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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
I would say its biased if all national teams had the same level of support. But the reality is more people in the UK support ENgland then any other national team. Additionally (from what Ive heard at the WC) England have one of the highest followings of any of the teams playing. There were 30,000 in the PAraguay game (from an official allocation of 5k). Wouldn't you agree that that level of support warrants the larger share of the coverage.
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In this instance, I'd agree. However, the way I read what Russ is saying is that, in the event (however un/likely it is) that all 4 Home Nations qualified for the World / European Cup, the media is intrinsically biased towards England - regardless of the population count within the 4 nations, there should be a more liberal split, if for no other reason that the Welsh aren't confined to Wales, just as the English aren't confined to England
