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Exploring ideas for the future of international football. Independent project. Discussions welcome.
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What if every national team had a pathway to the top? πβ½
@Delvir_1 125 goals for Argentina, and now we actually know where the final chapter ended. What a ridiculous international career.
Geography already helps organise international football.
But should it also determine how far a national team can go?
What if teams started regionally then results could open a route to world levels?
Would this make international football better?
@oluwabaronn Hard to imagine now that there was once a Barcelona with zero European Cups. One night can completely change how a club's history is remembered.
@TrollFootball2 At this point the Old Trafford waterfall has its own season ticket π
@StadiumsForAnts @Desmond47227741 Highbury had such a distinctive identity. The Emirates gave Arsenal the capacity they needed, but there's something about those old compact grounds that's almost impossible to recreate.
@Footballtweet That commentary will always belong to one of international football's defining nights. βWhat can you say but thank you?β really did capture the moment.
@ussoccer @USYouthSoccer The interesting part is the attempt to build a more connected national structure without losing strong local organisation.
If it really makes the pathway easier to navigate while keeping State Associations central, that could be a meaningful reform.
@nocontextfm1 One of football's best features: the size of the place you come from doesn't automatically determine how far you can go.
Sporting opportunity can be much bigger than geography.
@FootRankings New clubs reaching a higher competitive stage because results opened the door.
That's one of football's best principles.
What if national teams also had a pathway where performance determined how far they could go?
@ScotlandSky This is what makes sporting access interesting.
Your competitive position doesn't have to be permanent. Results can change what level of opportunity you receive.
I'd love to see more of that principle explored in international football too.
@fiago7 That's part of what makes football interesting. Reputation is permanent, competitive level isn't.
A giant can fall. A smaller club can rise.
Sporting structures are most interesting when today's status doesn't guarantee tomorrow's level.
@OneFootball A second-division club earning matches against teams from across Europe because of results.
That's a fascinating principle of football where you start doesn't necessarily determine how far you can go.
What if national teams had the same kind of pathway?
@nocontextfm1 Promotion and relegation mean today's level isn't permanent. Perform, move up. Struggle, move down. Then earn your way back. It's normal in club football yet the same principle between levels of international football would still seem unusual.
@usmntonly The most interesting part is the attempt to turn a fragmented structure into a clearer pathway.
Centralisation alone won't solve pay-to-play, though. The real test will be whether players get a simpler and more accessible route from local football toward higher levels.
@reformussoccer This is the interesting principle behind open pyramids where you begin doesn't have to determine how far you can go.
I wonder whether the same principle could work in international football. Geography determining the starting point, with results opening the route upward.
@TheEuroFE One of the best things about the Conference League: more teams get a meaningful level, while results open doors upward.
What if international football did the same β regional levels as the starting point, with results opening a route to a world level?
@vaibhav_hatwal International windows already prepared Rodri for this π
@ChampionsLeague Of course. Thierry Henry had to pull Arsenal π
Some football connections just write themselves.
A thought experiment.
Geography determines where a national team starts. Results determine where it finishes.
π WORLD LEVEL
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π REGIONAL LEVELS
Would international football be better this way?
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