@AroundTheFunnel@Amoruso1998@jamb0skickback Great show as always! In these types of discussions I would prefer Mark to give his own views after Scott gives an excellent well thought out answer. Instead he puts up really weak strawmans with arguments nobody would make that seem to deliberately misinterpret Scott's points
I’ll leave it here, but I find it astonishing that American colleagues I respect, in sports and beyond, are either celebrating or minimizing what should be obvious: overt political interference in a disciplinary decision at a World Cup is unethical, unacceptable and profoundly dangerous. Whatever one thinks of Balogun and the red card itself, the debate is now beyond it and precedent is indefensible. The integrity of the tournament depends on the idea that what happens on the field is judged by the rules of the game, not by pressure from political power.
To celebrate this is...baffling.
@cenkuygur Stop embarrassing yourself Cenk. This is not about whether the call is correct or not. I thought you were against corruption and your take on this is very disappointing
@POB4LIFE Why use AI to tell this story...
"High chance this was AI-written or AI-assisted. Short punchy paragraphs, no verifiable details, no last name or location — classic viral AI content formula. The story may be real, the writing almost certainly isn't. 🤖"
@ToddWitteles@helloitslynne@danielgothits Well said Todd. Lynne is no fool so if it could happen to her could happen to anyone. Definitely best to get info out there and probably should be a segment on next PFA
@Flynnyboy6@HazelStewart09 There is no world in which a team with 3 points and -3 GD deserves to go through. Whilst it is possible that 4 teams might do even worse i don't think anyone could make a case that the team who scraped through deserved it