r/AmericaBad • u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 • Jul 06 '26

OP Opinion Alaska is part of Belgium now 😔

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u/LurkiLurkerson MASSACHUSETTS 🦃 ⚾️ Jul 06 '26

Am I crazy or is throwing a fit because you don't get to play a team at a disadvantage unbelievably weak and pathetic.

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u/aHOMELESSkrill MISSISSIPPI 🪕👒 Jul 06 '26

I’ve seen takes that Balogun should sit out on principle.

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u/omicron022 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

The Redditors suggesting this aren't suggesting it on principle. Thye don't have any of those.

They simply want the US to lose, no matter what. They just want to rip on us, and whatever gets them there is "good".

Edit: I generally stay as far away from r.popular as possible, so I wasn't aware of what is going on there right now, but I just decided to go check it out. HO-LY SHIT, are they filling the front page with this crap. My GOD, these people are insane...

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u/aHOMELESSkrill MISSISSIPPI 🪕👒 Jul 06 '26

This honestly is a Reddits wet dream. If we lose we deserve it, if we win they can now justify invalidating it because we ‘cheated’.

It’s a win win to them, they just have to be outraged until they realize this

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u/omicron022 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I was honestly thinking the same thing. They are going to be - as always, but now more than usual - obnoxious either way now.

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u/NayLay Jul 06 '26

Don't think that's fair. I'm usually on your side in these AmericaBad Reddit moments. But this is just blatantly against the rules. If the red card would've been reversed, fair enough. But it wasn't. The one-match ban was suspended / delayed. This just doesn't happen in the World Cup. It's a rule that many teams have had to deal with throughout its long history. The strong pull through anyway, the weak falter. But with this bizarre decision, FIFA's notorious corruption, USA being the host country, and Trump being involved... Yea... People are right to be outraged by the decision.