“And the World Cup has an entire system of QUALIFYING MATCHES which whittle down the entire world to just 32 teams. This is the equivalent of a SEASON.”
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So what? Millions of people like it that way.
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My initial complaint is that the tournament has a lousy set of rules...such that the US could win ONE game, but get to the fourth game.
And somebody responded that all sports have convoluted methods of getting into the playoffs of final series, etc.
All I’m doing is pointing out that the World Cup Finals are exactly that - the FINALS. So any comparison to the NFL SEASON are incorrect. Comparisons should be made with NFL playoffs, for example.
And my point is - Americans would not watch an NFL playoffs that sent a winning team home, because of some point differential in the previous game. In short, the FIFA tournament is completely foreign to us in the US.