creek man

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

On the basis of the images made available to referee Raphael Claus, the decision to send off USA forward Folarin Balogun is understandable. From the vantage point presented, via slow motion and still images, the threshold of serious foul play is met.

This challenge did appear to endanger the safety of an opponent. Those ensconced in FIFA’s refereeing hub may see that as an open and shut case. Yet to most observers and many of those who have played the game, at any level at all, this was a miscarriage of justice.

To show the challenge to the referee at a different speed to the incident he originally adjudicated upon is to warp and distort the judgment, removing context from the call. Slowed down, an accidental collision can resemble a premeditated challenge. A bad challenge can become a horror challenge.

In the case of Balogun, the freeze frame and slow-motion images eliminated the essential context. This was a simple ball played forward by Antonee Robinson, where two players jostled for position, and as Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemovic got in front of Balogun, the forward, off balance, landed in an unfortunate — but clearly unintentional manner — on the ankle of his opponent.

In football’s history, it has sometimes required major incidents at big international tournaments to accelerate change.

FIFA must use Balogun’s injustice as a line in the sand, ending once and for all the unfair and disfiguring use of slow-motion and freeze frames.

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[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

STOP YOUR SCROLL AND WATCH MAURICIO POCHETTINO SING "COUNTRY ROADS" 🥹

[JD Groh @jd_groh]

Will remember this night for the rest of my life. Messi hat trick at my first ever World Cup game.

Fuji photos from the match coming asap.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

Andrés Cantor with the electric Telemundo call of Lionel Messi completing the hat trick and making history. ⚽️🔥🐐🎙️ #WorldCup

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

GOOSEBUMPS 💙

Flower of Scotland is an anthem made for the world’s biggest stage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Joey Knish @JoeyKnish22]

I’m enjoying how Zlatan absolutely can’t stand Alexi Lalas and is not hiding his disdain for him.

[Joe @totnumjoe]

The most absurd institution to support in world sports and I wouldn’t have it any other way

[creek man @michaelrmath]

Hard to admit this is spot on

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

WE AINT GOING ANYWHERE!!!! GLORY GLORY TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR!

[Billie @Billie_T]

Best fans in the world and it’s not close

[David Soderquist @Hightop_Dave]

There’s only one

[emerson @emersonslefttoe]

Fuck levy and enic we could’ve had a monster team

[creek man @michaelrmath]

Been saying this. Things just look stale

[Adam Rosenberg @HeyRosenberg]

Probably a hot take but Team Canada didn’t look any more prepared for USA than this Tampa Bay Lightning team does with Montreal.

Jon Cooper coached both.

He looks anxious and lacking focus and creativity in his game planning. Might be time for a change.

[Weissy @Weissy53]

Death, taxes and the Lightning losing a winnable playoff home game

[nate 🐊 @LTIRKucherov]

Julien BriseBois failed the team.
Jon Cooper failed this team.
Front office neglect and optimistic ignorance failed the team.

Absolutely pathetic excuse of an organization and heads need to roll. #GoBolts

[Rear Admiral @RearAdBsBlog]

How the fuck does a scrum like that result in a power play?

Fucking joke!

Brutal bullshit.

[Spurs Army @SpursArmyTweets]

Congratulations to former #thfc midfielder Victor Wanyama, who has announced his retirement! 🍝🇰🇪

“WANYAMAAAAAAAA….oooooo!”

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

“We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

Godspeed, Artemis II.

[creek man @michaelrmath]

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[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: It's now more lucrative to have a losing sports team than a championship team.

We examined the Boston Red Sox to see how private equity and cost cutting invaded sports.

In this era, teams want to sell good players for profit more than they want to have a good season.

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