Saying the Dodgers’ decision to visit the White House is disappointing would indicate some level of surprise, which would be false.
There is no “respecting the office” of this president. Visiting Trump is cowardly & the fans should demand better, whether LAD would listen or not.
American liberals embracing this blatant corruption is exactly why their country is in the state it is in. If you're not principally opposed to corruption, if you cheer and make light of it whenever it favours you, you are furthering the rot at the heart of your society.
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.
Tenemos que aceptar que el nivel del futbol mexicano es medianito y eso queda claro en todos los mundiales es el resultado de una @LigaBBVAMX , sin ascenso - descenso, muchos extanjeros y falta de trabajo en fuerzas basicas!
Just to be clear, then. FIFA:
1) can't possibly intervene when Iran are forced to move, a referee is denied a visa, or fans are barred from the USA
2) can absolutely intervene when a decision goes against the USA that Donald Trump doesn't like
Smashing. All know where we stand
0 - Since the introduction of yellow and red cards at the 1970 edition, no player has ever received a red card and gone on to play in his team's next match at the FIFA World Cup.
Unprecedented.