A World Cup for the people
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The Africans, already underrepresented, withered away during the Group stage. Even VAR, invented to clean up the game, could not save Nigeria.
Nigerian players at the end of their team’s 2-1 loss to Argentina.
The FIFA World Cup of neo-liberalism is living up to its expectations What is it that dampened my enthusiasm about the FIFA World Cup? I need more and more time and money to follow the game as it is getting out of reach, being standardized, sanitized, and controlled by a few for global consumption. Tickets and travel cost more; TV the same, with increased fees under the guise of customization. Probably not just one thing. I watch the same players all year round. The media hype them up and raise our (...)