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re: NY times: Why Does No One Care About the World Cup This Year?

Posted on 6/5/26 at 4:13 pm to
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 4:13 pm to
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Others have argued that FIFA’s 2015 corruption scandal had taken a toll
FIFA and the IOC can both DIAF for all I care.

Corrupt bastards
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 4:22 pm to
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They just couldn't help themselves.

I've not heard anything about this alleged boycott, but they're trying to make it a thing

Why would anyone who lives in another country give a shite about the US's border policies? Also, what a world we live in where "don't let in people who shouldn't be here" is controversial.


I've seen Europeans post about how fascist we are for requiring them to submit biometrics.

If you want to visit the EU, you have to submit biometrics but somehow that's different.
Posted by BDPops85
Member since Mar 2020
361 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 4:23 pm to
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with the men's WC we aren't a realistic contender.


Realistically the same 5 or 6 countries are contenders and it still seems pretty popular in most countries outside the US.

It will never be mainstream here because it wasn't invented here simple as that.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20497 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 4:28 pm to
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What makes soccer gay?



The flopping with dramatic fake injuries and effeminate men

Of course, they're not all that way, but that's what Americans see










For the record, I love soccer

I can just see why people think this.
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 5:55 pm to
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On top of which, the tickets have been priced punishingly high.
Posted by ChestRockwell
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Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 6:46 pm to
Because soccer will never be as popular as American football.
Posted by GetmorewithLes
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 6:54 pm to
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Why Does No One Care About the World Cup


What world cup?
Posted by kayjay
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 6:57 pm to
What’s the World Cup?
Posted by lsuson
Metairie
Member since Oct 2013
15403 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 7:02 pm to
World Cup is big time. If you aren’t into it. No biggie. World wide it’s way more popular than the NFL.
Posted by LSU713Tiger
Houston, TX
Member since Nov 2012
238 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 7:06 pm to
Stopped reading after NY Times….

How in the world does this guy know the excitement level of other countries? I promise you Mexico is excited about the event, though not very optimistic about their squad.

It would be insanely expensive to do a big World Cup Trip. Also, the games are spread out all over North America in huge cities with hotels stacked on hotels - they were never going to be close to capacity / demand surges.

FIFA is to blame for ticket prices and their leadership needs to take a dirt nap. Won the lottery in Houston for Cat 2 and I am sitting at the very fricking top of the stadium while they reserve high priced seats without the demand.

Also, its soccer - everyone in America knows no one cares until the ball is dropped at kickoff.

Posted by Shorts Guy
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Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 7:16 pm to
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there’s talk of a global boycott as a kind of protest against President Trump — his wars, his border policies, his imperial vulgarity.


Not his imperial vulgarity!

Lol who wrote this? Haha
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
4066 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 7:42 pm to
European kickball no good here
Posted by glassman
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Member since Oct 2008
118335 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 7:54 pm to
The Champions League Final gets three or four times the viewership of the Super Bowl.
Posted by UFFan
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Member since Aug 2016
3190 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 8:18 pm to
Soccer is gay and retarded and the final score is always 1-0.
Posted by nola tiger lsu
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 8:42 pm to
David sounds like a lump
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 9:02 pm to
Soccer is just like hockey but hockey is better. Much much better.
Posted by Lawyered
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Member since Oct 2016
38447 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 9:03 pm to
Tickets are thousands of dollars and it shot as frick in most of the locations


And it’s soccer .
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
36029 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 9:22 pm to
American's don't care because it's soccer and we suck at it.

The world doesn't care because whether we like it or not, most of the world is tired of America

It doesn't hekp that the sites are all scattered so far away and in multiple different countries.

Posted by Zappas Stache
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Member since Apr 2009
43196 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 9:32 pm to
It's because the people who care about futball don't want to risk being thrown in a concentration camp.
Posted by jwalk38
Member since Nov 2021
172 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 9:35 pm to
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I'm anxiously awaiting LSU-Clemson to start the college football season. World Cup...number of s###'s given - 0.


Way more people in the US as a whole care more about the World Cup than the start of SEC football.
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