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Originally Posted by SirFozzie
bhiloy: The top teams want to protect their spot at the top of the standings. The middle teams want to be able to make money off playing the US and Mexico (remember, in CONCACAF, the home team controls the video rights, I remember last qualification cycle BeIN Sports got several USA away World Cup Qualifiers because the Caribbean nations were demanding an extortionate amount of money from ESPN/FS).
The tiny teams? They're small and can be bribed.
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The new system takes games vs the US and Mexico off the table though, it doesn't add them. Jamaica would currently be the only team from the Caribbean to even play in the hex, the rest would all miss out and be guaranteed not to play the big two once. I just can't see any world in which this makes sense except for a basically non-existent chance that one of the smaller teams can make it through and an easier path for the US and Mexico (which may well be the true goal given all the ad and TV money missed out on in 2018).