Excluding Spain perhaps, the FIFA World Cup hype is finally dying down around the world.
But some are looking towards the state of football in 12 years time.
The big question is who will win the rights to host the 2022 edition of the most popular sporting championship in the world.
Some countries have their strong and weak points within their bids. Picking on the weaknesses in the Australian bid is an easy task, but is there enough positive points to give us the upper hand in the bidding process?
Originally, the Australian bid was intended to cover both the 2018 & 2022 tournaments, but the former bid was removed on June 10 this year after it became clear that FIFA were looking towards a return to Europe.
This helped the cause a little bit, and made FIFA happy, which is what we want.
But the fact remains that even though we are just focusing on one year, we cannot get over the in-fighting between the football codes here.
We also lack rectangular stadiums.
And of those great rectangular stadiums we do have, such as Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park) and the SFS, there are the serious ground sharing issues in many cases.
The World Cup just happens to fall in the very middle of the NRL and AFL seasons, and could possibly interfere with the Super 14 season as well.
No other country, I believe, has such a complex system of ground sharing for sporting events.
I'm watching the process with great interest through til December 2.
Personally, I think It'll be a miracle if Australia wins.
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