For the Good of the Game: September 2014

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

FIFA World Cup Finals - Awarding of host nation; democratization

Proposal to make the awarding of the host nation of future FIFA World Cup finals more 'democratic' as far as football fans perceive it.

Any person becoming a member of a football club affiliated to FIFA automatically becomes a member of 'Club FIFA'; receiving benefits such as newsletters, exclusive web content, and priority ticket application rights for FIFA tournament tickets.
After final candidates for World Cup Final hosts are announced;

'Club FIFA' members securely vote for their preferred host nation
Their preference cannot be the nation of their club, residence or their nationality (if different).
The host nation chosen by 'club FIFA' automatically receives the equivalent of 8 FIFA executive member votes (thereby making the total number of votes to be 30), or
The host nation chosen by 'club FIFA' automatically receives the equivalent of 56 FIFA affiliated association votes (thereby making the total number of votes to be 264)

Allocation of places in Confederation wide Club tournaments

To reward the 'competitive' member association domestic leagues with a greater number of places in confederation wide club tournaments e.g. UEFA Champions league.

'Competitive Leagues' will be defined by the match day (e.g. 1 to 36/38) on which the club that finishes in 6th (sixth) place cannot finish in 1st (first) place, The later the date this occurs; the higher the number of the match day it occurs, e.g. match day 35 compared to match day 29, indicates that a domestic club league is in relative terms 'more' competitive that rival national leagues in its member confederation whose 6th place confirmation match day is earlier.

Using this indicator of domestic competitiveness, places in a confederation wide club tournament can be apportioned to reward the most competitive leagues (rewarding sporting performance), either solely or together with other established measures of ranking relative domestic leagues within a confederation.

© S C Low 2014