Originally Posted by FMKK:
“Why? Is it a World Cup that represents the world or a good teams for TV cup? How will these teams improve without being involved? How will football grow in these countries if they can't be involved? Lots of these team have a base of solid Premier League players and others in top European leagues. They are getting better and better.”
The number of teams was increased to 32 for TV reasons, so yeah, it is the TV cup. Increased team numbers hasn't increased the quality. African teams are not getting better and better, they have got worse, Cameroon especially.