I hope you are having a better day than Gianni Infantino, because UEFA just pulled its 55 nations' football teams from all future FIFA competitions including the future World Cups.

[scooter@labyrinth.zone]

@randahl CNN has an opinion piece on this from Stephen Collinson, who apparently has no background in sports reporting. Appropriately, it's poor quality; embarrassing for them to put this on the front page. https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/trump-fifa-world-cup-controversy-infantino

[elpamplina@masto.es]

@randahl Menudo órdago...
Infantino va a conseguir hacer buena a la UEFA, lo cual es sorprendente.

[donamasta@mastodon.social]

@randahl Trump will come out saying UEFA are communists

[wooshell@chaosfurs.social]

@randahl Now to count the days until Infartino is removed from office..

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@randahl

I urge Canada to join the boycott.

[mcv@friendica.opensocial.space]

@randahl

Are the UEFA members finally stepping out of FIFA? It's about time. I hope they start their own competing international football federation, this time with more accountability and less corruption.

Infantino being the end of FIFA sounds entirely appropriate. I really hope UEFA follows through.

[catawu@mastodon.social]

@randahl Good!

[fenixmaster@mastodon.social]

@randahl Trump zal wel weer hogere tarieven gaan opleggen aan de UEFA landen om zijn holmaatje te steunen.

[leeloo@c.im]

@randahl
Supporting homophobia: Ok
Handing a "peace price" to the guy who keeps ending the same war: Ok
Reversing a red card as a friendly gesture to the don: Ok

Selling out: Now hold on a second.

That's not corruption having consequences, that's either corruption getting too obvious (nah, everybody could already see it), or someone wanting their share.

[roknrol@beige.party]

@randahl Performative. They have three years to change their minds.

[norestforthewicked@metalhead.club]

@roknrol
Next year is Women World Cup in Brasil. So, no they don't have 3 years
@randahl

[drangnon@hachyderm.io]

@randahl

*scans news*
oh. it's Kushner's idea. of course.

smh

[vlakicas@mastodon.social]

@randahl Snicko is a serious tech thing. It has not good influence.

[paulschoe@mastodon.world]

@FlyInTheSky

UEFA wants to prevent FIFA from organising all future tournaments.

With the World Cup and the other events that their commercial entity will start organising, FIFA will decide when players and clubs are financially required to play, thereby removing the ability of local and regional organisations to continue their own competitions.

Yes, it is about money, but it is more about preventing a commercial organisation from ruining national football.

#FIFA #UEFA
@elCelio @randahl

[tinkel@mastodon.social]

@randahl

This is not about corruption per se. Infantino was too greedy and and did not find a way to cut UEFA mafia in.

UEFA and FIFA are joined by hip in corruption for decades. UEFA has been involved in several high-profile corruption, bribery cases.

[roknrol@beige.party]

@NoRestfortheWicked Ah, my mistake. @randahl

[norestforthewicked@metalhead.club]

@roknrol
Sorry probably sounded more harsh than i thought it would be
@randahl

[randahl@mastodon.social]

@donamasta then he will block their Visa transactions.

[grob@mstdn.social]

@FlyInTheSky @elCelio @randahl I am not so sure. Quote from the statement:

" no UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership."

[grob@mstdn.social]

@randahl @donamasta I would actually love that. Football is where a _lot_ of people draw the line.