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AFL concedes season could be lost to soccer World Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Saturday, December 12 2009 @ 06:23 pm ACDT

To Tinka's comment - spot on. In fact the Government has already signed off on this, hence the AFL's worry. It seems the Federal and State governments have agreed, and then they will be the ones forcing the AFL and NRL to do whatever it takes to keep FIFA and the FFA happy.

Given FIFA's recent rules about no region hosting the Cup if that region had held either of the last 2 Cups, it means if England get 2018 which is very likely (or even if it is another European country), then the field for 2022 becomes quite thin - can't be Europe and can't be South America (2014).

Given some of the other competitors have held it recently or may well be deemed not ready yet (e.g. can Indonesia offer large full high ticket cost stadia?), it would seem to then be a two horse race between the US and Australia for 2022. Obviously the US offers the potential for huge revenue. Whether having held it there in 1994 versus never in Australia will count against the US, I'm not sure. But certainly those that say "what is all the fuss, Australia is no chance" are way off the mark.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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