marika wrote:

Fifa to revert to political neutrality

Politics should play no part in football anyway. All this virtue
signalling with armbands, shirt logos and laces should never
have been allowed to creep into the game.

The FA even used to light up the Wembley stadium arch with
different coloured lights to support whatever the cause of the
day was. NONSENSE!

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On 2025-06-27 11:54 p.m., marika wrote:

marika <[email protected]> wrote:

marika <[email protected]> wrote:

Fifa to revert to political neutrality

FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6430673/2025/06/16/fifa-club-world-cup-racism-discrimination-message/

FIFA has decided not to show any videos, signage or marketing assets in
venues hosting the Club World Cup in the United States which explicitly
mention challenging racism or discrimination.

According to multiple sources briefed on FIFA’s planning for the
tournament, the world football governing body did develop promotional
materials in the months leading up to the tournament for their “no racism”
and “no discrimination” campaign but it has not been visible during the >>> opening round of fixtures at the tournament in stadiums or on social media >>> platforms.

unless I have a prior social engagement, which I hope to have plenty of, I >> want to go to at least one of these
events

I have about three more weeks

Looks like tickets will be easy to get

https://apnews.com/article/club-world-cup-round-of-16-b9fd8fb215454c5c7e9fa195afcf3a11

More than 1 million empty seats for Club World Cup group stage. Knockout rounds up next

After a group stage played in front of more than 1 million empty seats, the Club World Cup moves on to knockout rounds that could soon resemble a Champions League clone.

Nine teams that advanced to the round of 16 are from Europe along with four from Brazil and one each from Major League Soccer, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

About 56.7% of publicly listed capacity was filled for the 48 group stage matches, which included crowds of 3,412 and 6,730 in Orlando, Florida;
5,282 and 8,239 in Cincinnati. FIFA did not provide specific capacities for the tournament despite repeated requests from The Associated Press.

Total announced attendance was 1.67 million from 2.95 million capacity, an average of 34,746.

To be fair, that is not bad. I doubt any Euro or So American host would
have done better.

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