[kabar]

How would determine who gets into the NFL playoffs? Obviously, the current system of splitting the teams into conferences and leagues does not comport with your standard for soccer. An NFL team could have a record below .500 and still get into the playoffs.

Or how teams get into the NBA, MLB, and NHL playoffs.

[lacrew]

The NFL plays and entire SEASON to determine who gets into the playoffs.

And the World Cup has an entire system of QUALIFYING MATCHES which whittle down the entire world to just 32 teams. This is the equivalent of a SEASON.

The they have the FINALS. This is what has been going on in Brazil. Not the SEASON, but rather the FINALS....which would be equivalent to NFL playoffs. And in the NFL, its loser goes home. For FIFA, in Portugal’s case, its winner goes home.