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this rules https://twitter.com/sbnation/status/1557475578982326273?s=21&t=reryRw-gcb_af4dmLk2F7A
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Asking for a friend, what's the best way to boycott the world cup and still watch the matches? Stream it? Is there any meaningful action that FIFA, sponsors or broadcasters would notice?
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Not buying the panini stickers. The line must be drawn
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greazeball posted:Asking for a friend, what's the best way to boycott the world cup and still watch the matches? Stream it? Is there any meaningful action that FIFA, sponsors or broadcasters would notice? I don't think FIFA will care about you considering the other billion people watching.
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Ok, everyone, I hope you're all sitting down for this news, which brings me no joy but it sounds like Qatar might be a bit of a clusterfuck: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/world-cup-2022-qatar-opened-its-massive-lusail-stadium-and-the-reviews-were-not-great-134801410.html quote:Once the match ended, the stadium received a litany of poor reviews from fans who attended, according to Reuters and Doha News. Lack of hydration stations and bathrooms, poor air conditioning and long public transportation lines were the biggest issues fans had with the stadium where the World Cup final will be played on Dec. 18. At least it didn't take literally thousands of lives from poor migrants across Asia to provide this incredible experience for the global sports' premier event! Bonus is an Infantino quote from that that article earlier this year that I hadn't heard before: quote:Infantino saying that Qatar's migrant World Cup workers are operating in "hard conditions" — and those "hard conditions" should give them "dignity and pride" — is a shocking way to characterize what they've reportedly been dealing with. Amnesty International has documented that workers in Qatar are being "exploited" and "subjected to forced labor," which were huge concerns even in 2010 when Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup. Urgh, gently caress FIFA so hard
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Sep 14, 2022 00:18
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Still time for them to sort out minor logistical concerns re: 'hydration' and 'ambulances'
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They already have
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sticksy posted:Urgh, gently caress FIFA so hard Dangerously close to a slogan on a steel gate, this.
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Apparently UEFA pre-prepared their statement about "late fans" causing problems at the Champions League final well in advance in the expectation that if anything went wrong with their botch job rearrangement they could just blame the fans and walk away with their own hands clean.
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I seem to remember some idiotic posters on here who were quick to blame the fans. I hope they feel silly. UEFA and the French police will without a doubt not have to face any consequences. Edit: people should read this as well https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/sep/21/liverpool-real-madrid-paris-stade-de-france-champions-league Xabi fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Sep 21, 2022 |
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Sep 21, 2022 16:19
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I made the joke at the time but they actually did just mash the big button labelled 'you know what them scousers are like though', incredible
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the sex ghost posted:I made the joke at the time but they actually did just mash the big button labelled 'you know what them scousers are like though', incredible It also seems kind of astonishing that their 20 minutes of actual preparation was also based entirely around this concept
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webmeister posted:It also seems kind of astonishing that their 20 minutes of actual preparation was also based entirely around this concept
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Sep 22, 2022 02:00
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bald johnny spotted in bangkok. whenever bald johnny is not on camera the fans should be asking where is bald johnny.
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Chris James 2 posted:https://twitter.com/kenbensinger/status/1616607869494763521?s=46&t=xvhHJgsnhH2_up8uC2-Qbg quote:Fox Corporation, which broadcast the recent World Cup in Qatar and holds the rights to the 2026 tournament in North America, existed under a different corporate name and structure when the bribes took place and is not on trial in Brooklyn. When allegations about Fox’s potential involvement in corrupt acts emerged during the first trial, the company denied any knowledge, calling any suggestion to the contrary “emphatically false.” lol
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Jan 21, 2023 04:55
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well this is extremely grim https://twitter.com/ruchirsharma_1/status/1620090548140019712?s=20
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Today I feel like a stray dog
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Jan 30, 2023 18:26
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Cool, the country where women need permission from a man to do basically anything is going to be a sponsor for the Women’s World Cup later this year https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/31/womens-world-cup-football-sponsored-visit-saudi-arabia
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webmeister posted:Cool, the country where women need permission from a man to do basically anything is going to be a sponsor for the Women’s World Cup later this year That kind of reminds me of when I lived in China in 2007-2008 and they hosted the Special Olympics right before the Beijing Olympics and I saw this on a restroom door in their largest and most cosmopolitan city 
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sticksy posted:That kind of reminds me of when I lived in China in 2007-2008 and they hosted the Special Olympics right before the Beijing Olympics and I saw this on a restroom door in their largest and most cosmopolitan city Shanghai?
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Akbar posted:Shanghai? Yep
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Next world cup will be 104 matches over 40 days 🫠 https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1635648896713015297?s=20
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Mar 14, 2023 15:44
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Not enough IMHO.
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Mar 14, 2023 15:58
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Endless world cup, never ceasing, demanding new stadium construction and bribes globally in a neverending cycle.
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With 4 team groups the level of play in the group stage is now likely to drop off considerably. In the 3-team groups, it was planned that 2 teams were going to advance, meaning there would always be notably weaker team to round out the 3. With groups of 4 I'm expecting there will now be 2 good teams, one average team, and one abysmal team in every group. Congratulations and welcome to your first World Cup Thailand, enjoy losing by 8 every game while the other teams try and pad their GD.
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Right from the start, the expansion to 48 teams was guaranteed to be a shitshow, but at least they didn't go with the absolutely horrendous 3-team group idea.
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Just shoot the players in the knee on live TV
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Maybe Canada can get a point now 
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stab posted:Maybe Canada can get a point now lol
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Pook Good Mook posted:With 4 team groups the level of play in the group stage is now likely to drop off considerably. In the 3-team groups, it was planned that 2 teams were going to advance, meaning there would always be notably weaker team to round out the 3. With groups of 4 I'm expecting there will now be 2 good teams, one average team, and one abysmal team in every group. Nah I'm expecting: Group A Fiji Benin Argentina Host Country Group B South Korea Senegal Portugal Netherlands
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Simplex posted:Nah I'm expecting: I think Qatar still fails to qualify out of Group A
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Pook Good Mook posted:I think Qatar still fails to qualify out of Group A So would Mexico given the last world cup.
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Australia will still end up in a group with France and Denmark
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Imagining a game solely made by FIFA. We're gonna see microtransaction levels beyond imagination
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You'll have to pay real money transfer fees
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They will expand the game to include all 209 Fifa member countries, but only have the official domestic competitions for the African and Oceanian nations as they bribed the most.
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