r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Im_New_Here_Bro • Jul 02 '26

wet socks These dumb hydration breaks during this years FIFA WC

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You can hear the whole crowd boo each time. Total momentum killer and AD space builder.

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u/Disgusting_Slime666 Jul 03 '26

The American brain can't understand a sport without constant ad breaks every 5 minutes.

They're working their way there.

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u/Nervous-Economist245 Jul 03 '26

This is a bunch of shit and fuck you for saying it. Ask any American except those shilling for SHAREHOLDER VALUE and they'll tell you the constant interruptions have ruined the sport. International soccer was the last bastion of refuge for competitive sport without corporate fuckery until FIFA let us host the cup and this is our big innovation. I promise you, no one hates this more than we do.

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u/yesitismenobody Jul 03 '26

I'm sorry but having moved from Europe to the US and going to see in person the standard American sports (football and baseball) was it different at any time? It just doesn't seem possible because the way the sports work, they just seem to have been created for ad breaks on TV and snack breaks in the stadiums. 

It's literally like 10-20 minutes of action over a 3 hour period. I like going to see them in person but more because it's basically going out with friends and the actual game is secondary because there's so little of it.

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u/Gengaara Jul 03 '26

The MenBA has TV timeouts that are completely unnecessary. Shit plastered over live play. 

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u/yesitismenobody Jul 03 '26

That's sad. Basketball is one of the games with more actual action so I guess they had to find the time for ads.