FIFA selected World Cup dates that make it most likely to be ignored by the American public — the very country it’s been trying to fully win over for decades. williamfleitch writes
And every sports week will look like this well into 2023. First off, we have entered, with the NFL and college football dominating every Saturday and Sunday. Also looming in the months ahead: the beginning of the NBA, NHL and college basketball seasons, the World Series, and an endless supply of Pay-Per-View events at which people punch each other in the face.
I think that’s why this has been the quietest build-up to a World Cup I can remember. Do you realize that the World Cup — the biggest sporting event in the world — is only two months away? Do you know where it’s taking place? Do you know who’s broadcasting it? Do you know who the United States plays? Are you sure the United States even made it?
For the first time, the Men’s World Cup this year won’t take place in June, when it has been held every four years throughout its history. Instead, in highly disorienting fashion, it will get going the week before Thanksgiving and wrap up on December 18 — the shortest window ever for the tournament. This isn’t just one of the busiest periods on the sports calendar, but the busiest, or at least most hectic, period in Americans’ lives every year.
The reason for the time shift is kind of about weather, but really about FIFA corruption. FIFA — which experiences massive corruption scandals
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