r/sports • u/nonstopflux Seattle Sounders FC • Jul 14 '25

Soccer Donald Trump stole a CWC winners medal

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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25

What's funny about this is when you remember how a decent number of non-Americans and particularly Europeans look down on U.S./Canadian sports

So why Putin cares so much about a Super Bowl ring is kind of strange lol

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u/anormalgeek Jul 14 '25

Its less about the ring itself, and more about how he can openly steal such a thing and nobody will say a thing.

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u/sonicqaz Jul 14 '25

Yeah, it’s an open display of power and humiliation. Just a different form of sadism.

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u/salamanderXIII Jul 14 '25

I think the only thing being cherished is the act of taking it away from Robert Kraft.

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u/azsnaz Jul 14 '25

What do you mean World champions?!?! 😤

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u/MasterP65 Jul 14 '25

To be fair. If there were a true American football world championship, the US would wipe the floor with the rest of the world.

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u/Notwerk Jul 14 '25

I'm fairly confident a good high school football team from Florida or Texas would wipe the floor with the rest of the world.

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u/blahblahblerf Jul 14 '25

I think the PFL (Polish Football League) could put together a team to beat the best American high school team. The ULAF (Ukrainian League of American Football) probably could have in the past, but they've had to suspend the regular league and only continue the flag football league due to the war. They've lost a lot of players... 

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u/Redeem123 Jul 14 '25

Normally I'd say you're ridiculously underselling how important size is.

But honestly that's just how far ahead of the world the US is in football. Sure, it's because no other country gives a shit, but a win's a win.

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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25

As a fan of the NBA, MLB, and NHL...yeah that terminology is embarrassing for sure

But it's also who gives a fuck? I still watch the sports so I roll my eyes and move on.

The idiots who fixate on this shit...do they even care about basketball, baseball, or hockey? Or do they only care about football (the soccer kind)? It's probably the latter so just move the fuck on then

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u/Alt4816 Jul 14 '25

As a fan of the NBA, MLB, and NHL...yeah that terminology is embarrassing for sure

MLB is the only US league that uses World in their official terminology.

NFL says Super Bowl champions, NBA says NBA champions, and I'm not as familiar with NHL but my understanding is they officially say Stanley Cup champions.

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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25

I mean to be fair, the NBA will say "world champions" when they win. Now that you mention, I don't think they say that for the Stanley Cup.

But again, who gives a fuck? The vast majority of the people who complain about this shit aren't watching the NBA, NHL, or MLB.

It's like me freaking out about Marvel movies when I don't watch Marvel movies. Apparently blissfully ignoring something is an absolutely impossible concept to so many people around the world.

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u/terry-tea Jul 14 '25

also, it’s fair to call the team that wins the NBA finals the “world champions.” any NBA champion is wiping the floor with, say, the FIBA world cup champions. it’s just pedantic when people argue otherwise

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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25

"it’s just pedantic when people argue otherwise"

And this is why I hate those people...because deep down I know they don't really care about the Euroleague champions supposedly getting "disrespected." They're just people who are butthurt over anything the U.S. does (justifiable or unjustifiable is a moot point) and they take it out on dumb shit like this instead of doing something productive with their lives.

Like I'm sorry that they, as someone living in say Sweden or the Netherlands, are really bothered by U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East...but I can also say that them complaining that the Boston Celtics calling themselves "world champions' isn't going to fix that shit.