So many posts from Europeans complaining that “FIFA shouldn’t overturn the red card per rule blah blah blah”. This is why you dogmatists still don’t have AC and contribute to society at a rate of 1/5 the US. In America if the rule isn’t just we fight for change and make it better
🚨 BREAKING: RBFA say they are "astonished" Flo Balogun can play against them and "investigating all potential options".
"The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play in the USA–Belgium match on Monday, 6 July at 5:00 p.m. (Seattle time).
"FIFA bases its decision on Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. This provision states that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may decide to suspend the enforcement of a previously imposed disciplinary sanction.
"However, Article 66.4 of the same FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup.
"Furthermore, and irrespective of the above, the decision is in direct contradiction with the provisions of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Competition Regulations, as set out in Article 10.5:
"If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team's subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed."
"The automatic nature of such a suspension was also explicitly reaffirmed in FIFA World Cup 2026 Circular No. 16, which was distributed to all participating member associations on 12 May 2026.
"The same rule is reiterated at every FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Coordination Meeting prior to each match and is included in all FIFA World Cup 2026 workshop presentations.
"In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options."
For the love of god @steelers fire Teryl Austin. You cant have the highest paid defense by millions of dollars and still be this shitty on a consitant basis
Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies.
In Denmark:
- Health care and college are free.
- The starting wage is $22/hr.
- Paid parental leave is 1 year.
- Paid vacation is 6 weeks.
- All workers get pensions.
My girlfriend made the mistake of meeting me in April when no sports were going on. Now she’s stuck with me and forced to spend the weekends watching football and hockey
Idk about you but those numbers don’t scream price gouging to me. Revenues have likely gone up for these companies as a result of people switching from Russian oil but costs have also increased proportionately
Prices are up due to heightened demand from opening back up from the pandemic coupled by less supply. Biden literally made a guarantee he’d end fossil fuels so why would oil companies invest more in production? They’re instead repurposing refineries to support clean energy 1/4
Gas is over $5 a gallon right now.
The last time a barrel of crude oil cost this much was in July 2014. At that point a gallon of gas only cost about $3.54.
Let’s be clear: Oil companies don’t need to be charging this much for gas. They’re just doing it to make excess profits.
I don’t think so. Let’s look at their P&L. If this was the case you’d see gross margin % increase. It isn’t. Here’s some stats of top companies from Q1 2022 vs Q4 2021 on GM% and net income:
CVX ⬇️ 3% ⬆️1.2B
SHEL ⬆️ 1% ⬇️4.4B
XOM ⬇️ 2% ⬇️3.4B
BP ⬆️ 5% ⬇️22.7B