FIFA World Cup 2026 opinion poll + discusion about new format & rules

[dzonikg28]

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I agree, although I believe the intention behind the introduction of the Nations League was to minimise the number of international friendlies, so it was not meant to be a tournament of a similar prestige as the Euro or the World Cup. But maybe it was just an excuse. I'm not sure if a national team could opt out of the Nations League with no repercusions from UEFA.
And I'm not sure if FIFA can be blamed for the Nations League, or was it entirely UEFA's doing. I believe UEFA has a lot of independence from FIFA.

Anyhow, the tendency to increase number of football competitions (be it national or club) and increase number of games within each tournament is already causing fatigue among many of the football fans.

Good point of course that this was a UEFA thing, but I still think that all these associations should have an interest to reasonably coordinate with each other and still preserve some exclusivity for the sport.

For some national teams the Nations League has an effect. I don't know the very specific details, but some of the smaller teams can qualify for the European Championship? I think that is the case, but you can almost all the time see that the results in matches between the bigger nations do not reflect what it would be at important tournaments. You can see in the players' faces that this is not really what they are after. If they win it, ok, but if they don't who cares.

I understand that avoiding those friendlies could have been an idea behind this competition, but those matches mostly have this friendly character. It is a title in the end, but I have had man conversations when we noticed that we didn't even know who won it in the past or who is in the final and I like football a lot. But then the question is valid whether friendlies are better, probably not.

[Daniel91]

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I don't know what about you guys here, but I think that the Nations League is already unnecessary and the results in those matches show that neither players nor national associations give too much about that competition. If the FIFA then were to add more matches or expand competitions, it would not bring any advantage besides more money for the investors.

I agree, although I believe the intention behind the introduction of the Nations League was to minimise the number of international friendlies, so it was not meant to be a tournament of a similar prestige as the Euro or the World Cup. But maybe it was just an excuse. I'm not sure if a national team could opt out of the Nations League with no repercusions from UEFA.
And I'm not sure if FIFA can be blamed for the Nations League, or was it entirely UEFA's doing. I believe UEFA has a lot of independence from FIFA.

Anyhow, the tendency to increase number of football competitions (be it national or club) and increase number of games within each tournament is already causing fatigue among many of the football fans.

UEFA is completely independent in organizing competitions in Europe such as European club and national team competitions, including European championships in different age groups and the Nations League.
Friendly matches are actually financially unprofitable for UEFA or European nations and through the Nations League, a third-tier competition compared to the World and European Championships, national teams can prepare their teams and players as before, and still compete for a trophy and prize money at the same time.
Smaller nations often get an additional opportunity to qualify for the European or World Championships through the Nations League, for example.
On that side, I think that the Nations League still has more advantages than disadvantages.
Of course, with the increase in the number of club and national team matches, there is also increased physical effort for players, more injuries, fatigue, but apparently lately, earnings are more important than anything else.
FIFA even wants to sell the rights to the World Cup to private investors and increase the number of participants in the World Cup to 64, so unfortunately we can expect an even greater number of matches and competitions, but fewer quality and interesting matches.

[pawel7777]

The pressure on Infantino is mounting. I read more and more countries are withdrawing their support for his re-election (including England and Wales) and, as things currently stand, he is more likely not to get re-elected for another term.
Having fire lit under him, Infantino (together with Mattias Grafstroem) decided to apologise for the cotroversial idea of selling the World Cup to private investors.
I guess this means the idea is officially scrapped.

[asriloni]

The pressure on Infantino is mounting. I read more and more countries are withdrawing their support for his re-election (including England and Wales) and, as things currently stand, he is more likely not to get re-elected for another term.
Having fire lit under him, Infantino (together with Mattias Grafstroem) decided to apologise for the cotroversial idea of selling the World Cup to private investors.
I guess this means the idea is officially scrapped.

Even DFB has withdrawn their support for Infantino to be elected as FIFA president. However, the war is just begin right now. With him is seeking the help from the Trump. So i think he will do everything in order to retain his position as FIFA president.

Yeah we have seen some who withdrawn their support to him, but there are also football federations who also still support him.

So we will have two sides against each other in the next FIFA presidential election. This is why i think the drama is just starting now.

Beside that i'm not really concerning with his apologize because he's still remain FIFA president even after that proposal cancelled.

[Italian Panic]

The pressure on Infantino is mounting. I read more and more countries are withdrawing their support for his re-election (including England and Wales) and, as things currently stand, he is more likely not to get re-elected for another term.
Having fire lit under him, Infantino (together with Mattias Grafstroem) decided to apologise for the cotroversial idea of selling the World Cup to private investors.
I guess this means the idea is officially scrapped.

Infantino embodies the evil of the football system, where football is taken away from ordinary people and handed over to insatiable businessmen and fed to TV rights deals, preventing the majority from enjoying the spectacle.
In this regard, Infantino got the timing and approach wrong; he was too aggressive and too direct. Threatening an organisation like UEFA whilst thinking he could get away with it is absurd, because they have the best national teams and the best and wealthiest club sides.

[Agbe]

The pressure on Infantino is mounting. I read more and more countries are withdrawing their support for his re-election (including England and Wales) and, as things currently stand, he is more likely not to get re-elected for another term.
Having fire lit under him, Infantino (together with Mattias Grafstroem) decided to apologise for the cotroversial idea of selling the World Cup to private investors.
I guess this means the idea is officially scrapped.

I also support for his removal. My own is that let another person should also test the FIFA President leadership and handle the football activities. Let's experience another person to see the performance. But I saw in social media yesterday that, Confederation Of African Football (CAF), and others. But the pressure from him to remove or resign from the position is high. People are disappointed with his lies, deception and corrupt nature. Let another person go there and correct things. Football is not like before again. Football was entertaining but people have started disdain and having apathy of football.

[Johnlomape]

The pressure on Infantino is mounting. I read more and more countries are withdrawing their support for his re-election (including England and Wales) and, as things currently stand, he is more likely not to get re-elected for another term.
Having fire lit under him, Infantino (together with Mattias Grafstroem) decided to apologise for the cotroversial idea of selling the World Cup to private investors.
I guess this means the idea is officially scrapped.

Infantino embodies the evil of the football system, where football is taken away from ordinary people and handed over to insatiable businessmen and fed to TV rights deals, preventing the majority from enjoying the spectacle.
In this regard, Infantino got the timing and approach wrong; he was too aggressive and too direct. Threatening an organisation like UEFA whilst thinking he could get away with it is absurd, because they have the best national teams and the best and wealthiest club sides.

Infantino had made so many errors thinking the public is going to over look it just like that. His agenda has been known and there has been too much hatred for his behavior which he needs to correct before it's too late.

Corrupt politician like Infantino needs to have a taste of his own cake, and all his endeavors trying to privatize FIFA and sell shares to his friends has been turned down which is no longer favouring him. He could have bought more of these shares to himself it he succeeded through votes from the stake holder countries. He may be voted out soon if other countries do not support his reinstallment.