Sports and Fairness

Today FIFA announced a decision to prohibit World Cup matches beyond altitudes of 2500 meters above sea level. The reason, ostensibly, is that the advantage offered to teams who regularly play at such altitudes is unfair.

Makes me wonder why FIFA doesn't ban nations with more than 50 million citizens from entering. With their larger pools of potential football players from which to draw their teams, these nations gain an unfair advantage, right?

Alternatively, FIFA could mandate that national teams are drawn at random. Just an idea.