Talk:Austin "Jack" Warner

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[edit] What's the rationale for implying that he would not support a U.S. bid to host?

Referring to this text: "and that he would also "battle to bring...the tournament to his region" where Mexico and the USA last hosted the finals (in 1986 and 1994 respectively) effectively leaving only a combined Caribbean bid or Canada as potential hosts..."

I know that the U.S. is the most recent host from the region, but I would assume that Warner would support another U.S. bid considering that a) the infrastructure will be in place and b) there's a ton of money to be made, and the region would presumably get a cut of it. (I will refrain from speculating about any possible personal conditions for such support...) --Mr Wednesday 19:11, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Does speculation on the potential of various CONCACAF nations hosting the World Cup in 2018 belong in the Jack Warner article?--SaskatchewanSenator 06:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

I would not have thought so. Warner's a "colourful" character who I don't like, but on the 2018 issue he's just backing his region as you'd expect any president to do - if the rotation of host confederations continues then it'll be CONCACAF's turn in 2018. Realistically, the only countries in CONCACAF who have the infrastructure to host a 32-nation World Cup are Mexico and the U.S. (maybe Canada if they have enough suitable stadiums), and after the Korea-Japan experience FIFA aren't going to back any joint bids in the future. There's nothing in the rules that requires all the other countries in a confederation to host the WC before it can come back to a previous host, it's all a matter of infrastructure these days, witness CONMEBOL agreeing that only Brazil had the infrastructure to host 2014. -- Arwel (talk) 12:50, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Heheh, That sly old,... .

There are several reasons why "Jack in the Box" wants to bring the competition to the Americas The first reason being that the U.S. is a cash cow. The U.S. is willing to spend huge amount of money in football and in FIFA.(This is the most important!. Joao Havelange in the 60's wanted this to happen. The second reason is (and I make no apologies for saying this,...) they are crooks. I have no doubt that most of the allegations of the British journalists are true. Jack was in the habit of doing that when he was a supporter of the PNM ! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ishango (talk • contribs) 23:06, August 20, 2007 (UTC).