US will net World Cup

[Crow-mo]

International sport is the only bastion of sport where you play for the love of your country, not the $$$$$.

that's startlingly Naive.

the endorsements for being Captain of England are significant for example.

the international arena is one area where you build the social iconography needed for big endorsements and sponsorships.

 

[Zidane98]

FIFA would also be trying to avoid sponsor conflicts. Imagine the fracas if a number of nations sponsored by Pepsi say on the front of their shirts turned up to the Coca-Cola World Cup. Coke would not be happy.

There are official sponsors for the 2010 World Cup btw

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/partners/index.html

and how much do you think Coca-Cola would pay to have their logo plastered all over every team's jersey at SA 2010 & painted on the pitch of every venue?

 

[mighty tiges]

and how much do you think Coca-Cola would pay to have their logo plastered all over every team's jersey at SA 2010 & painted on the pitch of every venue?

Each nation would have its own separate sponsorship deal as that would generate more $$$ for them. Pepsi would make sure they pay say a Brazil or Italy more $$$ who they know will push deep into the last few games and who attract larger tv audiences so Coke didn't have exclusivity.

 

[Ferdinand Lewis]

2016 Summer Olympics - USA !!

 

[stmookeyj]

There are official sponsors for the 2010 World Cup btw

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/partners/index.html

Hmmm, at least 3 of the major backers have major Asian links (Kia/Hyundai, Emirates, Sony)....

 

[Slattery_20]

NEWS FLASH: America thinks that America will host World Cup!

Whoa! Didn't see that one coming!

Bang on.
We're every chance for 2022. Yanks had it in the 90s, not big enough to justify it going there twice in 30 years. Never in 2018 with London going for it.

 

[stmookeyj]

Well Indonesia are out, one less opponent to worry about.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8577452.stm

 

[scotto_01]

Well Indonesia are out, one less opponent to worry about.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8577452.stm

about time they come to their senses, they were never going to win the bid

 

[Barkly St End]

This isn't news, they were never in the hunt.

The most interesting aspect is that they missed the deadline for the government guarantees, but I thought that deadline was last year??