Wil-Co: The old Albatross around the neck.

Competition to lure World Cup is strong.

No doubt, Williamson County Parks & Recreation Director Doug Hood and his merry band of carnival workers, are quickly drafting a letter to the World Cup selection comittee explaining how in the Bizarro World of Wil-Co, adults aren't allowed to play Futbol, and that Germany, Spain, et. al., would have to warm up and practice in Murfreesboro or Smyrna.

Seriously, as much as I would love to see the World Cup happen in Nashville, the leftover 1970s turf shoe and coaching short mentality, as above, will be a big hindrance -- you simply can't have a bunch of outdated hayseeds in the mix, then add in the fact that Nashville's Mayor and the Commission are busy getting their palms greased in reviving the wonder years of the miserably-failed-Fountain Square Mall, just under the name of the Downtown Convention Center this time, and it would be like a scene from Hee Haw.

What it would probably take is another Nissan back-room wrangling since Nashville is not even on the list of "Top Tier" cities such as Washington D.C., the murder capital of the nation.