Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 142. (Read 57610 times)

Qatar doesn't have security issues and their security forces aren't that much, they simply temporarily hired members of other nations security forces to secure World Cup. For USA, I doubt they have these issues and they will take the necessary measures and if necessary national guards will get involved.
For Canada, I think they don't have big issues and Mexico army at worst might be present. I am not underestimating security, but I don't think it will be a problem at least in Stadium and streets around it.

Right on the money when it comes to the American sports environment! Surprisingly, the US. has made progress in some games but has "overlooked" football (also called soccer). The 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the US., Canada, and Mexico, could be a turning point for soccer in the US. The top objectives should be a profitable league system and programs to help kids grow up. But lets not forget that basketball, baseball, and American football are also very good in the US. Diversifying spending in sports would be good for the country, and not just in soccer. It would also be good for cricket and volleyball

Security is the one thing I am worried about, the rest can be handled well. The organizations, the events, the products that is needed, everything will be there and will be fine and I do not think any problems will arise at all in any of the nations.

The one and only thing I am not certain about is security,  because there will be a lot of people riled up at the games and they will need a lot of extra security for it, Mexico is already known as a dangerous nation, true or not there is a rumor about it at least, and Canada doesn't have any which means they also do not have enough law enforcement to spare for hundreds of thousands of new people as well, and USA already has troubles as we know. It is going to be tough without a doubt.

The United States is the most financially powerful country, so their country does not have any major leagues like the English Premier League, La Liga or Serie A, which is why they have not made much progress in football so far. USA is lagging behind in all sports not only football but cricket volleyball or any other sport except football. The better the economic condition of the United States, the better they can surely produce a league of good quality. If the US invests money in different sports, they will surely succeed and until they give too much importance to one sport, they will never do well in all of them. The United States is very focused on the Olympics, which is why they achieve significant success in the Olympics every year. The US should give equal importance to the Olympics as well as other sports.

That should be one of the factors that the FIFA are looking and I know that they have some sort of checklist before choosing a host for the upcoming World Cup, and it's not just all about money even if we say that this is a business because they are also making sure that it will be an extravagant event that people cannot forget as it's an event that only happens once every four years. You know, they are making sure that there's almost no rooms for errors so that people will only remember the enjoyment and not the negative effects of it.

I'm not sure about that, at around the same time that the Women's World Cup was happening in Australia there was also the Netball World Cup, which Australia actually won.

The amount of engagement of the Netball World Cup was nothing compared to the one from The Women's World Cup.

So, it's not really just that there's a world cup event going on, there is also the fact that some sports are more popular than others in general.

People love holidays and big events, so such large-scale events as the World Cup always get an audience that is many times larger than the usual number of fans. This rule works everywhere - I even know people who have never played Dota, never watch any Dota games, but the Internaional final is an event for them and they watch it with pleasure. If we are talking about football, then historically it affects much larger sections of the population, therefore the involvement of the population in such an event as the World Cup is always huge.

It seems in America football is not the first or even second sport for people because American Football is the first and then Basketball and Baseball after that Boxing, Ice Hockey and football are not on top of the list in America, while I think this can't be a problem in the world cpu because still there is enough football fans in America to make the stadiums full.

https://aeonledlighting.com/2023/05/most-popular-sports/#:~:text=American%20football%20is%20undoubtedly%20the,9th%20most%20popular%20sport%20worldwide.
https://thesporting.blog/blog/the-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-us

Yeah, that's the thing, different countries will have different sports.

But as a worldwide sport, there is really only one, football/soccer. There is nothing that comes even close to it really in terms of global passion for it. In terms of number of people, and level of passion for it.

I think this is a win-win for both parties, of course the appointment of certain countries must go through a nomination process and meet the requirements applied by FIFA. I think the speculation that then emerged was natural, because after all, holding the World Cup as one of the biggest events in football certainly requires a win-win solution to be the host.

However, what needs to be in the bottom line is the guarantee of success in holding it, perhaps this guarantee is what FIFA pays the most attention to before selecting the host country.

The world is simply bigger than we think. Football is the #1 famous sport in my country too. In USA, it is basketball I believe. (or is it baseball?) In some other part of the world where Brit influence is strong, Cricket is more popular. (Believe it or not, I don't know anything about cricket other than what I just said now) If the North Americans don't like football (they even call it soccer wtf) we can't blame them for this. I for example, never played baseball, never watched a baseball game, just like cricket, I don't know anything about it. Played basketball only a few times and I found it pretty boring. Football (not soccer) is all there is for me. I don't really watch any other sport.

That is the part of the reason why they choose these three countries to host the next world cup, I mean that their move is understandable because they wanted a much bigger arena with guaranteed audience when they present their new format this coming 2026 with more games and teams added. As we all know, having the games in North America means that almost every fellow in this world can watch it and that's their goal.

Other than that, the most obvious reason why FIFA chose America-Canada-Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup is that these three countries bid and won the bid together. It's a business after all and in every business, there's always a motive behind the reason. Just like how the Qatar was rumored to won the bid because they have bought some of the people in the FIFA council to guarantee a spot to host a world cup event.

But this is less relevant for international competitions like the World Cup. Those tournaments are not everyday business and perhaps everyone has this feeling when a World Cup takes place in a sport that we don't usually follow, but then we pay attention to it and even watch it when the favorite teams make it into the quarter finals and such. This is why I am absolutely convinced that the World Cup 2026 will be passionate in all regards. People will cheer whether they like the NBA more on not, it's nationals day so to say and I like that. Look at the amazing Morocco fans from 2022 in Qatar. They are an amazing example for an impressive crowd to support their team.

