This past World Cup was actually alright in terms of timing and the host stadiums and whatnot, but it happening in November/December was just odd.
If it were up to me it'd rotate between Western Europe and South America.
I don't care about Saudi Arabia but you know that the soccer world is going to be up in arms about this as they tend to have political leanings and strong opinions on the Saudi government. When WWE started running shows over there, people were getting real mad claiming they were supporting murder and corruption and shit. But murder and corruption never got in FIFA's way before, so...