@NuurmiAdam@jimsciutto Imagine if in the NFL if a player committed a foul and the penalty was that the ref could remove the player for multiple games and make it so the other team only had to move the ball 8 yards for a 1st down the rest of the game. Or a 5th down the rest of the game? It’s absurd
@NuurmiAdam@jimsciutto My point is that the rules around red cards are absurd and make the game less enjoyable for fans. For a ref to have the power to force a team to play a man down for the rest of the game (and sit out the next game!) for such minor infractions is just ridiculous
@NuurmiAdam@jimsciutto You can penalize flopping without it resulting in a red card that causes your team to play a man down for the rest of the game! It’s an absurd overcorrection
@SportsCenter Congrats to @USMNT on a great tournament! I don’t like seeing people kick our own when they are down & I’m sure no one is more disappointed about the last game than the players themselves. It’s so difficult to compete with the world watching—may they continue onwards & upwards!
@badboychadhoy I actually hate this. People who could never compete on the world stage tearing down a guy for making mistakes. I’m sure nobody is more disappointed in what happened than himself, but let’s kick our own guy when he is down. Good grief
FIFA got it right by suspending Folarin Balogun’s Red Card under Article 27.
Belgium’s protesting the decision isn’t about the integrity of the game. It’s about getting an advantage over the USA.
If it was about the integrity of the game, they would be championing Balogun having his Red card suspended because it was improper use of the VAR system and not a Red card offense.
Where were the appeals when Cristiano Ronaldo got his 3 game red card ban suspended and reduced to a 1 game ban on a friendly so he could play this entire World Cup?
DR Congo and Uzbekistan didn’t protest Cristiano Ronaldo eligibility to play.
They played Portugal at full strength.
If Belgium doesn’t want to play now because FIFA made the right call and the USA has Folarin Balogun back in the lineup, then THAT’S WEAK.
They don’t deserve to win.
Put the ball down and play.
Don’t pick up your ball and go home.
@TomBourguignon@USMNT Fans of the game should be happy that a bad red card is not preventing the best competition from taking place between two teams. It’s not even the first time FIFA has done this in THIS tournament! Americans want to see competitors compete, not bad calls by refs deciding games
NFL: You almost murdered the other player with your helmet. 15 yard penalty.
Soccer: The bottom of your cleat touched the calf of your opponent. And you breathed too hard on him. Red card, out for two games and now your team basically can't play offense.
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