I see that differently for sure. Imagine the hosting countries would fail to qualify for such an event. Do you think that there is a chance that the mood and the atmosphere could be as spectacular when the hosting countries are not even participating? That wouldn't be good and I think the hosting countries should always be auto qualified and at least be able to participate during the group stage. They are putting so much work into organizing that event and if they were than just sit on the sidelines and not play, it would only hurt the event in general.
Doesn't really matter if they have a good mood and atmosphere in their team or not, at the end when they host the world cup they will have many benefits and I think even because of these benefits they can get there will be a good atmosphere for them, just imagine how much money they can earn in this country, obviously they are happy to host the world cup even if their team is not participating.
You can't be serious about that. I can't see any advantage of your suggestion whatsoever. You will always want the hosting nation to be on board, to allow the people exactly feeling that comes with participating. You want them to have some emotional skin in the game as well. I doubt that a Mexican guy thinks about the money that some private companies can earn by building infrastructure and what not. Do you really think that the financial effects of hosting a World Cup tickle down to the poorest of the poorest? Not really... But the poorest of the poorest still often like to cheer for their country in a competition. Sports is sometimes all they have and what they afford to appreciate. I am all for the hosting nations being auto qualified and I am not saying this because I like to see the big soccer nations being auto-qualified. I don't care about those. I care about poorer nations getting the one chance in a lifetime to be part of an event where their own nation is competing with the big ones.
Take the US as an example, do you believe that there would be the same euphoria in the country when the national team would not participate? Quite an interesting point of view.