Just want a quick gauge of what the group feels about World Cup Coverage before it’s upon us.

I get the overall feeling that Lemmy isn’t really down for sports coverage in general and there’s a large dislike of Fifa in particular.

But if you all want round by round coverage, I’ll put up a sticky.

If you say “Not World News”, I’ll yank any article that gets posted and re-direct them to some sports related community.

Personally, I don’t think any sports is “News”, but hey, that’s just me!

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I very much like sports. They belong in sports-specific communities though, not news communities, unless they’re actually making news. Like how FIFA is under investigation for fixing ticket prices. Or how the DOJ launched an investigation into FIFA for bribery but were dismissed by a judge saying bribery isn’t a priority of Trump’s administration. Or how Mexico will host the Iranian team because the US won’t let them stay overnight.

    Even those more actual-news stories belong in world cup communities for now due to the volume of stories coming out. I would strongly prefer this community not become 25%+ world cup posts for the duration of the cup.

  • wiccan2@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Sports isn’t News, there’s specific communities that can handle it, we don’t need it here too.

    • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Some sports is news, but most sports is not. Scores aren’t, trivially, but I’d say things like land use policy for stadia and immigration policy changes for international tournaments are. It’s a fine line and I think it’s wise to err on the side of keeping the sports separate when it’s marginal.

      • bufalo1973@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 month ago

        It’s not a fine line. If the “news” are about normal things in the sport (scores, who plays what, who changes team, …) they go to the sports section. If they aren’t normal, they can go to news.

  • abbadon420@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I think a sticky would be fine. It is “world news”, but I don’t think it is a very popular topic here. Than you can relegate all WC posts to that sticky.

  • TheOctonaut@piefed.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Americans seem to very directly associate the organisation FIFA with the sport of soccer and the World Cup itself.

    I think it comes from the literal ownership of sports leagues and sports teams by corporations like MLB, NFL, NHL.

    FIFA doesn’t own soccer, it doesn’t own any of the teams, and it barely owns the World Cup. It is tolerated as a necessary evil that someone has to do the organising, but historically for example, major nations have shrugged and ignored FIFA as inconsequential.

    Sport in general is just vastly different on an emotional and political level in other countries. The immediate dismissal of “sports isn’t news” and “sports shouldn’t be political” very obviously shows who has grown up in an environment where sport is primarily a backdrop over which corporate sponsorships and endorsements are laid.

    The politics associated with sports isn’t always good or nuanced but it is there.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I have decidedly not “grown up in an environment where sport is primarily a backdrop over which corporate sponsorships and endorsements are laid” and sports isn’t news.

      • TheOctonaut@piefed.zipEnglish
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        1 month ago

        You are aware that Bayern have been nicknamed “Planet Hollywood” since the 90s and your current richest club is Red Bull, right?

  • Zahtu@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    not world news, there’s specific communities for that. And speaking of that particular cup, coming from a soccer obsessed country, there’s been zero excitement in our local news either.