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.
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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The red card was not rescinded, however the accompanying 1-match ban was suspended for 12 months.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.
bread and circus...
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?
Because the meme was posted on !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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.
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.
Trump is a Jinx.
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.
What level of failure is it called when one bribes, bullies, cheats and has the home team advantage and STILL manages to lose?
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??
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