Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player's Suspension. Now He's Eligible to Play (nytimes.com) 4 points by ortusdux 8d ago ↗ HN
[–] enraged_camel 8d ago ↗ Never thought Presidential pardons extended to soccer games, but here we are. [–] SlightlyLeftPad 8d ago ↗ Only FIFA Nobel Laureates can pardon soccer players I believe.
[–] GuestFAUniverse 8d ago ↗ Rules? What rules?It's utterly ridiculous. What's next? Trump deciding the outcome of each game?Let me guess: the US won the world cup.A nation has become a clown car. [–] LanceH 8d ago ↗ I've watched too many years of sports out of Europe to be surprised by flexible rules.I've watched cycling since the early 90's and they were all over the place, making up their rules as they go. [–] HardwareLust 8d ago ↗ They're still all over the place. The recent kerfuffles over gear ratios, bar widths, 32" wheels and ice packs are only a few recent examples. [–] LanceH 8d ago ↗ I love cycling and will cheer anything that moves. Right now, though, my go to is watching "norcal cycling" on youtube. The dude covers local/regional races and it's just fun. [–] rjrjrjrj 8d ago ↗ FIFA is what the NCAA wants to be when it grows up. [–] BryanBigs 8d ago ↗ Is it a nation or the not corrupt at all FIFA that is the clown car? [–] rjrjrjrj 8d ago ↗ One clown car, two clowns. Infantino and a bright orange one. [–] rsynnott 7d ago ↗ Well, both.
[–] LanceH 8d ago ↗ I've watched too many years of sports out of Europe to be surprised by flexible rules.I've watched cycling since the early 90's and they were all over the place, making up their rules as they go. [–] HardwareLust 8d ago ↗ They're still all over the place. The recent kerfuffles over gear ratios, bar widths, 32" wheels and ice packs are only a few recent examples. [–] LanceH 8d ago ↗ I love cycling and will cheer anything that moves. Right now, though, my go to is watching "norcal cycling" on youtube. The dude covers local/regional races and it's just fun. [–] rjrjrjrj 8d ago ↗ FIFA is what the NCAA wants to be when it grows up.
[–] HardwareLust 8d ago ↗ They're still all over the place. The recent kerfuffles over gear ratios, bar widths, 32" wheels and ice packs are only a few recent examples. [–] LanceH 8d ago ↗ I love cycling and will cheer anything that moves. Right now, though, my go to is watching "norcal cycling" on youtube. The dude covers local/regional races and it's just fun.
[–] LanceH 8d ago ↗ I love cycling and will cheer anything that moves. Right now, though, my go to is watching "norcal cycling" on youtube. The dude covers local/regional races and it's just fun.
[–] BryanBigs 8d ago ↗ Is it a nation or the not corrupt at all FIFA that is the clown car? [–] rjrjrjrj 8d ago ↗ One clown car, two clowns. Infantino and a bright orange one. [–] rsynnott 7d ago ↗ Well, both.
[–] xquce 7d ago ↗ In the US it will soon be reported that the US won the FIFA World Cup, meanwhile in North Korea it will be reported they won it.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 28.7 ms ] threadIt's utterly ridiculous. What's next? Trump deciding the outcome of each game?
Let me guess: the US won the world cup.
A nation has become a clown car.
I've watched cycling since the early 90's and they were all over the place, making up their rules as they go.