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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net to c/slop@hexbear.net

https://x.com/cenkuygur/status/2074145958984917341

amerikkka should be banned from internacional sports

Quote tweet https://x.com/Altymcaltalt3/status/2074099592191234064

This red card business is just a microcosm of American cultural viewpoint that any act done by America is an innately righteous act because America does it

An awful despicable culture

Quote twet https://x.com/teroterotero/status/2073934858762506464

This is the default response to open corruption by most of American pundit class - Wiesenthal, Silver, etc. Detached, cynical quips. None of these people reacted to the massive scale of insider trading revealed just days ago. This is how a nation rots.

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[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

I'm going to be very deep lol and ask is it even possible to have fair sporting competition under capitalism. I used to enjoy cricket but the advantage the financially well off countries have over the poor countries has made the sport essentially a dead/dying sport. Despite the governing bodies surprisingly forward thinking approach (with one exception) to growing the sport.

If anyone cares about the one exception (you probably shouldn't tbh lol), this was the popularization of a new shorter format of the sport that quickly dominated the game while reducing the skill level of the players. At the same time every country started holding leagues inviting international players to join while paying much more than regular cricket. Now players getting more money is fine but it basically rolled the soul out of the game because the longer and more challenging and skillful forms of the game are played a lot less.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I guess the best thing would be smaller/local teams and leagues. That’s if they even have the infrastructure to take off.

[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So that is what the governing body is promoting. Which is shockingly long term thinking for a financially driven organization. The problem is that the resource are just far lesser for the poorer counties and this translates into lower player quality and competitiveness by the poorer countries. I mean we see in football too. Why hasn't an African team won a WC? Literally just $

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