And we do it all again in 2034!!
Southern hemisphere - am I a joke?
I was disgusted at Qatar being awarded the WC and even more disgusted at Saudi for 100s of reasons but a winter WC is not one of them.
Yes this whole winter vs summer thing feels a tad like “Hey its only the European football viewers who matter”
There was a lot wrong with Qatar’s WC but this feels elitist
But that was such a litty world cup no cap frfr *sheeessssh*
No shit Sherlock
Warmer temperatures literally help with injury rehabilitations? If the injuries are higher it’s because of fixture congestion not whatever bullshit study ESPN did
Three points come to mind.
- Does the survey give the difference in injury severity between October and January for a non-world cup year by way of a control?
- How many of the injured players in January actually went to the World Cup?
- 88 recorded injuries is in no way a big enough sample size to draw any firm conclusions.
Memes aside, is there a comparison between this and nations that have a calendar year based season? Eg. Japan’s season is from Jan- Dec so a regular summer world cup would be mid-season for them
A lot of their core player in world cup played in europe though, so this has to be taken into consideration
No shit Sherlock
Did they only do research on fall leagues? If so, yeah we know but now they know how summer leagues feel.
“Today I feel injured” -Gianni Infantino, probably
oh no who could have ever seen this coming
Surprise surprise
I wonder how far away we are from FIFA saying that players can take steroids after being injured to improve their recovery times. They don’t give a fuck about player welfare, so why not?
This will happen again when the Saudi’s get the World Cup after 2030. The reason the 2030 world cup is spread over 3 countries is because it gives Asia the ability again to host the cup.
Don’t think doing it in Uruguay/Argentina/Morocco/Spain was because they wanted to be cool or historic its cause the Saudi’s bribed them.
Another WC during winter in Saudi Arabia, innit?