...would you punch the ball into the net if you thought you could get away with it and it would help your team progress to the next stage of the World Cup?

Obviously this 'Would You Rather?' takes a hint of inspiration from real life and it's to investigate how many people would do the same if they found themselves in Maradona's position when he punched the ball into the net at the 1986 World Cup.

In this hypothetical situation, the scores are level and there are still thirty minutes to go, so although using your hand would put your team into the lead, it wouldn't necessarily guarantee you the victory.  Similarly, if you choose not to cheat you wouldn't necessarily get beat.  Whatever you decided to do, there would still be thirty minutes left to play.

So that's the dilemma.  In a situation where you could cheat to help your team progress in the World Cup, would you do it?

Football Honesty World Cup Would You Rather

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...or every two years?

World Cup every four years or every two years?

I thought I'd have a topical 'Would You Rather?' dilemma this month, so as World Cup fever grips the world it's therefore the perfect time to pose a football dilemma based on the World Cup.

Obviously, if you're a football fan then you'll be pretty excited at the prospect of four weeks of football to look forward to, featuring most (although not all) of the world's best players.

But is part of the magic the fact that the World Cup only takes place once every four years?  Or when something is so excellent does it make sense to hold it twice as often?

I realise that not everyone is a football fan (my commiserations to anyone who that applies to), so to take into account the opinions of non-football fans I've also included a third option in this month's poll.

Anyway, enough of the waffle.  If FIFA decided to hold a referendum asking all fans to vote on whether they would prefer the World Cup to be held every four years or every two years, how would you vote?

Football World Cup Would You Rather

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