Sarzonia wrote:Personally, I'm not a fan of a 48-team World Cup proper.
HOWEVER, I would prefer that we discuss the idea based on merits or provide specific reasons why we oppose expansion to 48 teams rather than simply say "I hate this idea" and shut off discussion.
The advantage of adding more teams to the proper is the possibility that it might reward players who RP actively. One disadvantage is that it might "reward" a player who posts a roster and a single RP (or doesn't RP at all) and by the grace of Margaret qualifies.
Although the format that FIFA will use if it is the real prolema, 16 groups of 3 teams where the 2 best qualify and in case of a tie there are penalty shots, I see that for the money FIFA is able to ruin a tournament with a lot of history like It is the World Cup, on the other hand, in case this idea is accepted (which I think is unlikely) we can think of a better format than FIFA wants to make.