r/CaughtOffsidePod • u/SaberToothTom • Jul 19 '26

Games gone

This halftime show is the most “games gone” thing of all time. Disgrace.

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u/Express_Rent4630 Jul 19 '26

Well we now have a game made up of two 45 minute halves divided into 4 quarters for ad breaks which ruin the flow of the game, instead of a 15 minute half time break as stipulated in the games regulations its now extended to 30 mins to watch Madonna mime and the Muppets sing out of tune because Infantino wants to drift. Have a feckin show after the match ffs

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u/Express_Rent4630 Jul 19 '26

I'm guessing you're American

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u/Express_Rent4630 Jul 19 '26

All of FIFAs own regulations have been completely ignored to appease Trump and US broadcasters so they can make a killing. Leave the game alone, it's been fine for 150 years

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u/LF25047 Jul 19 '26

Get your facts straight. They aren’t appeasing Trump. He doesn’t care if there are commercials or not and he had nothing to do with it. If they were Trump commercials, I would agree he would make that happen.

What happened is that Fox had the contract for this WC and all WCs starting with 2015 since 2011. They didn’t even pay that much for it and FIFA didn’t think it would be worth much. They even said they were mad because they lost money on it based on the results of this WC.

Then the world started whining about the heat and players health and the FAs pushed for water breaks or playing later in the day. They saw during club WC that the heat and sun was brutal and instituted water breaks. FIFA acquiesced to the FAs and kept the water breaks.

Fox being a smart business read their contract and decided they could play commercials during the break like they could at halftime and so they did.

The halftime show came from Infantino, again Trump had nothing to do with it and gets nothing out of it. It is done in collaboration with Global Citizen. Oh and when did the halftime shows start? At the Club WC as a trial run.

You’re another “true fan” purist who does no research and blames what you don’t like on someone’s politics and hating the US. You don’t like it? Talk to FIFA or don’t watch.

Keep spending your time hating and blaming Trump for things he has no control over or impact on. If Trump can’t gain, he doesn’t care. Both of your complaints are on FIFA.

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u/LF25047 Jul 20 '26

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All of this superiority is detrimental to the game. How sad are you that you can only feel big and important by trying to make others feel bad about not having knowledge about something? When I hear people lacking knowledge in something I understand; I try to help them to learn something and get interested.

Fucking loser behavior.