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Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 21 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Genuinely the most blatantly corrupt thing I’ve ever seen FIFA do.

It’s over for me. The world cup was never 100% fair, but this is just straight up wild. If political pressure can be used to get FIFA to take away red cards. What’s to say it isn’t being used to tell FIFA to make referees favour a team.

There’s no point in watching a corrupt sport that is speedrunning towards fixed.

I will only be watching the CONIFA world cup from now on.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    The World Cup that has been canceled? When is the next one? Even their site doesn’t list a World Cup since 2024

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    We dunno. Depends when they get visa issues in check.

    The problem with hosting a worldcup for stateless people is visa is a nightmare…

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I bet. We’ve gotten really into soccer due to this World Cup and are planning on watching leagues outside of just premier league now. May be bandwagon fans but it’s fun.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Are you based in the US? If so, I will say that MLS is really fun to watch. Due to the salary cap and other EXTREMELY arcane salary rules, the league has a ton of parity AND all offense/no defense. Unless you are in KC, DC, Dallas, Houston, or New England, every year can feel like it might be "your year." You get "MLS After Dark games, where West Coast teams have crazy games late at night.

    If US politics and a closed ecosystem throws you off MLS, then Bundesliga can be fun. Bayern will win 99% of the time, but the rest of the league is fun. And their 50+1 rule is amazing.

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