The reversal of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension is highly unusual. It was the first time since 1962 that FIFA has nullified a suspension for a red card received during the World Cup.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Doesn’t really matter.

    They overturned it because Trump asked. Not because it should have been a yellow.

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        12 hours ago

        No. Even if it WAS a bullshit red card, plenty of teams have had their tournament affected by bad refereeing. None of them had a suspension annulled since 1962.

        This is corruption to curry favor with the despot in charge of one of the host countries, pure and simple.