Boycotting the World Cup

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Houston is both flooded and hellishly humid yet has sold out World Cup games. There's definitely no boycott.

I don't doubt that every seat will be filled for most games. The problem for me is how ticket prices have excluded many middle and lower middle class fans from being in those seats. That exclusiveness has not always been the case in World Cups in the past.

This is now the narrative shift that the boycott didn’t happen - and never was going to happen. At least nobody has come up with an incredibly dumb argument as to why the ticket prices are the orange man’s fault. Maybe they have and I haven’t seen it

It's called supply and demand. If people are willing to pay 2k per ticket for a game or two, that's what the market price will be. Football fans don't "boycott" the World Cup just because the host country has an awful leader. Many football fans are however priced out of attending this year's World Cup but being priced out is different from a boycott. No one with at least half a brain is shifting a narrative or failing to understand the difference between boycott and being priced out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m still waiting for the boycott. When is it supposed to happen?

For me, it’s a forced boycott. My son really wanted to go but the tickets were just out of our price range.

People here say there are empty seats everywhere. That should mean seats will be available for cheap the day of the matches.

But for us (like many), we can’t do last minute. We have to find a hotel and travel. So we are priced out of the game on our own country. For a kid who plays soccer any time he can. It’s a real shame.

[Anonymous]

When fifa is selling tickets starting at $500 to $1,000 a game they don’t care about a few empty seats. They aren’t going to dramatically drop the prices because all the people who bought seats at $1,000 would complain.

You can sell one seat at $1,000 or 5 seats at $200. It is the same amount of money. So half a stadium could be empty and fifa is still making over a billion

[Anonymous]

Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

Wow, that sounds juvenile and irrelevant.

Just like Australia soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

Wow, that sounds juvenile and irrelevant.

Just like Australia soccer.

US fans will join in on that. Soccer isn't full of MAGA, especially given world cup tickets are out of the base's income/disability check range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

Wow, that sounds juvenile and irrelevant.

Just like Australia soccer.

Maybe juvenile (but that's modern politics in the Trump age)...but if the media won't speak the truth, at least we have Australia picking up the slack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When fifa is selling tickets starting at $500 to $1,000 a game they don’t care about a few empty seats. They aren’t going to dramatically drop the prices because all the people who bought seats at $1,000 would complain.

You can sell one seat at $1,000 or 5 seats at $200. It is the same amount of money. So half a stadium could be empty and fifa is still making over a billion

ticket revenues are barely a rounding error in FIFA's calculation. The worldwide TV/broadcast rights are the main driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

Wow, that sounds juvenile and irrelevant.

Just like Australia soccer.

US fans will join in on that. Soccer isn't full of MAGA, especially given world cup tickets are out of the base's income/disability check range.

+1

Soccer/football's global fan base could care less about Trump and America's corrupt political parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

Wow, that sounds juvenile and irrelevant.

Just like Australia soccer.

US fans will join in on that. Soccer isn't full of MAGA, especially given world cup tickets are out of the base's income/disability check range.

Good grief. This comment ranks up there with Hillary's "basket of deplorables" comment.

Guess it is just the liberal elites who can afford to go to the games, right?

On the other hand, I am loving the social media of many of the folks who have come to the US to see the games.

British woman says she was “born in the wrong country”.

She says “nothing comes close to USA” 🥹.

She’s travelled to 27 different countries & says the USA beats anything she’s ever experienced.

I sure do love people that love us. I’ve watched her videos & she & her husband are traveling all over the states, having a blast!

It’s been so much fun watching America through the eyes of Europeans.
This has been my favorite content 🥹.

I just love that she loves America 🇺🇸

[Anonymous]

The World Cup has been such a nice advertisement for America.

USA! USA! USA! USA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The World Cup has been such a nice advertisement for America.

USA! USA! USA! USA!

I'm afraid the enthusiasm for US soccer will end shortly after they advance from the group stage but for now, USA, USA...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

Wow, that sounds juvenile and irrelevant.

Just like Australia soccer.

US fans will join in on that. Soccer isn't full of MAGA, especially given world cup tickets are out of the base's income/disability check range.

Good grief. This comment ranks up there with Hillary's "basket of deplorables" comment.

Guess it is just the liberal elites who can afford to go to the games, right?

On the other hand, I am loving the social media of many of the folks who have come to the US to see the games.

British woman says she was “born in the wrong country”.

She says “nothing comes close to USA” 🥹.

She’s travelled to 27 different countries & says the USA beats anything she’s ever experienced.

I sure do love people that love us. I’ve watched her videos & she & her husband are traveling all over the states, having a blast!

It’s been so much fun watching America through the eyes of Europeans.
This has been my favorite content 🥹.

I just love that she loves America 🇺🇸

What exactly is your point? MAGA can actually afford tickets because a British woman enjoyed her World Cup trip to the US?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aussie chant coming tomorrow according to their social media:

he's fat
he's old
he likes then 12 years old

Pretty sure most of the US fans will join in

Wow, that sounds juvenile and irrelevant.

Just like Australia soccer.

US fans will join in on that. Soccer isn't full of MAGA, especially given world cup tickets are out of the base's income/disability check range.

Good grief. This comment ranks up there with Hillary's "basket of deplorables" comment.

Guess it is just the liberal elites who can afford to go to the games, right?

On the other hand, I am loving the social media of many of the folks who have come to the US to see the games.

British woman says she was “born in the wrong country”.

She says “nothing comes close to USA” 🥹.

She’s travelled to 27 different countries & says the USA beats anything she’s ever experienced.

I sure do love people that love us. I’ve watched her videos & she & her husband are traveling all over the states, having a blast!

It’s been so much fun watching America through the eyes of Europeans.
This has been my favorite content 🥹.

I just love that she loves America 🇺🇸

What exactly is your point? MAGA can actually afford tickets because a British woman enjoyed her World Cup trip to the US?

A Brit being able to afford a ticket is more likely than a scummy peasant MAGA idiot being able to afford a ticket. I love hearing Brits say they love America too and I've forgiven them for burning our White House.

[Anonymous]

Check out the Men In Blazers Instagram account. They have so many World Cup videos of foreign fans living their best lives and loving the U.S.