I don't think it's either a good or a bad thing... it just is.

The passion about football only exists in Europe and South America. Is that a good or a bad thing?, I don't think it matters, it just is.

And also I don't think you can create that by putting more money into the competition. South America is an example of poor countries with a love of football whereas in the European competitions there's a lot of money involved. So, it's independent of money.

Men's "soccer" (football) has always been a Pandora's box for the Americans, (female soccer has dominated or been present at the top for years...) not being able to dominate in men's football has always been a rarity for a country that if it does not dominate some sport, is always in the top 10, at least, and regularly in the top 3.

The point is that soccer/football is a boring sport for Americans, you know the reason, there are always few points (goals) or at least that's how the old school of managers or businessmen saw it, but that situation is going to change, they already have the experience of the first attempt with Pele, and contrary to what you say, it is not about the public or the level, when soccer/football manages to penetrate as a business, it is in the process of doing so, they are not going to stop them.

The sports that succeed in the United States do not need international paraphernalia as football in each of the countries does, especially the European one, right? what would local leagues in Europe be without, for example, UEFA. (At least in some countries without international competitions, these leagues would be impoverished)

It's all about cultural difference, not human rights that is for sure. If there were culturally fun stuff and free planes for each world cup ticket holder (they had enough money to do that) with their airlines and they allowed everyone to wear whatever they want and drink whatever they want, then I bet you that human rights wouldn't be an issue.

Everyone thinks that USA would be great, why? You can go to a game in a bikini if you want, men can wear no tops at all and write the names on their chest, and just wear shorts, everyone will be drinking beer all game long, and nobody will remember that USA not only killed tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of middle easterners but also supported coup against democratically elected presidents in Latin America.

I think the main reason for FIFA to choose three countries instead of one country is that we are going to have more teams in the tournament and this can put any host under more pressure, however, America had enough potential to host the 2026 World Cup by themselves and even now when we are going to have three countries hosting the world cup, still America will host most of the games and the other two teams are just co-hosting this tournament.

American football, Basketball and Baseball are popular spot in United State and ever watching with how stadium full when American Football match than soccer match actually with MLS League. United State is not popular with football and we can count how many their player aboard to top European teams. FIFA have own assessment why choosing United State as host for FIFA World Cup 2026 with Canada and Mexico. Actually Major League Soccer is not really excited and competitive league, their league not regelation yet and all teams participants not get huge pressure have quit well performance because keep stay on the top level competition although finish on bottom standings position. Its not really important about United State are country with football is not popular sport but how matches World Cup will play without any problem yet and how United State supporters' enthusiasm.

Well, there is no point I would make against your statement. It's true, the most money he could ever make from the sale of the Hornets (or has he already?) would be more than what he has earned as a player and merchandise contracts, ok. Which is why you say that the real way to make money is buying clubs and sell them.

Alright, Michael Jackson "died in June 2009 but according to recently audited records, posthumous business dealings have brought in an average of US$360 million (NZ$582m) a year, equating to more than $2 billion ($3.2b) since he died."
So I am arguing that the real way to make money is to make music and then die early.

Michael Jordan was the first to introduce a clause into his contract with sports sponsorships that he will get a share of the revenue of the products he is producing and that the products are in line with his name. If anything was the real trigger for him to build a fortune, it was that sponsorship contract. Then the sponsorship contract allowed him to do other stuff later down the road.

There is more to buying a club and selling it later for a lot of money. The reason is that Jordan built a brand, and it was not Micheal the Jordan who bought the Hornets, it was the entire brand empire that bought the Hornets.

If Messi buys a meaningless soccer club once he retires, what do you think will happen to that soccer club? Messi won't make money because buying a meaningless soccer club is cheap and then he can sell it for more later. He will be able to build and sell it for more later because he is freaking Messi.

So there is much more to the business idea of buying a club and selling it again. These guys have built gigantic brands in the first place and there is hardly, if any, brand that is so strongly tied and so widespread like Jordan's.

Well, with respect to Qatar, things can be very ambiguous, some say yes, it was a mistake, but why was it Qatar and not another country? Was there a lot of money there for them not to take away the world headquarters from this country? Why did FIFA become a blind eye, of course many say that human rights are biased in these countries, but there are countries that also violate human rights and continue walking without saying anything, the Qatari workers are unfortunate, It is something that should not have happened, but who are we to get into the rules, laws of that country and tell them what is right and what is wrong? I don't think we will have that right, as I have said before, if a country chooses to be the headquarters of the world, that country has its customs, it has its rules, and it is the one that hosts an event, the people and the fans, and players have to stick to the rules of that country, there is nothing to do there, if things are like that, you simply have to respect, there are many things that you like and others that you do not like, but after all, that country is sovereign, It has its own laws and FIFA knew that.

Now the new world cup with these 3 countries , it would be Excellent if they could include some good games from Europe from European countries, because I do not consider that Mexico will have few people, it is a common country and like all, of course there are some customs that are Different , and that are usually seen with the naked eye, but it is a different country, nothing else in its language and everything, but it must be taken into Consideration that Mexico is a very Beautiful country, that it has a lot to know and that it has a lot to do with the things that exist, it has a lot of history, compared to the USA, the USA is a developed country, it is quite obvious that the people there will cause more emotion, it has a lot to entertain themselves, and apart from the Disney parks and all those things, they are quite Striking, obviously you also have to do and grow to know Something,  your security is superior, in Mexico things have to be Better, with more Security.