The Australian National Football Team General Discussion*OFFICIAL*

[LFC]

Just on Saudi Arabia - very strong rumours they will drop to 10 to 12 stadiums.

Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup stadium plans face delays and cost-cutting

Saudi Arabia’s construction of stadiums for the 2034 World Cup is facing delays owing to a desire from the PIF to scale back costs

www.theguardian.com

Not that it matters patj re SA, whatever they do it will be sensational - I travel there a bit and the young King is developing fantastic infrastructure and awesum building designs/malls/freeways plus its very clean - the bad is no alcohol, bugga being there for more than a week haha.

 

[LFC]

I mean they weren’t a federal government but NSW state governments have put a fair bit of time and funding into the 2015 Men’s Asian Cup, 2023 Women’s World Cup and 2026 Women’s Asian Cup. Still wish they did upgrades on McDonald Jones though so Newcastle coulda hosted games in those tournaments. Contrast this to the Victorian government who royally fucked the 2026 Commonwealth Games (not a football event but still).

A Men’s World Cup bid is a lot more difficult to a Women’s World Cup bid, since there’s more required money and investment involved and everyone wants to host it (after all, it’s the biggest sporting event in the world and billions watch it). Unfortunately it would be very hard for us to get it due to (as you said) FIFA corruption. With the current rotation system involving confederations rather than subconfederations, 2038 will definitely be another American World Cup (possibly another joint bid with Canada and Mexico plus maybe somewhere else). I hope 2038 is involves more of Central America and the Caribbean.

look its futile re anything womens, were talking the BIG picture for both football NT's and for development generations ahead forget WC future bids and mention of Macca Stad, get the golden arch's to sponser you'll have a reno done in no time .
Yes NSWGov provided $7M for the recent WACup you would know.

IF they can't stump up $10/15M contribution for a NT COE it would be baffling eh.
As Arnie has expressed for some years its a friggin joke !
We're the biggest NT of the nation to the biggest game globally, not the women the Mens, facts and no disrespect.
HTF W have got this and that through the rising fad is all politcal grandstanding sorry thems the facts.

 

[HonestSpursFan]

The bias in favour of the Matildas is not surprising. Women's sport in general is seen as the political correct thing to do so funding has been made available for the Bundoora Centre and the SK Centre.

While they have built those they still haven’t done what they said they’d do for women’s soccer. Most of that money for women’s sport after the World Cup went to the AFLW and NRLW.