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UEFA slams FIFA's 'unprecedented, unjustifiable' Balogun decision

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Post by root-parent » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

UEFA slams FIFA's 'unprecedented, unjustifiable' Balogun decision
reuters.com

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Post by alephnerd » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #2

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Post by antiloper » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC

No way, the soccer federations are corrupt? I'm shocked, I tell you.

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Post by brookst » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #2

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I read the article and I don’t see where a head of state publicly intervened to suspend the ban?

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Post by dmix » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #2

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Every major sports league has a history of this inconsistent administration stuff. The goal is ultimately entertainment.

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Post by bflesch » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:34 PM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #2

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Your statement is false. Ronaldo's 3-game-ban was reduced to the 1-game-ban minimum.

In the current case it is about reducing the 1-game-ban minimum to an unprecedented zero game ban.

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Post by CodingJeebus » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

International football has to be one of the most corrupt communities in sports, which is saying something. Between bribing WC officials to sway votes on World Cup locations and awarding the tournament to a country that saw 6,500 deaths of workers building the stadiums[0], to implementing dynamic pricing at the current World Cup, a move like this feels very par for the course for these guys.

0: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/r...

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Post by fyzx » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #2

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Cited article says Ronaldo served a one match ban, out of a "customary" three match ban.

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Post by baggachipz » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

> U.S. President Donald Trump called FIFA to ask it to review the case

Gotta cash in that Peace Prize sometimes, I guess

> saying world soccer's governing body had "crossed a red line" and undermined the integrity of the game

Ah yes, the bastion of integrity defending truth and justice.

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