Andrew McCullough

Belfast born, now in NY via London. Work @CCSfundraising.

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@KuperSimon Surely the strikers are doing the same

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@mattyglesias Great and timely piece. Hard to divorce from the profit motive that drives it and that compounds pressures on parents as well as kids.

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@mattyglesias Lol, what an hilarious way to frame this.

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@keiranpedley Luka Modric an absolute beast

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@MiguelDelaney Completely. Belgium would have won anyway, but the absolute circus Trump created cannot have helped the US - so a sporting as well as complete moral failure.

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@AndrewMarchand Lol, yeah that's how it works. Every team should try this new system.

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@JamesSurowiecki That's why I said within the tournament. Ronaldo also at least served one game. But yes the Ronaldo decision was also disgraceful and I guess paved the way for this.

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@jbarro Nah anybody paying attention and who has even a passing interest in corruption should be appalled by this. Perfect illustration of how morally vacant people have become that they can't even spot, or care about, the obvious stuff anymore.

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@PeterHamby There must have been a lot of suspensions overturned then?

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@NateSilver538 Yeah how ridiculous to ask for an explanation, based on the governing bodies own rules. Crazy.

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@TomMcTague And a WC that in many ways had been a more positive expression, instantly becomes always and forever associated with corruption, venality and the complete abuse of power. And shocking how many Americans don't see how this reflects everything that has happened in last ten years.

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@SebSB That's the most surprising part of this - the lack of realization over how this would be perceived and the strength of feeling it would provoke. Absolutely catastrophic for their legitimacy.

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@teroterotero The reaction of passivity or even triumphalism to blatant corruption kinda says a lot about the current state of things.

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@JamesSurowiecki I think when a system or process is obviously corrupted you've every right to call it what it is.

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@Inittowinit3333 @lancs_rob @NateSilver538 Tell me you don't watch a lot of football

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@PeterHamby No it wasn't. It was a borderline call. Happens all the time in football. most teams get on with it. The US cried to FIFA and have embarrassed themselves. Unprecedented and pathetic

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@ShupoSenshu612 @stoolpresidente Suspensions happen other teams dont cry about it, they get on with it. So soft

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@MacAlgoTrader Really funny to watch Americans who are apparently not familiar with the concept of a suspension, as happens in every US sport

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@ProfBank The very wording released by FIFA "similar nature and gravity" is very telling and makes a mockery of the whole thing. I've watched football for 40 years and never seen anything as blatantly ridiculous