The prospect of the World Cup happening with greater frequency is gaining further traction
“With the World Cup being played every four years the opportunity to have this experience is too rare and spread over too great a time. Whole generations of players miss out, sometimes because of one match, potentially decided on one incident. If you lose the first two matches of a qualifying phase you know that you have missed your chance for the next six or seven years at least!”
Traditionalists could be loyal to the view of World Cup taking place in the four-year cycle but Pinnick challenges those to be forward thinkers. “The World Cup is played every four years for historic reasons linked with the Olympic cycle,” Pinnick added. It has been like this for almost 100 years. We cannot stand still and say “it was always like this so it should remain this way”. To say this is absurd.
“We can add one more month every four years to organize the most beautiful competition in the world and find ways to protect the players, clubs, leagues, federations, and Confederation’s interests and this is neither irrational nor absurd.
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