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In reply to the discussion: the us should be banned form the world cup [View all]sarisataka
(23,181 posts)16. The red card is not open to appeal
it cannot be "erased". However the suspension may be appealed.
True, in all sports stars get special treatment. It is unfair and I much prefer an evenly called game.
Are you advocating match fixing as a solution? Do you think referees should also call excessive fouls against Portugal and Argentina to make up for a perceived injustice?
Soccer is still growing in popularity, and this incident is not going to slow that one iota. If anything, the exposure to the US of this World Cup will further increase the sport's popularity, despite Trump and his antics.
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Would anyone watch basketball if the players only shot the ball ten times a game?
MichMan
Monday
#84
That circumstance will remain purely hypothetical: on an outside chance, the US might just be able to defeat . . .
xocetaceans
Monday
#130
Actually there should not be a red card. Let the players sort things out themselves.
Srkdqltr
Sunday
#6
from what ive read multi game suspensiosn are appelable but not one game ones for a rd card
moonshinegnomie
Sunday
#10
Fuck FIFA. ,Fuck Trump. It's too bad, but the US team will now be thought of as an illegitimate competitor by many.
Whyisthisstillclose
Sunday
#15
I'm shocked, shocked to find tampering going on in a FIFA event!!!1!!1111!
WhiskeyGrinder
Sunday
#18
LOL. Expecting FIFA to do anything less than maximally corrupt and utterly shamelessly too.
RockRaven
Sunday
#34
If I were the US coach I'd bench the player with the red card for one match. I'd catch hell, but that's how
MLAA
Sunday
#35
I didn't see the violation but I have read opinions from viewers (including non-Americans)
FakeNoose
Sunday
#37
We have all experienced questionable calls and nobody else is running to the head of FIFA
Bev54
Monday
#89
I agree that the red card was a bad call, but the president of a country has no business weighing in on something like
Karasu
Sunday
#61
They could he 100 times more corrupt than they are and still not be as corrupt as Pedo 47.
BannonsLiver
Monday
#113
My hunch is heads of states from all over the world contact FIFA and get games rigged.
LeftInTX
Monday
#86
FIFA should be disbanded just as the international olympic committee should be
moonshinegnomie
Monday
#102
I Suggest We Play as If Unaware and Then, Regardless of Match Outcome, Forfeit the Game in His Name
The Roux Comes First
Monday
#126