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The first time ESPN aired F1 they thought they could just cut to commercials whenever without replays or anyone to explain what folks had just missed. Absolute shitshow.
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Jan 1, 2022 21:06
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Solkanar512 posted:The first time ESPN aired F1 they thought they could just cut to commercials whenever without replays or anyone to explain what folks had just missed. Absolute shitshow. They would’ve kept doing it if Mother’s didn’t pay them whatever they did to sponsor it as well.
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Jan 1, 2022 21:09
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They used to have local kids teams doing penalty shootouts at half time at Adams Park (Wycombe Wanderers, you loving phillistines). It was fun and completely adorable.
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Jan 1, 2022 21:16
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The junior gunners take penalties against gunnersaurus at half time at the Emirates and watching them try and avoid saving them has been the highlight of many match days for several years.
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I didn't think arsenal were that bad
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They do 8U games at the first intermission of NHL games here and everyone loves staying around a few minutes more to see if some little kid will score some great goal/do some absurd celebration. Plus they interview the best player in the game and the kids are usually funny.
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Jan 6, 2022 00:08
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https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/1486305261061033984?t=xfHgZCWhXF1XxWXkupu7RA&s=19
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Jan 26, 2022 14:05
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Falling to my knees on the beach as I wait for the dinghy, tears of gratitude and joy streaming down my cheeks as I see that there are enough world cups for my family to live and work in now
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Jan 26, 2022 15:39
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Smirr posted:https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/1486305261061033984?t=xfHgZCWhXF1XxWXkupu7RA&s=19 Europe needs to re-sharpen the guillotines Jesus Christ. Getting lectured about immigrant treatment and opportunity while 6,500 immigrant laborers have died in Qatar since the World Cup was awarded. gently caress all these people so hard. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022
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Jan 26, 2022 15:50
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Over 6700 recorded deaths just from the countries that are actually keeping track. Thousands of human beings that died miserably so that these grotesque greedy fucks could have some bribes.
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Jan 26, 2022 16:04
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If we give every person in the world a World Cup then everyone will be employed at all times, thank you FIFA for solving all problems forever
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Jan 26, 2022 16:21
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Smirr posted:https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/1486305261061033984?t=xfHgZCWhXF1XxWXkupu7RA&s=19
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Jan 26, 2022 18:48
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Just have all countries take part in straight knockout 2 leg ties home and away then all countries can have the world cup always so simple
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Jan 26, 2022 20:57
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Smirr posted:https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/1486305261061033984?t=xfHgZCWhXF1XxWXkupu7RA&s=19 I know this is highly illegal to say but I hope this man dies a horrible death.
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Jan 26, 2022 23:35
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i think that's just your brain on a FIFA sinecure blatter kept saying similarly insane stuff on a regular basis
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Jan 26, 2022 23:54
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Gigi Galli posted:I know this is highly illegal to say but I hope this man dies a horrible death. turn the entire fifa headquarters into a glass top coffee table with them in it via tactical nuke
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Jan 27, 2022 02:26
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I'm pretty sure it's just that any international organization that has its headquarters in Switzerland is going to be run by Galaxy-brained weasels, like the IOC. You also have FIBA headquartered in Switzerland, and while that's not a den of corruption they literally insisted until the early 1990s that international basketball could only be played by amateurs because otherwise it would irreversibly taint the sport.
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Jan 27, 2022 06:28
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:turn the entire fifa headquarters into a glass top coffee table with them in it via tactical nuke Be sure to do it while FIFA are having a meeting with all the big agents.
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Crazy Ted posted:I'm pretty sure it's just that any international organization that has its headquarters in Switzerland is going to be run by Galaxy-brained weasels, like the IOC. imo professional sports were a mistake though so i don't think this is a nukeworthy offense
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Jan 27, 2022 22:58
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Don't talk to me about professional sports
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V. Illych L. posted:i think that's just your brain on a FIFA sinecure
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CAF have just pissed off a bunch of countries by coming out fully in support of what Infantino said https://www.cafonline.com/press-release/news/caf-comments-and-supports-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-s-council-of-europe-sp
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Jose posted:CAF have just pissed off a bunch of countries by coming out fully in support of what Infantino said Almost every single federation is probably in favor, this way they can get twice the bribes if they have to vote twice as often. Get ready for back to back World Cups in Saudi Arabia.
