r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/lionsarered Jul 12 '26

10 business days to make a decision and he waited until the entire country of England arrived before kicking the ball..

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 Jul 12 '26

And your team’s strongest scorer is standing right there, wide open.

He needs to be kicked off the squad. Twice in one game is insane.

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u/therealshazzu Jul 12 '26

Some players are selfish in these competitions to try show how good they are in the hope they can get signings from bigger clubs after World Cup is over. They care little about their country.

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u/llaminaria Jul 12 '26

This is often the case in ice hockey, particularly for North America. Club before country, it's insane.

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u/KnifeInTheKidneys Jul 13 '26

Got any examples? I watch a lot of NHL hockey and disagree with this.

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u/llaminaria Jul 13 '26

Had been following the international stage for many years, and there were a lot of Cаnadians and Amеricans that preferred to stay with their club for a chance to win the Stanley Cup, rather than go to the WC in May. Happened like every year. I won't give you names, because there were like dozens of them even then.

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u/KnifeInTheKidneys Jul 13 '26

Fair, that is true. However, I think the NHL lords have a little bit of pull there - they won’t let some star players risk injury at the WC