• @krashmo
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    506 days ago

    That top one is the reason I can’t watch soccer. What a lame thing to watch a professional athlete do.

    • @PugJesusOP
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      456 days ago

      I hate it when professional athletes overthrow the republic 😔

      • OpenStars
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        156 days ago

        Technically he did not overthrow The Republic so much as became it.

        • @thedirtyknapkin
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          45 days ago

          isn’t really a Republic at that point is it.

          i know the meme, but he did eventually transition fully over to a galactic empire.

          • OpenStars
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            35 days ago

            Eventually, though the transition was gradual. We are watching the transition happen live in front of our eyes with Donald Trump, who already preemptively has the legal ability to assassinate his political rivals if he were to so choose. However, he did “not” actually overthrow the government - do you see the difference? Yeah, I’m not sure I do either, but some people claim to, so there’s that, and somehow that seems to make all the difference in the world, in terms of people not wanting to fight back.

    • @[email protected]
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      05 days ago

      Tell me, you’ve never watched an entire match without telling me, you’ve never watched an entire match.

  • @[email protected]
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    216 days ago

    I think all football players should be forced to second in rugby. That’ll stop them rolling around in mock agony from tripping over a blade of grass.

    • @[email protected]
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      176 days ago

      There’s way too much bullshit flopping, but sometimes it’s the only way to get the ref’s attention when an opposing player makes a shitty move that doesn’t hurt but is definitely against the rules.

      Or sometimes they just never get touched but are magically thrown to the ground with a broken leg which also magically heals seconds later.

      • @[email protected]
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        175 days ago

        Maybe they should fix the way refereeing works then. It’s not like the rules were written by Jesus or something.

        • @teslasaur
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          55 days ago

          I see you’ve never heard of FIFA. Lucky bastard. I’m paraphrasing, but Sepp Blatter said something like “it’s a human game, mistakes must happen”

          Not to mention the utter hate from football fans of objective rule enforcement like VAR. Add them and you have a perfect storm of people not wanting to fix a problem blended with a governing body that is conservative to a fault.

          • @knexcar
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            -25 days ago

            I thought FIFA was for soccer, and the NFL handled football

            • @teslasaur
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              45 days ago

              One is for football, one is for American handegg

        • @keyez
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          45 days ago

          They’re trying to modify certain portions of the rules and modernize them but each league implements them differently and at the end of the day the refs are treated as unquestionable and untouchable even when they say they made mistakes despite tech and camera angles given to them. Which is fine but there needs to be more things like video assistants saying that was a dive give a yellow but they don’t do that still.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 days ago

      I don’t think it’s because they’re soft or something. The behaviour is advantageous and gets rewarded, so they keep doing it.

  • blue lion
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    196 days ago

    Fans when someone doesn’t share their enthusiasm before the season starts

    • IninewCrow
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      56 days ago

      Which is why I’m always polite and ask ‘how is your favourite sports team doing?’

  • @shalafi
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    156 days ago

    These should be reversed so it gets funnier as you go.

    • @[email protected]
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      46 days ago

      Yes. In fact, they’re so codependent that neither of them will enter a room without the other.