fourth place and all quarter-finalists get 5. Round of 16 countries get 4. Group stage countries get 2. Then every team in the top 25 FIFA rankings gets 5 votes. 26-50 get 4 votes. 51-100 get 3 votes. 101-150 get 2 votes. 151+ get 1 vote. and who is gonna vote to vote for this voting?
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Earthy Ape Unit posted:and who is gonna vote to vote for this voting? UEFA once they leave and form their own world governing body, of course.
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Food Court Druid posted:You guys are right, it's all a foreign plot to keep down the noble Europeans. If only football was under the wise guidance of UEFA. Unironically this.
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Pook Good Mook posted:You'd rather have a team that has only gotten out of the group stage once and has actually qualified for half as many world cups as the USA? Australia have more potential imo, they are proven winners in other sports
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Like what? Australian rules Football? Rugby?
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Pook Good Mook posted:Like what? Australian rules Football? Rugby?
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Rugby league, rugby union, rugby sevens, aussie rules, test cricket, twenty20 the list goes on and on
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Blue Star Error posted:Rugby league, rugby union, rugby sevens, aussie rules, test cricket, twenty20 the list goes on and on International Rules!
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Australia also have world stars such as Massimo Luongo and Alex Wilkinson who would bring infinite marketing potential. Plus we've proven we're no good at being corrupt
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If UEFA took over it'd be branded as the Ligue De La Monde.
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Blue Star Error posted:Australia have more potential imo, they are proven winners in other sports Same reason China will inevitably win the World Cup. Wait, no, it totally doesn't work like that. Also I believe the USA have won things in other sports too. Also, also, this is a really dumb argument.
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Daduzi posted:Same reason China will inevitably win the World Cup. Thanks for the analysis
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Democracy doesn't work, go figureBig Black Dick posted:I agree, it's an excellent idea that Kiribati - with a population of ~100,000 and who has literally never won an international match - has the same voice in FIFA as Germany. It's almost like democracy doesn't really work in real life, makes u think...
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just find a new sport you miserable fucks nothing is ever going to change
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Drogadon posted:It's almost like democracy doesn't really work in real life, makes u think... What this sport really could use is full on communism imo
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dkj posted:just find a new sport you miserable fucks nothing is ever going to change Yep, go for a sport with a clean central administrative body like... erm... well.. crown green bowling?
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You think Qatar is corrupt? Russia would like a word. The article is mostly about Sochi and the IOC, but FIFA gets a honorable mention towards the end.quote:On 2 December 2010, the FIFA Executive Committee voted in Zurich for Russia to host the World Cup 2018. http://theblacksea.eu/index.php?idT=88&idC=88&idRec=1184&recType=story
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euroboy posted:You think Qatar is corrupt? Russia would like a word. The article is mostly about Sochi and the IOC, but FIFA gets a honorable mention towards the end. Russia still makes a million times more sense.
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You can theoretically see how Russia might win a legitimate competitive vote to host a major sporting tournament. It's a big country with a big population and a proven track record of moderate success in sports, it already has a bunch of stadiums even if they are far apart, it actually has a football league with teams that take part in European competitions, etc etc. There is literally no way Qatar could ever win a legitimate competitive vote to host a major sporting tournament. It's a tiny shithole in the middle of the desert that only gets to a million inhabitants because of all the slaves and is only noteworthy for its oil, that has never taken part in any major sporting events, let alone host one, and doesn't have any infrastructure to do so.
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vyelkin posted:let alone host one, and doesn't have any infrastructure to do so. Qatar will host nearly everything bar the Olympics before the World Cup because nobody cares about Athletics or Swimming competitions. Given half a chance I think they'd bid for the Commonwealth Games.
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Total Meatlove posted:Qatar will host nearly everything bar the Olympics before the World Cup because nobody cares about Athletics or Swimming competitions. Yeah, and I'm sure they won all those bids fair and square too. Next they'll bid for the Pan-Am Games and then host the next meeting of the Francophonie.
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vyelkin posted:Yeah, and I'm sure they won all those bids fair and square too. Wonder how long until they host the cannes film festival
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Blue Star Error posted:Australia have more potential imo, they are proven winners in other sports You don't need to have won something to be a winner but Australia is a winner
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Daduzi posted:Same reason China will inevitably win the World Cup. What team sports have China or USA ever won?
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the us won the rugby union gold medal in the olympics twice back in the 20s, but now they're dead, so who cares what they won
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Ive just crunched the numbers. The US have won 9 world cups: 5 in basketball and 4 in baseball. Australia have won 16: 2 rugby union, 10 rugby league, and 4 cricket. Neither have won the proper world cup.
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The US have also won the World Series nearly every year for over 100 years.
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Nostradingus posted:The US have also won the World Series nearly every year for over 100 years. Canada's won a few times, AND they dominate hockey. Let those hosers in!
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atomic gog posted:Ive just crunched the numbers. The US have won 9 world cups: 5 in basketball and 4 in baseball. Australia have won 16: 2 rugby union, 10 rugby league, and 4 cricket. Neither have won the proper world cup. Are we not including Basketball or Ice Hockey for any special reason?
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Blue Star Error posted:You'd probably want Australia instead of USA really I'm sorry, but you are just dead wrong. I get your bias, but Australia brings less to the table in every measurable facet. Dirk Pitt fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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atomic gog posted:The US have won 9 world cups: 5 in basketball and 4 in baseball. This is like Japan winning at sumo though, or India at kabaddi. American culture is too individualistic to ever succeed at team sports, unlike Australia where the harsh environment means they learn to love and rely on their fellow man at a very early age.
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Pook Good Mook posted:Are we not including Basketball or Ice Hockey for any special reason? hahahaha
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atomic gog posted:Ive just crunched the numbers. The US have won 9 world cups: 5 in basketball and 4 in baseball. Australia have won 16: 2 rugby union, 10 rugby league, and 4 cricket. Neither have won the proper world cup. I think you'll find that Australia have won four proper world cups, india have won two and england haven't won any
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Pook Good Mook posted:Are we not including Basketball or Ice Hockey for any special reason? I already did basketball! But youre right, i should have done hockey as well. The US have won 2 ice hockey world cups, and Australia have won 3 field hockey world cups.
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atomic gog posted:
Including women's sports is cheating.
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These are some tasty advanced stats
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