FIFA wants World Cup host bidding to be more like the Olympics. Brilliant

When you are a fat cat you like nothing more than to be wined and dined as various entities try to sway your opinion. It puts you in a position of power, a power that can enrich your personal fortunes. So it goes without saying that when the bids for the 2014 World Cup came in and only Brazil stepped up to the plate, the fat cats at FIFA were disappointed. For they like to be wined and dined and they like enriching their personal fortunes.

Thus they will try to change the rules for how the World Cup selection process works. They will try to make it more like the Olympics because if ever there was a corrupt process it is the one that flies Olympic officials from one five star hotel to another around the world where they are lavished with gifts and exposed to a system that is ripe for kickbacks.

“There will be a slight twist, however, in that the previous two regions or continents to host the finals will not be allowed to bid,” one source close to the talks told Reuters.

“So, say for 2018, South America and Africa nations would not be allowed to bid, but countries from every other region could. The new idea is based on the bidding for the Olympics which generates more excitement and interest.”

More excitement, more interest, but really this is about more money and it is about making sure that Europe hosts the World Cup every third time instead of rotating through all the regions.