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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe just quit watching FIFA
I counted 13 ads one after another and damn if #14 just showed up.
Ill check scores tomorrow.
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We just quit watching FIFA (Original Post)
AverageOldGuy
6 hrs ago
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sarisataka
(23,049 posts)1. Watch Telemundo
I don't need to understand the commentary to enjoy the match. Also during the hydration break they don't go to commercials
senseandsensibility
(26,096 posts)4. My hubby's doing that
and his Spanish isn't the best. But he says he doesn't need to understand everything, and the lack of commercials is worth it on its own.
Initech
(109,745 posts)2. I won't watch because FIFA's CEO is such a man baby ass kisser.
dem4decades
(14,719 posts)3. It's half time, why sit and watch the ads?
Ponietz
(4,685 posts)5. Right, it's a 15 minute ad break at halftime
That was the deal throughout the history of televised soccer.