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    From Mark@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 14 04:30:14 2025
    Too many European teams, too few Oceanian teams. No UEFA co-efficient
    type system to justify it. It's totally unfair.

    What do you think?

    Should we boycott it?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mark on Sat Jun 14 08:27:02 2025
    Mark wrote:

    Too many European teams, too few Oceanian teams. No UEFA
    co-efficient type system to justify it. It's totally unfair.

    Too many European teams? Of course there are, as Europe is where
    most of the big club sides in the world reside, so obviously
    FIFA wanted to shoe-in as many of the big 'names' as they could.
    Wake up, it's not about the football it's about putting bums on
    seats in those big stadiums, television rights, corporate
    advertising and all the lovely $$$ that rolls-in to FIFA HQ
    from the tournament.

    Look how Uncle Gianni got Inter-Miami in to the tournament, just
    because of Lionel Messi... he even tried his best to get Ronaldo
    in too... it's all about the money.

    Sure, there is a trophy at the end of it, but in the big scheme
    of things what does that title mean really?

    What do you think?

    I think it's a stupid cash-grab of a tournament played at the
    wrong time and for the wrong reasons.

    Should we boycott it?

    If you don't like the tournament don't watch any of the games.
    Calling it a boycott is a bit OTT though. Boycotts are
    for self-important people who like to draw attention to
    themselves by boycotting something and telling everybody that
    they are!

    However, I will watch the Chelsea games, work permitting...
    and boycott the rest of the games in sympathy with you! ;-)

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  • From Real_Mardin@21:1/5 to Mark on Sat Jun 14 19:48:19 2025
    On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 4:30:14 +0000, Mark wrote:

    Too many European teams, too few Oceanian teams. No UEFA co-efficient
    type system to justify it. It's totally unfair.

    What do you think?

    Should we boycott it?


    No, we should pay for DAZN subscriptions, buy in a crate of Budweiser
    (the official beer of the FIFA Club World Cup!) and enjoy the show!

    Seriously, the prize money on offer is going to make this thing as
    sought after as the UEFA Champions League. This is not some gimmick but
    the future of club World football. I appreciate people may have
    misgivings but collectively we’re just a bunch of guys on a newsgroup
    who’s glory days ended many years ago. There is nothing we can do about
    this thing, so we may as well just st enjoy the ride.


    RM

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  • From Silver Skull@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 15 06:48:20 2025
    First game: 0-0. Zzzzzzzzzzz

    There is more exactment happening in Edmonton/Florida where the real
    sport is being played and you get games that are actually exciting to
    watch.

    0-0? - People pay money to sit and watch a game for two hours with no
    goals? Bwahahaha.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Silver Skull on Sun Jun 15 11:10:55 2025
    Silver Skull wrote:

    First game: 0-0. Zzzzzzzzzz

    There is more exactment happening in Edmonton/Florida where
    the real sport is being played and you get games that are
    actually exciting to watch.

    That's nearly over now... in fact it could be all over on
    Tuesday. It has been an exciting series though. I hope it
    goes to the seventh game.

    0-0? - People pay money to sit and watch a game for two hours
    with no goals? Bwahahaha.

    Bring back the NASL style shootouts... Uncle Gianni missed a
    trick there. The Yanks would love that!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Jun 15 11:15:10 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Silver Skull wrote:

    First game: 0-0. Zzzzzzzzzz

    There is more exactment happening in Edmonton/Florida where
    the real sport is being played and you get games that are
    actually exciting to watch.

    That's nearly over now... in fact it could be all over on
    Tuesday. It has been an exciting series though. I hope it
    goes to the seventh game.

    0-0? - People pay money to sit and watch a game for two hours
    with no goals? Bwahahaha.

    Bring back the NASL style shootouts... Uncle Gianni missed a
    trick there. The Yanks would love that!

    You recall the NASL ?
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Sun Jun 15 11:27:01 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Silver Skull wrote:

    0-0? - People pay money to sit and watch a game for two
    hours with no goals? Bwahahaha.

    Bring back the NASL style shootouts... Uncle Gianni missed a
    trick there. The Yanks would love that!

    You recall the NASL ?

    Who doesn't remember the New York Cosmos with such footballing
    greats like Pele, Chinaglia... and Dennis Tueart!

    Visiting the cousins in the US and watching the "soccer" on
    their TV was like being in a different world to me as a kid. I
    loved the NASL.

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