Snippysnipskin

gamer | family man | runner | reader | dreamer | Parkrunner | manchild | Palace fan

[GamesYouLoved @gamesyouloved]

RT this post if you still want physical game production to continue

@PlayStation

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@PlayStation Shocking

[Daniel @12yard_SpotKick]

Marseille given a fine and a suspended one-year ban from Europa for breaking spending rules, allowing them time to get their house in order.

Meanwhile, Palace get kicked out of the same comp altogether over an admin error that had zero effect on sporting integrity. Nice.

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@fifamedia

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

A half empty stadium and hydration breaks during the World Cup.

How could this happen to the beautiful game...

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@BladeoftheS His body language speaks for itself

[Dean Cornish @DeanCornish1966]

4 months ago i booked 3 coaches for $7k to transport fans from downtown Boston to Eng v Ghana.

Contracts signed/ paid. 156 fans paid me, saving money on absurd train fare.

Now 10 DAYS before match, the coach firm said they had ‘capacity issues' & have asked for $4k extra. 😮

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

World Cup ticket sales have been a disaster.

FIFA held back tickets to create artificial scarcity, launched its own resale platform with a 15% fee for both buyers and sellers, and now there are still 180,000 tickets available for purchase.

READ: https://t.co/3UKLVaM6IM

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

South Africa, Germany and other recent #WorldCup hosts were forced by FIFA to promise all accredited officials, players and staff would be guaranteed visas and minimal immigration interference for the tournament duration.

Why is the United States exempt from that @FIFAcom?

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@MelissaReddy_ @FIFAcom what an utter shambles

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@kapkap42 Disgusting @FIFAWorldCup

[Oll the bear @TheGamerTek03]

#CPFC

[Betfred @Betfred]

Dean Henderson
Jefferson Lerma
Ismaïla Sarr
Owen Goodman
Yéremy Pino
Jean-Philippe Mateta
Chadi Riad
Chris Richards
Daichi Kamada
Maxence Lacroix
Jørgen Strand Larsen
Daniel Muñoz

Crystal Palace have more players going to the World Cup than Real Madrid (10), AC Milan (10) and Liverpool (11).

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@LiamTharmeCoach The silence from FIFA is deafening

[CarterCovers🇺🇸 @Cartercovers904]

Just trying to see the World Cup in ATL. I'm willing to see anyone play. But cmon these prices are ridiculous. To the person trying to sell tickets at $700 per...Congo vs Uzbekistan... What are you smoking to make you so greedy?? 🤡This game should cost no more than $50 to get in

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@ZConcacaf Good. Incredible to think it got far far worse AFTER Blatter! @FIFAcom reputation well and truly in the gutter

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@PintsBeauty Awful

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@WorldCup26HQ Disgusting

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management.

Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ...

The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too.

That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site.

Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices.

Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.

[Snippysnipskin @Snippy_Snipskin]

@OfficialShots Big loss