Jason Racki

News Producer at @NewsNationNow. Previously @Foxbusiness @abcnews @NewsHour @wrcb @wlbt @KOMUnews @KBIA @theIWP @mujschool @ubeduar.

[FOX Soccer @FOXSoccer]

Former FIFA Referee & FOX Sports Rules Analyst, Mark Clattenburg, gives his thoughts on the Balogun red card.

@MelissaMOrtiz | @SachaKljestan | @bguzan | @MauriceEdu

[TeeJee🇵🇹 @TeeJeeUtd]

🚨 Jamie Carragher weighs in on Folarin Balogun’s controversial red card in USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, comparing it to Messi’s challenge against Algeria:

🗣️ “This is exactly the kind of decision that makes you question what VAR is actually for. Balogun gets sent off in a World Cup knockout game for what looks like an accidental coming-together, yet Messi does something very similar against Algeria and it’s waved away like it never happened.”

“Football fans have eyes. We all saw the Messi challenge — studs up, contact on the back of the leg — and nothing. Then Balogun gets the full VAR treatment and a straight red. How is that consistent? It’s not.”

“What annoys me most is the lack of any clear standard. If that’s a red for Balogun, then it has to be a red for Messi too. You can’t have one rule for the biggest names in the game and another for everyone else. That’s not refereeing, that’s favouritism.”

“The USA are in a World Cup knockout match, they lose their main striker to a decision like this, and people are left scratching their heads wondering why the same level of scrutiny wasn’t applied to Messi. It’s frustrating for the neutral, never mind the American fans.”

“VAR was brought in to clean the game up and make things fairer. Right now it’s doing the opposite — it’s creating more arguments, more confusion, and more suspicion that certain players are getting special treatment.”

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the laws have to be applied the same way to every single player on the pitch. If you’re going to be ultra-strict with Balogun in a massive game, then you better be ultra-strict with Messi as well. Otherwise the whole thing loses all credibility.”

“Big stars have always had an easier ride in some ways, but with VAR in the game now there’s no excuse for this level of inconsistency. Nights like this just make supporters lose faith in the whole system.”

“If football wants people to respect the decisions, then every challenge has to be judged by the same standard — whether it’s Folarin Balogun, Lionel Messi or any other player. Anything less and VAR is doing more harm than good.”

[Marc Caputo @MarcACaputo]

Folarin Balogun drew the red card for one simple reason: @FIFAWorldCup is corrupt.

Dirty refs need to rig the next game against the U.S. by knocking out its leading goal-scorer from the next game

[Tyler Ratcliff @TylerRatcliff17]

Japanese fella trying Texas barbecue for the first time. Did he say mama??🤣🤣

[Swish 🍒 Tennis @Zwxsh]

Reporter: "No F-bombs please."

Corentin Moutet: "Fuck fuck fuck."

Reporter: "I'm gonna ask you one more question so please keep it clean, okay?"

Corentin Moutet: "Fuck fuck fuck."

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Fan sneaked tequila into the stadium in a flask disguised as a mobile. Mexicans are light years ahead of us.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Brazilian president Lula da Silva was supposed to go and visit his poor electorate but in the end decided that the “bridge” they cross on a daily basis wasn’t safe enough for him and turned back.

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[Mike Angel 🇸🇻 @MikeAngeles_]

El Salvador just had its best year for international tourism in recorded history.

Hotels sold out. Surf camps fully booked. Airlines adding routes.

The same country that was on every "do not travel" list is now on every "hidden gem" travel list.

That's not marketing. That's a country rewriting its own story. 🇸🇻

[Joe Concha @JoeConchaTV]

Carson’s finale: 55 million viewers
Colbert’s finale: 6.74 million

[Jason Racki @JasonRacki]

@robbystarbuck If we do that, China occupies Taiwan the next day.

[Jason Racki @JasonRacki]

@JakeNomada 100%

[Sophi @SophiAnime]

🇺🇸Estadounidense contrató a un Chef Argentino 🇦🇷 para que vaya a Usa a cocinarles comida de nuestro país !!!
Cada vez más yankess quieren nuestra gastronomía y carne 🥩 🇦🇷
A qué piensas que se debe esto ?

[Jason Racki @JasonRacki]

@ExpatChron I must need to get back to Lima because I found neither the attraction nor much notable food, yet everyone talks about the food there.

[Jason Racki @JasonRacki]

@nickshirleyy You are surprised by this? It honestly happens in many countries around the world.