The whole fact that FIFA is willing to play soccer with dictators, ignore obvious human right violations and give trump a fake peace prize and over rule calls made should show that they’re a corrupt organization that should be dismantled or at least completely reorganized.
Even worse are the rabid fans that pump money into it all.
They could easily boycott a World Cup and bring all the changes into effect.
I don’t think they’re worse.
Would be nice to see them protest the corruption but for most football fans, they just really love the game. They really shouldn’t have to be in a position to protest so idk if it’s fair to say they are worse.
That being said I’m a big proponent of voting with your wallet. So maybe watch all year but skip FIFA sponsored events?
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… Because you are one?
I feel like you’re trolling. No, didn’t go to one game or watch it. Not a soccer fan and I live in Seattle, one of the host cities. Not a single party attended.
I feel like the guys playing with dictators, giving out fake peace prizes and fixing games are the worst.
I’m not… Your username implies you’re a soccer fan.
What’s a dictator with no money?
I got sick of the game and use my wallet to make decisions. I still think the people corrupting the game are far worse than the fans who love the game.
OK.
To be fair I don’t think I’ve ever willingly watched a football game and I still don’t think the fans are worse than the core of the issue.
I know. Most people hate thinking about their impact. Everyone wants a villain to blame because it’s easier. Don’t get me wrong there are villains for sure, but we enable and participate in the suffering.
Y’all go ahead and downvote.
That’s a whole lot of words I didn’t say that you put in my mouth. I haven’t even watched a single game lol
I was speaking in generalities. Modern living, particularly here in the US, comes at a cost most people willfully ignore or just don’t think about. Trumps and Musks don’t appear out of thin air. They aren’t funded by shadowy cabals, we fund them with our purchases and taxes.
FIFA has been corrupt for decades. The fact that people still watch them tells you everything you need to know about sports entertainment.
It’s actually very on-brand for that organization, and the fact that people are surprised at that speaks volumes. I think they’re mostly Americans just finding out
To be honest, they awarded the event during Trump’s first term; no one in their right mind would have guessed that he would still be in office this year.
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the internet’s gonna be consumed by this for weeks, instead of anything else he has done or will do. be very afraid of what happens next while your attention is elsewhere.
This is what irritating me the most about it. AFAIK the actual story is thus: Ref made a bad call, lots of people were upset about this call, FIFA began to review call, Trump heard about it and then made a call to the FIFA president, already in progress review concluded reversing call, life tried to move on, Trump made it about himself…
In the meantime Iran is still a thing, we’re still bombing people in the Caribbean, Cuba is still blockaded, Ukraine is still at war, and the list goes on and on and on and that’s it before we even get to the Epstein files and other shit.
The red card was not rescinded, however the accompanying 1-match ban was suspended for 12 months. Wholly unprecedented in the history of the World Cup.
Our brains are not wired to handle complex systems but it is wired for stories. The FIFA trump fiasco is easier to keep track. The issue we need to improve is how to connect the topic to the endless failure of these asshole president of ours.
Anybody with a functioning brain sees him as the turd he is, the problem is all those dumb fucks glued to conservative media that paints him as the perfect god emperor who’s never misstepped.
bread and circus…
They keep forgetting the bread
I think the call was fine, and it should have stood.
Whatever, the US is out via an embarrassing loss. 🥳
Unfortunately, Mexico lost too, and my World Cup is over.
I wasn’t even following the World Cup, I was perfectly happy with my newsfeed not containing sportsball.
Why are you commenting on a World Cup related post then?
I love football. I fucking love it. But I didn’t watch one single match. Bought no merch. FIFA needs to be dismantled and reorganised under better management. But the, that’s just one person’s take.
✊ samen here.
I tried to find an in stock Verde kit but that was it. I listen and read commentary but honestly the amount of overturned bans, treatment of the Iranian team and the continued corruption of FIFA takes all the joy out of it
comments of people trying to justify their wallet supporting dictatorship, orange overlord military special operations all around the world and quietly ignoring Epstein Files are to be expected, but erasing all things above with “I just like when ball is rolling” is just shamefull.
Look into your mirrors, and say to yourself “I just care about the ball” you clowns.
If they are US American or European they already do that with every purchase they make, every tax bill they pay, every pay check they labor for so what really is the difference for them?
What level of failure is it called when one bribes, bullies, cheats and has the home team advantage and STILL manages to lose?
Trump.
Also, it was yesterday!.. remember?
No?
Trump is a Jinx.
Maybe he sent JD Vance to the game.
Someone check the status of those couches
I’m super out of the loop. And can’t be fucked looking up anything to do with trump or fifa… Any loremasters want to give a quick explanation?
Trump called his little fifart Infantini to reverse a red card. Something unprecedented in both the history of FIFA and the US, which says enough really.
Oh yeah, the team still lost to Belgium, a country that can’t even speak Dutch properly ;)
Oh damn, that’s crazy, thanks for the reply
It’s not that crazy, most of the country speaks French.
Similar to French…
59 Dutch - 40 French - 1 German actually
Profanity on MY internet?!? I think you mean fr*nch
They’re better at Dutch than the Dutch tbh
He’s the fifa world peace prize winner people! He’s dedicated his life to achieving peace through football. Clearly he knows who should get a red card and who shouldn’t. If the pope corrects a priest we see it as a learning opportunity. Why so much grief for a FIFA peace prize winner correcting a ref??
