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Take a nap

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Europe just quit the World Cup. UEFA and all 55 of its national associations announced they will not participate in FIFA competitions. No France, no England, no Spain, no Germany in the biggest tournament on earth.

The trigger is wild. Infantino wants to sell a piece of the World Cup to private investors for $4.2 billion. And each of the 211 national associations gets $20 million for voting yes.

211 times $20 million is $4.2 billion. The entire raise equals the approval payments. The investors would be funding the yes votes on their own acquisition.

Infantino thought the voting math made him unbeatable. FIFA runs on one country, one vote, so San Marino counts the same as Germany, and $86 million per federation through 2038 is transformative for small associations that have never qualified for a World Cup. He needs 106 of 211 votes, and he was buying them at retail.

UEFA just found the counter. Europe can't win the vote, so it's destroying the asset instead. European teams have won 12 of the 22 World Cups ever played. European broadcast money anchors the rights being sold. A World Cup without Europe is worth a fraction of the price, and every investor Kushner and JP Morgan are courting knows it by now.

The F1 comparison everyone's making misses the difference. Greg Maffei, who ran Liberty Media's Formula 1 takeover, is structuring this deal, but F1 privatization worked because the teams had nowhere else to race. UEFA already runs the Champions League and the Euros. Europe can exist without FIFA. FIFA cannot exist without Europe.

The vote is September 19. Infantino has the votes. UEFA has the teams. Only one of those makes a World Cup worth watching.

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

Bro experienced his first scam in his whole life😭

[Jonathan Slater @slater57649]

That was actually a huge UNDERREACTION. look at that thing

[horse dentist @equine__dentist]

i bet it feels good as hell to be a fat bear floating down the river

[BLËUSKI @BleuCapone]

It don’t get no realer than this

[XpressTR @XpressTR]

Japonya’da bir adam, komşusunun evinin camında karşılaştığı 24 saat aktif “güvenlik sistemini” paylaştı.

[anthony @tony_bagz]

What a fucked up day man

[⋆˚࿔ skyꕤ ˚⋆ BRAND NEW DAY @t3lly0urfr1ends]

j’ai vu ce tiktok hier je suis tellement MORT de rire

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

A photographer captured photos of street cats and shared the results.

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

bro unlocked a feeling he didn't know existed

[aiseee @aiseonlyone]

Dumplings maker 😂

[bum @BattleRapBum]

reaper was clappin yo shit

[Joseph @iJosephX2]

Yo a los 10 años cuando la maestra dijo que la capa de ozono se estaba destruyendo

[kemi @kemimarie]

a full moon?! bitch.

[KT °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ @TheGiirlKT]

Just deactivated my insta so I can focus on going insane

[Rico 🔪 @RicosRevengev]

“You’re a lucky man”

Just say you wanna fuck my girl bro

[☿ @mercurialsarah]

stretching

[H🇵🇸 @Hvmzaaa]

Life since Argentina lost the final

[Yoriyori-OyokO💕🎀 @Ify__oma]

Me when someone ruins my dramatic moment with logic and common sense

[🕷️ @rtzvv]

sometimes i talk and i wonder what i’m saying as i speak