Logic says one of these holds much more weight than the others. I wonder which one it could be...
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Logic says one of these holds much more weight than the others. I wonder which one it could be...
I just did some searching on World Cup sales and found a LOT of griping about FIFA charging way higher ticket prices for this one, despite having more games and more supply due to expanding from 32 to 48 teams.
I found very little about geopolitics surprisingly. I’m sure it doesn’t help, but it doesn’t look like it’s the main factor.
I found very little about geopolitics surprisingly. I’m sure it doesn’t help, but it doesn’t look like it’s the main factor.
I was able to get a couple of tickets at face value after jumping through round after round of convoluted lotteries and queues, and that still ran me close to a thousand dollars.
Tickets on the official FIFA resale market are listed for upwards of 10x face value in some cases and FIFA are pocketing 15% from both the buyer and seller. It’s a disgrace.
Maybe it's just on a larger scale soccer isn't that popular in this country
Are you a soccer fan? Id really like to understand the allure of it.
I’m a casual fan admittedly. But always watch the World Cup.
Turning point for me (I'll try to keep the story short). Went on a Europe Trip after HS graduation. Spent 3 nights in Paris. The 1st night happened to be the 98 World Cup final in Paris, which had the host nation France upset Brazil. Our group was staying in the suburbs and walked to a local stadium (equivalent to a HS football stadium here I imagine) during the game. It was filled with locals watching on a giant projected screen. Crazy party atmosphere. I don’t remember anything about the game except the outcome, but just the fans getting louder and louder each minute and shooting flares in the air and hugging each other and drinking. Very rowdy. Our chaperone got nervous and we left about 2 minutes before the end, but consider myeself very lucky to have experienced it.
And random memory from 98--US had some buzz and people thought they might get to the knockout round again like 94, but lost to Iran the 1st game. That sucked.
Hornets shooting like rain chances
From the police report.
“A male, later identified as Zacharia Branch, continued to stand on the sidewalk without making an attempt to move. I continued to give Zacharia Branch verbal commands to move from blocking the sidewalk and advised that if he did not, he would receive a citation for blocking the sidewalk. Zacharia Branch smirked, then stepped backwards and to the right, then remained standing upon the public sidewalk, so as to obstruct, hinder, and impede free passage upon the sidewalk as well as impede free ingress/egress to or from the adjacent places of business. Due to those actions and Zacharia Branch’s failure to comply with multiple verbal lawful commands, he was placed under arrest for misdemeanor Obstruction of LEO and received a citation for Obstructing Public Sidewalks."
Can you imagine getting arrested for “obstructing public sidewalks”? It’s like getting busted for jaywalking. It just makes you look silly.
I mean if a cop tells you to move, maybe you should move?? Especially if you have a draft coming up.
He posted $39 bail. Do you think he had to use a bondsman??
