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‘I made them do it’ – Donald Trump takes credit for FIFA decision to overturn Folarin Balogun ban (sports.yahoo.com)

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++Sky News++ captured his words, as he explained: “”Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man [Infantino] who is highly respected. I’m the one who got them to do it, not Biden. Biden was asleep.”

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[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 0 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I don't think the US needs a new sport, most of the country is either brain dead from American Football, Basketball, NASCAR, Baseball. Basically anything the USA has invetend for themselves and every other country couldn't give a shit about.

[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn't exactly throw baseball on that list. it's plenty popular in plenty of countries outside the US.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

You mean Japan after the USA introduced it there?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah most people in the US don’t give a shit about soccer, so I don’t get why you’d bother rigging it or other manipulation. Other than just because you are Trump and you just rug and grift and do shadey shit for no reason other than to do it.

[–] potpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rugby, netball, any motorsport, cricket…turns out different regions like different things, but there are often analogues.

[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 1 points 17 hours ago

You have named sports that aren't overtly native to one country. Yes of course the "US sports" have leaked to other countries, but they are the best at them and have a far greater following on TV, in league structure, in money pumped to and from. If the US turned its attention to sports away from what they host at home they could be world leaders in rugby, cricket, motorsport or netball, yet they're happy to just circle jerk themselves with what they already have. And I'm fine with that. They already smash athletics. I don't want them being good at everything.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

They need to create new reason the human centipede reason to exist! Via the illusion of change and novelty.