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Now.... is this a Typo
"price" vs. "prize"

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I think they both work. :rolleyes:

I think FIFA is corrupt and has been for a long time. But that's pretty common for organizations that control huge amounts of money. Especially when they have very little oversight from other agencies.

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Originally Posted by dday9

I looked up the red card against Balogun and saw where there's some controversy around the play in real time and the play slowed down. In real time it doesn't look bad but slowed down it looked terrible.

They do the same thing in Football and I absolutely hate it. It's gotten a bit better over the years, but still very annoying. Two different sports though where soccer is more of an effeminate sport; you're not supposed to hit people. Football is sort of designed around hitting people.

The article I read also juxtaposed it to Ronaldo's ban getting suspended so that he was available for the World Cup opener. Obviously, I was reading an American article to try and shed the best light for the American player. My take on it was that I was shocked to see that an organized cartel (FIFA) would alter the circumstances such that it makes for better television.
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the controversy is not as much the change to probation. See precedence with CR7, and the rules allow for it
the controversy is the change of „next game ban“ to probation, because a referee‘s decision is final and factual, irrespective if it can be proven afterwards that it was the wrong call.

and even for this, there are rules that a team can file a review for a referee’s decision, 2 hours after the match at the latest.
has this been done? Because if yes, why would there be a need for a phone call 4 DAYS later?

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Originally Posted by dday9

I realized that my statement about soccer being an effeminate sport can come off as offensive. That's not what I intend, just in comparison to other, rougher sports in the context of penalties related to aggression.

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and I didn’t take it that way. No worries.
i‘m aware, that soccer is more of a females sport in the US

but trust me on one thing: soccer, especially in Europe, and more especially in the lower leagues, is very physical

It can definitely get physical in the US too. Actually, funny story, but when I used to sell insurance, one of the most common accident policy claims was from High School females playing soccer (mainly torn ACLs). They get brutal man!

I didn't think the red card was warranted. It seemed like incidental contact to me. On the other hand, having the ban reversed that far after the fact...yeah, that doesn't sound right.