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Oh boy, how could I forget about the Iranian team, and the other players/referees/staff that were rejected or stuck at the airport for hours ? It was worse than
by nkg 2mo ago
Oh boy, how could I forget about the Iranian team, and the other players/referees/staff that were rejected or stuck at the airport for hours ? It was worse than a sh-t show actually.
- decimalenough 2mo agoBlame the US for that one, not FIFA.
- rimeice 2mo agoBlame FIFA for giving the contest to the US to host
- kaladin-jasnah 2mo agoDid this not happen before the current administration?
- probably_wrong 2mo agoThe bid was accepted in 2018, during Trump's first presidency. So both yes and no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bids
- rimeice 2mo agoRabid commercialisation of the beautiful game in the US would be administration agnostic.