Anyway, given that it's arguably easier to run around in cold weather Ever seen how miserable people from the tropics look playing sport in winter in a British climate?
An Ecuadorian commentator interviewed by the BBC noted that if you're really worried about health and safety, then you don't ban games at altitude: you ban games in high humidity. This is the result of some heavy lobbying by the Brazilian and Argentine federations, and everybody knows it. It's important for two reasons: not only does it remove the home advantage of playing at altitude, but it also locks out the Andean nations from a future World Cup bid, should they ever want to challenge the big three.
FIFA is almost as big a joke as the NCAA....It is planned to be a sporting game but alas like almost the nationalist sticks its ugly head in and everyone points and everyone when something happens that rocks the boat. There must be a coherent thought in there, somewhere, struggling to get out! Anyway back to the topic.... Since this doesn't exclude Mexico playing its home games in Azteca, I don't care. They'll have that advantage over the USA, at least, for the foreseeable future. We'll continue to beat Mexico outside of Azteca though.
