Ken Kernen

Husband, Father, Urologist, Meat Curer, Lover of Italian Culture, Marathoner, Man United Fan

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

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[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@CarliLloyd Carli! You are awesome. Thank you for speaking the truth this World Cup

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@BaileyCarlin Understatement.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@FIFABrit Take away the Captain America title. Does not remotely deserve it….

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@WRBolen Totally agree. Captain America has been extremely disappointing in this and the 2022 World Cup. Not remotely good enough.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@KFCBarstool Right behind Robert Green…

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@JeffreyASachs Cry Harder. Have you ever even watched a full match?

[Jim Hanson @JimHansonDC]

All former FIFA-certified referees raise your hands.
🙋
That's right I used to both play & ref soccer. Now I mostly just mock it. Until they mess w/ Team USA.

This picture of the collision between Balogun & the B&H player looks awful, but it's complete garbage.
Wrong angle to see what really happened.

Balogun was closer to the ball and the B&H player came from his right AND behind initiating the contact. He caused his own suffering.

The ref got it right initially as a no call. They were both playing the ball. Even in a sport known for pitifully lame flopping sometimes two dudes just crash into each other and do some actual damage. Doesn't mean there was a foul.

The replay guy then saw an opportunity to take the Americans down a notch and the ref bought in and made an egregious red card ejection.

If any call was made it should have been against the B&H player who came from behind and out of the sight line of Balogun.

The outrage now is "How dare the Americans get this absurd attempt to weaken them overturned".

Taking a player out of a once in a lifetime game and tournament should be an exceedingly high bar. This was not.

The people pretending to care about the rules are really mad the Americans aren't getting screwed over. It's a common sentiment and all around the world hating Americans for being the Biggest, Baddest and Best is as much a national sport as Soccer Ball.

I've lived overseas for six years and traveled to several dozen countries. Furriners love to hate on us. I'm not saying it's all underserved, I'm just saying it's not new and it's everywhere.

I can't blame them, we're barely 250 years old and we have accomplished more than any country in history. We have invented more amazing things, freed more people from tyranny and lifted more people from poverty and that stings, especially for the Euros who think they own our history.

They do, the part that we left and left behind. The part we are making now they can only watch and be chafed about. Because they can't even come close.

So they were salivating at knocking a US star out of play on a BS call. Sorry Jacques Belgique, you're going to have to take on a full US squad. Good luck, I hope we make you cry some more in the game tonight.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@AntiTrumpCanada Cry Harder. Where was your fake outrage when Messi did the same thing? But it’s ok because he is FIFA’s golden boy, so they didn’t even give him a yellow.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@deanbphillips You clearly don’t know anything about soccer and technically the foul was started by the other player from behind. Red cards have been rescinded before and Messi, who is FIFA’s golden boy, did the exact same thing and didn’t even get a card.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@simonateba You need some medicine for your TDS….

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@thecyrusjanssen And where was your outrage when FIFA’s golden boy Messi got away with this tackle and didn’t even get a yellow card ? I’ll wait.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@thecyrusjanssen Cry harder. And try to be happy for the USA.

[USMNT_STAN @StanUsmnt]

Yep this is it… it’s really not that complicated. You cant be held accountable in sport for incidental contact that leads to injury.

Imagine in bball I go to block your shot you stay still, I flip over you and break my arm and YOU get ejected?

In baseball I hit a rocket down the line that goes off the third baseman’s face and injures him. IM ejected for hitting a ball hard?

Imagine I’m running down the field in soccer and you come barreling into me and I step on your foot without knowing it and it twists your ankle. I get the red?

Cmon these are just common sense.

[USMNT_STAN @StanUsmnt]

Yep this is it… it’s really not that complicated. You cant be held accountable in sport for incidental contact that leads to injury.

Imagine in bball I go to block your shot you stay still, I flip over you and break my arm and YOU get ejected?

In baseball I hit a rocket down the line that goes off the third baseman’s face and injures him. IM ejected for hitting a ball hard?

Imagine I’m running down the field in soccer and you come barreling into me and I step on your foot without knowing it and it twists your ankle. I get the red?

Cmon these are just common sense.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@piersmorgan Where was your comment when Messi got away with the same thing?

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@b3lmln Cry harder

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@b3lmln Cry harder

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

Once you fully debunk the “technical justification,” the argument against Balogun’s reinstatement collapses to an irrational cling to normalcy:

“This has never happened before, therefore it is unfair.”

I can understand the gut reaction, but this is just as fundamentally illogical as the technical justification.

If we concede the red card was undeserved, why is it a bad thing for FIFA to adapt and correct a wrong? Is it preferable to deliberately allow an unjustified suspension to be carried out?

And why is it fundamentally unfair for this to be the first time they do it anyways? There is “legal” precedent; FIFA has the documented ability to review disciplinary measures and suspensions. Just because this scenario happened to play out at this stage of the tournament doesn’t change the fact that the red card was totally undeserved.

If there were another immediate example in this tournament of an egregiously incorrect card being applied that was NOT corrected by FIFA, then there would be an issue. But as it stands, there is simply no rational argument for why this should not be the first.

Of course, when you boil it down, the argument is not really about either the technical justification or the normalcy, but more that it’s just the USA that is the beneficiary. And I’m sorry to say, but if that is driving your sentiment, you need to get over yourself.

The facts of the matter are clear: this was an unjustified red card that should have been corrected, regardless of the team it was applied to. FIFA absolutely made the right decision, and the game and tournament is better for it.

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@AdamKinzinger Cry harder…..

[Coach Cam @CamJordan4Fins]

Not only does Zlatan believe there never should have been a red card, he believes the reversal should have been made SOONER. You expect me to believe twitter losers over Ibra?? 😂😂

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@rjb_1998 Cry harder….

[Dave Johnson @davejsports]

I have been watching football for 50 years and I guess you think someone was a professional referee is stupid.
Former Premier League and FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg explicitly stated that VAR should not have prompted an escalation to a red card. Analyzing the play, Clattenburg and other analysts noted:Lack of Intensity: A red card for "serious foul play" requires excessive force, speed, or malice. Balogun's challenge lacked all three. Accidental Coming-Together: Balogun was competing for position and running naturally when his foot was deflected, causing him to land awkwardly on Tarik Muharemović's ankle. The "Slow-Motion" Trap: Live play showed an accidental tangling of feet, but under tight slow-motion loops at the pitchside monitor, the point of contact was magnified, making it look far worse than it was.
But I am sure you are right all the time and the rest of the world is wrong

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@drhossamsamy65 Agree! He admitted he is rooting for Argentina and his golden boy Messi didn’t even get a yellow card for this!

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@mjfree Cry harder! Where was your outrage when the golden boy of FIFA, Messi, got away with a worse tackle and they didn’t even give him a yellow!

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@stoolpresidente Exactly! Where was all the outrage when Messi got away with this without even a yellow! They can cry harder….

[Ken Kernen @KmoderatoK]

@RPMComo Cry Harder! Where was your outrage when Messi, the FIFA golden buy, did this and didn’t even get a yellow card?!?