• HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Who is actually going to watch this shit anyways?

    Hopefully no one, but wouldn’t be the first time sports fans disappoint me. People want to see the ball bounce, people will watch the ball bounce.

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      2 days ago

      I mean, I am a football fan, but no way am I going to watch this garbage, when Mafifa decides to fuck us with the time difference, and give trump a peace medal. Fuck that shit.

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        2 days ago

        I’m glad to hear it. And I would be very glad if my pessimism turns out to be false. But I really don’t have much hope anymore. I remember when the games were in Brazil and everyone was raging about how Brazil was cleaning up the areas with force and about the corruption etc… and then it turned out to be one of the most watched games (I may be misremembering this part but they were wildly popular).

        Same thing with F1. So many people said they will stop watching because of all the Saudi, Qatar etc. races… But the sport is more popular than it has ever been.

        But, I guess there is still hope. Trump has proven to be such a massive arsehole cunt that he might actually pull off a ace out of his shitty diapers and make the games be a massive failure. I really do hope that happens. But I’m a pessimist. Plaargh.

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          2 days ago

          For me it was when FIFA gave Russia the world cup in 2018, even though they annexed Krim and were still in war with Ukraine… Then FIFA showed their true colors.

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            2 days ago

            The one thing FIA did correctly was not tither about the decision to cancel the russian GP and Mazepin’s racing license when the 2022 escalation happened.

            Though the fact that the russian GP happened at all when Crimea and shit was happening was a farce of its own… So +5 and -20 points to FIA for all that.