scheduling

Fifa is currently facing legal action, external from player unions and leagues about the scheduling of the tournament.

In 2021 the Premiership final took place on the same day the Lions faced Japan in Edinburgh, while the 2017 tour of New Zealand was also beset by scheduling issues.

Noting that summer temperatures "can exceed 40C", Fifa admits an "elevated risk in terms of event timing" because of the kingdom's climate, and says the bid “does not stipulate a proposed window” for scheduling.

He was very rigid with scheduling — go to work, come home, have dinner with my mother without the kids, and go to the boat on the weekend.

If the show was aligning itself to the guest host’s sensibilities, you have to wonder with hindsight if scheduling Burr to host days after such a divisive election was the right choice.