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It’s the president of St. Pauli who said that. St. Pauli is strictly antifascist and has recently formed a cooperative to buy the stadium, so it’s not really representative for German soccer officials in general (though still a good thing to start this discussion).
Thanks for the correction, that is a huge difference xD
That would mean that the DFB has to have a backbone, because let’s be absolutely clear… they are, in point of fact, nothing but great, supine, protoplasmic invertebrate jellies
Oliver Welke had a great bit about the FIFA, at the time they had an ethics commission over the corruption scandals and his comment was ‘Ethics commission of the FIFA is like marriage counseling in a brothel’
Germany has a moral duty to speak up much louder against the crimes against humanity that ICE is committing.
Germany’s not even willing to officially say that perhaps Israel should handle things differently in Gaza.
If the German’s are saying to boycott football then you know there is some serious shit going down.
well… lets see if they really do it…
As if. The DFB and football officials in general have long since lost their backbone and are now only interested in money. FIFA would probably sue the DFB/UEFA (whatever) for billions in damages.
If this sport were still about decency and morality, the bald guy would have been gone long ago and they wouldn’t have gone to Qatar. There was a lot of talk beforehand about “how it’s not really compatible with our values”. But they all went there anyway, enjoyed their lives in the sun and then didn’t say another word about it. Just like hypocrites do.
As a former season ticket holder, I turned my back on the sport completely years ago. One reason for this was the people who run the sport. And every time I read something like this, I’m glad I did.
Can’t you just arrange all the boycotters’ games in an alternative country?
PS: Canada is right there, just avoid crossing the border into ICEland.
I was thinking last night how we should have a new soccer organization and ignore this corrupt pos one.
Every european football association or organisation out there are too damn pussy to do what is right. Every EU team should just quit the world cup. It is FIFAs own fucking fault. For time after time, choosing money over fan experience. They should had done the right Thing long ago. But this all started in Russia 2018.
Couldn’t they just boycott the matches that take place in the US?
That’s what I was thinking. Just refuse to enter the US. And if they’re forced to, when the match starts both teams should just stand there the 90 minutes and then leave. Or if they’re forced to play, put on a shit performance and have a boring 0-0 draw for every game played in the US.
If the fans don’t attend and seats are empty that will also send a message. Not sure if there are enough people not wanting to go to make that a reality though.
Yeah, because FIFA is such a beacon of shining light. We like soccer, fuck the ORG and all it stands for. Trump has nothing to do with soccer, or FIFA. I certainly would not travel to the country for it though. You know ICE will be parked outside checking everyone. No thanks.
Also, have you seen the ticket prices? Cat 4 tickets, the cheapest tickets, are generally 10x the 2022 prices https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/world-cup-2026-tickets-cheapest-expensive/d3fd676c4f35b53961e35c38
The cheapest tickets for the opening match has gone from 55USD to 560USD.
So on top of the threat of ICE, and before them CBP at the airport, where you can be required to unlock your phone for inspection, you also get to pay like 2 days wages, to sit furthest from the field with a light pole in the way. GTFO, but there’s enough suckers to make it work.
In a blatant money grab FIFA has even expanded the cup to 48 teams.
Been waiting a year for this to happen.
If Europe didn’t get the wakeup call, it’s now or never for sovereignty and maintaining the semblance of rule of law, and economy.
What the fuck is going on with FIFA? Like, did they rape kids, too?
They just love corruption so much. The other thing Trump did (and also got convicted for) is fraud. Last year alone he “made” $3B selling access to the US gov. FIFA loves corrupt government leaders.