[1rudeboy]

But what I am trying to point out is - the World Cup is the equivalent of the playoffs. 204 teams have been whittled down to 32....proportionally, its the equivalent of the sweet 16 in college basketball or the second week of the NFL playoffs....Situations where we expect it to be win or go home.

So your complaint appears to be that the process is arbitrary. And your solution is to be, uh, arbitrary.

It's a sport, fercrissakes, not the recipe on the back of a mac&cheese box.

[lacrew]

I have no solution...never said I did. Just pointed out that the tournament has silly rules that Americans don’t like.

Never suggested they change them.