Comments on: World Football Elo Ratings for Euro 2008 – an alternative to FIFA rankings? http://soccerlens.com/euro-2008-elo-ratings/7635/ Soccerlens - Football News You Can Trust Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:45:26 -0800 http://soccerlens.com/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dan http://soccerlens.com/euro-2008-elo-ratings/7635/comment-page-1/#comment-91005 Dan Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:04:53 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/euro-2008-elo-ratings/7635/#comment-91005 FIFA should have its rankings done by an independent third party (OK, I won't suggest Elo) to avoid any appearance of corruption and vested interests ... beyond its usual system of corruption and vested interests. It'd be nice to have an input from all interested parties and federation with regard to their rankings but have mathematicians be left alone to concoct the fairest formula. Otherwise, its ranking begins to resemble the old "friends in high places" format that's so popular in all banana republics. FIFA should have its rankings done by an independent third party (OK, I won’t suggest Elo) to avoid any appearance of corruption and vested interests … beyond its usual system of corruption and vested interests.

It’d be nice to have an input from all interested parties and federation with regard to their rankings but have mathematicians be left alone to concoct the fairest formula.

Otherwise, its ranking begins to resemble the old “friends in high places” format that’s so popular in all banana republics.

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