silly low-effort shitposts

the current rotation rules forbid a confederation from hosting again for two cycles after they host (meaning a confederation can host as frequently as every 12 years). as a member of uefa, which has member countries spain and portugal hosting in 2030, germany wouldn't be able to host in 2034 and 2038. while germany is interested in hosting and their infrastructure is primed to host, they are technically ineligible to host in 2038. they would be eligible again for 2042.

the main issue is with the 2038 host, and why i think they might change the current rules, is that so few confederations are eligible to host. uefa/caf/conmebol (2030 hosts) and afc (2034 hosts) are currently considered ineligible, leaving only concacaf and ofc. ofc is so far under the stadium requirements that they're effectively ineligible (they would need a qatar-level investment, which would be really hard to mobilize), so it would either have to come back to conmebol, which would realistically need to include mexico (already has 7 stadiums that meet at least the group stage capacity requirements) and/or the us (has more than enough stadiums to meet capacity requirements) again to host.