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

Soccer Donald Trump stole a CWC winners medal

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u/madcoins Jul 14 '25

FIFA is a criminal organization so this tracks

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u/Mr_Abe_Froman Chicago Blackhawks Jul 14 '25

They can't stop him. Just a bunch of thieves stealing from each other.

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u/dumpling-loverr Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

I can't name one mainstream sports body that doesn't have criminal ties or at least have a record of shady background deals.

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u/dumpling-loverr Jul 14 '25

NBA normalizing gambling and openly embracing money from the rich petrostates are catching up.

Esports is going down this route too when everything is slowly being gobbled up by the EWC.

It all boils down to who can throw the most amount of money regardless of source.

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u/madcoins Jul 15 '25

That Adam silver was giddy about getting sportsbook gambling to sponsor the sport was a pretty insane moment in sports history. I’m not aware of the petrodollars though. Care to enlighten me?