England in 2018?

By the time John Terry is about 70 and David Beckham is in wheelchair, England might host the World Cup.

Evidently, plans are in the works to bring the Cup back to England in about as many years as it takes to pay off a mortgage. Nothing is set in stone, but with the next tournament in South Africa and 2014 likely in Brazil, it would be Europe's turn to host in 2018. I wonder if the British will manage to underacheive at home. There's really no way to say considering the Gerrard and Lampard generation will be long gone by then. We better start scouting 10 year-old British kids to make a better prediction.

By the way, am I the only one that's noticed there's been a lot of chatter about future World Cups recently? We just finished one and we're already planning Cups that are about a decade away. Does this seem ludicrous to anyone else? Has there just been a slew of slow news days recently so there was nothing else to talk about?

I'm not saying we should fight this though. Instead, let's take advantage and start lobbying for the Cup to return to the states in 2038.