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Tony is england and gold coast lions is perth

A completely different case. Also those look like a lot of DEMOCRATIC societies

All they need is a stadium and that's it! For sure they'll host 2024!

what about alberta?

The nfl will not have an OCD breakdown if the symmetry of the league is broken. As long they make more money than they did before, they can live with uneven conferences or just one big conference. Further league expansion also makes sense given the talks of regular and post season expansion. the only real reason I can see against expansion is the dissolution of the talent pool. However, thats already the nature of professional sports leagues with the best players ending up in the largest markets or the best teams or whoever offers the most money. If anything an expansion draft would help with parity in the league.

based on the success of the nfl, i feel like the nfl would want to outright expand the league instead of relocating another team.

you also really cant blame fifa for taking russia at the time. Back then they looked like a burgeoning democracy, and they would be a first time host. But today they look like a imperialistic, cold war reincarnation.

ITS A FUCKING NAME

So you want to make a movie where America is a latin country? Go ahead it couldn't be any worse the transformers series. Also unlike some Americans, I don't have a aneurysm at the thought of minorities "taking our god given land".

If avoiding their problems is what they're doing, then that wont carry over well with the media. A media that will especially focus on Rio's problems during the games. And danny, like it or not, the media wont show the good side of rio because that's not news, it's advertising. The media reports on these stories because unlike beaches or museums crime and violence is hazardous to health. Think about it like this, if hundreds of thousands of people are going to descend upon a city for the olympics, don't you think the local media would want to educate people on whats going on their? And yes I understand why you would be mad about the lack of recognition for the infrastructural improvements. But again that goes back to the problem of whats more important to the individual. Dying or better transportation.

how could you pass judgement on the video if you only saw the first minute? And if only about 15% of rio's population thats still 1.7 million people. A lot worse sounding than 15%

Rio pacification effort in the favelas, drug trafficking, etc. Say what you will about the progress made there is still along way to go. (graphic images)

first of all the worlds most populous nation does follow soccer, and their has actually been some investment in the sport ( http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/china-and-the-world-cup/ ). Keep things in perspective here, its a marathon not a sprint. Thirty years ago, how popular was soccer in the US? Then we held the world cup, and that has gradually changed to where soccer has become somewhat prominent in american main stream media. Now imagine all those people gathering to watch a world cup multiplied several times. Add in plenty of egotistical venture capitalists willing to see the country succeed and what you have is the next money maker for FIFA.

hosts are auto qualified......

To be fair they did qualify in 2002, and besides when the US was awarded in 1994, I dont think they had yet qualified for the 1990 not to mention the lack of any professional league.

if Qatar or another Asian country ends up hosting 2022, then obviously no Asian country could host in 26. However, if FIFA were to end up moving the cup (which in all likelihood, and if they know what's good for them, they will) it's possible FIFA keeps it in Asia or allows other countries to bid which provides an opportunity for both China or the US. On a side note, I think to FIFA, the idea of a US or China world cup makes money signs appear in their eyes. They're the only two nations on earth that has virtually all the infrastructure built for a world cup, only 60k+ stadiums, as well as massive amounts of tv dollars from the respective population of each country coupled with international viewership.

get a room you two

I feel like bids are starting to give the IOC super glitzy venue plans, but always change them if they win to be more affordable.

theres always meiji jingu stadium

they could always use the tokyo dome for some events like how atlanta used the georgia dome for some events

yeah and they might get one in new york too

its gamesbids usual clusterf*ck conversation/ flame war, mostly surrounding tony

And they can give it to America

how about equestrian ice skating biathlon cross. appeals to every demographic of the Olympics!

Those two are definitely successful, but they get made fun of A LOT