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Jan 28, 2022 21:37
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Jose posted:CAF have just pissed off a bunch of countries by coming out fully in support of what Infantino said A Europe+South America v everyone else schism is absolutely going to happen within the decade
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nutri_void posted:A Europe+South America v everyone else schism is absolutely going to happen within the decade There’s already a Euro vs Copa America winner game this summer. I’m sure it will be expanded to 4 teams, then 8, etc.
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Remember when FIFA made a movie? They've not renewed EA Sports' license and starting in 2023 the FIFA video game will be made by FIFA. quote:In its own statement later on Tuesday, FIFA said it would be launching new soccer video games developed with third-party studios and publishers. Several non-simulation games were already in production and will launch in the third quarter of this year, FIFA added. Several non-simulation games are already in production! I'm sure it's gonna be great, and I'm sure we're gonna love EA Sports FC. https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/4662729/fifaea-sports-to-end-video-game-partnership-game-to-continue-under-new-name
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Presumably EA won't be able to put the world cup in their game but could they strike separate deals with entities like UEFA etc and still have all of the things like the Champions League and so forth? What does losing the FIFA license actually mean for them (besides the hilarious spectacle of FIFA trying to make their own)?
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How loving stupid are FIFA. According to the ridiculous statement on their website they are apparently in discussion with various third parties about making a FIFA 24 game. Good luck with that you morons, game should have been in full development for at least a couple of years by now if you wanted any kind of chance against EA. In discussion? Absolute clowns. Going to slap the name FIFA 24 on some piece of crap and sell 10 copies.
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fast cars loose anus posted:Presumably EA won't be able to put the world cup in their game but could they strike separate deals with entities like UEFA etc and still have all of the things like the Champions League and so forth? What does losing the FIFA license actually mean for them (besides the hilarious spectacle of FIFA trying to make their own)? It's a good point, maybe EA did look at what FIFA were asking and decided they don't really need them. Thanks for the link in the other thread, btw. Didn't they already have to negotiate with all the individual leagues for their rights anyway? I remember ProEv got exclusive rights to Juventus one year so they were Turin FC or something in FIFA.
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May 10, 2022 23:48
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This is a great opportunity for EA to just make Ultimate Team (Football Ultimate Team maybe if they own the FUT trademark?) And print cashmoney for virtual panini stickers forever without paying the licence fee or having to bother with non FUT game modes.
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greazeball posted:It's a good point, maybe EA did look at what FIFA were asking and decided they don't really need them. Thanks for the link in the other thread, btw. Didn't they already have to negotiate with all the individual leagues for their rights anyway? I remember ProEv got exclusive rights to Juventus one year so they were Turin FC or something in FIFA. I don't know for sure although I assumed so. As I recall, when they did the college (American) football video game, they not only had to negotiate with the NCAA but also each separate conference and in some cases individual teams, which is why I asked As for the link, I saw it on ESPN and was floored so I felt I had to share with someone haha (none of my real life friends give a poo poo about FIFA)
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From the article: “Though EA Sports FC will be unable to include FIFA content including the World Cup, it retains licensing deals with prime soccer competitions including the English Premier League and the UEFA-organized Champions League. The EA announcement showed the strength of those partnerships with warm comments from executives from the Premier League, UEFA and Spain's La Liga while a coordinated release of tweets posted by dozens of soccer clubs used the slogan "We're In The Club" to align with the EA Sports FC brand.” In other words pretty much all of the content will remain in the game.
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Vegetable posted:From the article: So basically FIFA's just creating a brand-new money sink they can probably use as some kind of money laundering vehicle.
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That's good. I don't recall that being in there when I first looked at the article but I was skimming. FIFA, as per usual, dumb.
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Crazy Ted posted:Yeah as long as they have a FIFPro license and continue to negotiate with individual competitions there's no reason why they can't continue to produce their games under a slightly different name, EA's awfulness set aside.
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My guess is they’ll eventually just sell the rights to a different company or at least outsource it to some mobile gaming company.
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Vegetable posted:My guess is they’ll eventually just sell the rights to a different company or at least outsource it to some mobile gaming company.
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A gacha NFT monstrosity that somehow cost $400 million to develop. I’ll help, Gianni
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I’m guessing whichever nation buys the most FIFA Ball Game Booster Pack Ultimate Ultra™ packs wins the World Cup host nation
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