Dave Damashek

It would not make the political dust up.

It wouldn't get the attention that you think it would.

Some countries had a discourse about it.

Germany considered it at the very least.

But it's a World Cup.

It's the biggest event on the planet.

Your athletes probably – there are so many participants that this is their only shot to compete at the World Cup.

You just don't punt.

I get it, but except that the pushback on that is if people are not traveling to do it, that's an indication of where their interest level is.

They'll watch it at home and they'll root on their team.

What's really unfortunate is the 94 World Cup, as Amin referenced, I think it's still to date the most profitable World Cup.

World Cup.

They sold more tickets than any other World Cup?

Yeah.

The United States, in particular, are the three host nations because the United States is co-hosting along with Canada and Mexico.

The United States is so well positioned to host this tournament in particular, and it's the biggest World Cup ever.

And it was part of the reason why 15 years ago when this thing started coming to fruition, you were super excited.

You couldn't help but think, man, how much further along is our men's national team going to be 15, 20 years from now?

Soccer is growing, and you can follow Southampton if you're in the United States, where before you could only follow Arsenal or Manchester United or Chelsea.

There is so much access to this game now, and you thought 20 years down the line, man,