• argh_another_username@lemmy.ca
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      17 days ago

      It’s not about corruption. It’s about the possibility of losing revenue from the tickets. Less demand, price must go down, less profit.

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        17 days ago

        Imagine being such a shithole that people will pass on attending a world cup game just to avoid your country. Russia and Qatar were not a problem but the good old USA is a financial liability.

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          17 days ago

          Yeah that… actually, yeah that’s a good point. Why are we believing this is true? I’ve never heard of this site, their citations are all just random social media dead ends, the article is really sloppy… are we just not questioning this because we want it to be true?