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rampartd

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1. it is not about football, it is about expanding into a market

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:21 PM

Monday

normally i'd say soccer is a great sport, fewer kids get hurt and less expensive equipment than football.

but capitalist territorialism. no so much.;

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What I don't know about soccer - and in the particular the World Cup - is lots and lots and lots . . . [View all] hatrack Monday OP

it is not about football, it is about expanding into a market rampartd Monday #1

Or equally the opposite might be true sarisataka Monday #2

Don't doubt the corruption, but.. thomski64 Monday #3

As a counter, football (i.e. soccer) referees are professionals, and are unlikely to deliberately foul their reputations Emrys Monday #4

Right. There is no indication that the referees would officiate the games dishonestly on purpose. Wiz Imp Monday #5