With it looking increasingly likely that the World Cup will be moved to the winter in 2022 to accommodate the harsh summers in Qatar, there’s a growing chorus of soccer mover and shakers who are pushing various leagues to adjust their schedules accordingly. The latest person to add his voice to such a move is UEFA President Michel Platini. The Bloomberg article says Platini first suggested such a move in 1998.
UEFA President Joins Chorus Of Those Calling For Schedule Change
This year especially, we've seen some of the problems with playing such a significant chunk of the European season during the winter. Games all over England and continent were canceled because of heavy snow. Other teams have lost players to the Asian federation's championship, which is happening now.
MLS is one of the few leagues in the world that does not play at all during the winter. Their season ends in November and doesn’t start again until March. Commissioner Don Garber has said the league would explore splitting its schedule so that it would more closely align with the rest of the world, but the promise of a winter World Cup would probably end that discussion.
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