CONCACAF has 41 members, CONMEBOL has 10. You could get a proper 16 team tournament with a combined tournament. If CONCACAF is really trash, then you should in theory get all 10 of CONMEBOL nations qualify, with 6 spots left for CONCACAF to take. US and Mexico will def take two, then 4 left for everyone else
The 'Copa Super America' qualifiers would be better practice for the Trinidads and Haitis of the footballing world than the Gold Cup.
I think the Copa America 2016 Centenario is a good blueprint for how the eventual tournament should be run. I'd also argue there'd be more interest in the US if people knew the USMNT was going up against the Brazils and Argentina's of the world. More TV revenue for CONCACAF and COMNEBOL to split.
The US should really champion this merge. They get nothing out of the Gold Cup. The tournament is really just trading hands between Mexico and USA. Copa Super America would actually test their national team development.
Euros is 24 teams.
Asian Cup is 24 teams.
African Cup is 24 teams.
If this were to happen, it would need to have 24 teams also. Only reason for something like this to happen is money. More teams, more matches, more money.
And too many teams auto qualifying does not make the qualifiers better. It is the same qualifiers with a different name.
