Technically, dying slave workers is a third world problem.

Don’t overlook the fact that the Qatar World Cup, scheduled as it is to be held in November and December, will mess up the MLS playoffs, too: Lately MLS Cup has been held the first or second weekend in December. As it stands, our league would either have to start earlier than usual or compress their playoffs in ‘22.…

This is probably an incredibly stupid question that was answered a long time ago (and shows my status as a fringe watcher of the sport,) but why isn’t Qatar building dome stadiums that can be climate controlled? University of Phoenix stadium incorporates a dome and still has grass fields they can roll in and roll out…

If ISIS declared war on FIFA, I would Paypal them $5.

Problem is if that league boycotts, and no other league boycotts, players will just leave/not sign in that league and the boycott becomes ineffectual and winds up burning that league.

as a proper Englishman, I wish we would pull out. I wish we would show some backbone, but to my shame I don’t think we will. My sincere apologies, but in the meantime I hope we will.

It’s worth distinguishing between the LFP (La Liga) and the RFEF (Spain’s FA). It’s not one single blob of soccer administration (think of MLS:USSoccer... and it’s not like Garber is always super-happy with USSoccer (and vice versa although it’s often Klinsmann and not Gulati badmouthing from the other side)).

All it would take would be one major league to boycott and something actually might get done. I am looking at you England, sure you might think you can win it all in 2022, but you can’t. The least you could is boycott and win the world cup of our hearts.

Why dont the USA and Europe dominate the World Cup. Time for some of our senators and president to find a sack and lay claim to the tourney every 4rth or 5th cycle. Without us and Europe they have no ratings, no sponsors..zip

He probably thinks he’s a lot of fun to do drugs with...

He's probably a lot of fun to do drugs with.

It doesn’t bother me when they try to write comments about how ugly my kids are, because they are exceptionally beautiful and anyone can see that.

There is simply no reasoning with these paranoid nutjobs. As someone with severe asthma, I get my annual flu shot in late summer and worry until March that someone who’s decided they’re a special snowflake will give it to me (because vaccines don’t have to be 100% effective to be beneficial and necessary).

This weekend an unvaccinated six year old boy was the first person to die of diptheria in 28 years in Spain. His parents rejected getting him vaccinated and now he’s dead. A vaccinated child is much better then a dead one.

That’s “Therapists,” not “The Rapists.”

Mostly I’m just shocked that Kobe decided not to take a shot.

It works, but it isn’t a pardigm shift, more of a pivot.

Yeah, I came here for the dick and am leaving disappointed.

This is a Deadspin article, so I expected him to actually have a massive erection on the field, not a fuck up.