On a serious note, is there any good reason why they don't do this? The only ones I can think of are invariably linked to money (I.e. I don't imagine attendance would be all that great - totally anecdotal but I imagine part of the supposed allure of international fixtures is due to them not occurring very often, although still far too frequently for everyone in this thread it would seem).
Probably the only reason I can think of is that if you do it during an off-season, it puts too much strain on the players and they'll invariably pull out.
Well the total number of games remains the same, so the club season would get shorter to accommodate it.
Well under the end-of-season proposal they would happen even less often, so by your logic attendance would improve. I think attendance would probably improve anyway. I don't really know why they don't do it, I can't think of a strong counter-argument. I can't think of what the political roadblock is either, I'd have thought most FAs, national teams, and clubs would prefer it.
Yeah probably this. Also there is a wish to get the players 'home' occasionally (although it's probably mainly expressed by federation suits who want to get people through turnstiles in their own country)
I don't think they'd have less necessarily, it would just be more infrequent. But yeah I largely agree.
