I get your angle but does that mean we also have to ban athletes from smaller countries in the olympics that trail in 20 yards behind others in the 100m?
It's the WORLD cup Cass, not Europe and South America cup.

Do we ban 100-1 outsiders before the grand national runs(that actually go on to win).

I bet there are many fans that wanted to see their teams at the world cup but couldn't because it's £800 a ticket. Are we making sport just for the elitists now and banning smaller teams/countries?

The smaller countries have qualified through playoffs and if latics weren't allowed to, we would still be non-league.

Do you get what I mean? The moment we make it exclusive is the moment we might as well wrap it up.