Thoughts please.

Everyone is selling something, including him 😭

😂😂 true story

Complain about selling to sell your book

That's what I thought too 😂

As an American, I'm so used to seeing hyper-commercialized sports that the World Cup and all its adverts and pageantry just looked like business as usual. It's why I don't watch sports, honestly.

Complained about sales and ends up selling something 😂😂 The world is changing get with it.🤫

“The event is nothing but a massive sales conversation” so while you're here buy my book too after I just complained about capitalism 😂

Once you involve America in anything they feel the need to take over and change the procedures and rules to suite themselves. FIFA has sold its soul for financial gain but they are in for a rude awakening because football belongs to the people, not corporate institutions!!

Give USA anything and will Americanise it. Take the soul out of it and make it about profit and showbiz.

😆 after everything he said, he also sells you his book so kuyafana everything is currency these days.

All I can say is that pitches to sell books aren't the same anymore 😅

My theory is that there has been a sustained campaign to frustrate every facet of human existence for a shitty promise of a better future under some charismatic, utopian leadership. Our movies are shitty, same goes with our music, there is war everywhere, our sport too. We are all complaining about something and i think it's hella intentional. God punish them

My challenge with the Americanisation of the sport is that soccer fans aren't Americans (only). They're global citizens. And the one thing that has made soccer great is access - anyone can play it and everyone can watch it at will. With all these things that have happened this year, the game has been made less accessible

I absolutely agree with him.. watching the world cup is watching an advertisement

He’s 100% correct about the excessive and abject commercialization and commoditization of the World Cup. And loses most of his credibility when he reveals this is a commercial to sell a commodity: his book.

I try not to see an issue in everything, some of the changes are kinda good, the water break is needed in some match ups, even the referees applauded it, yeah, it might be for more ads, but c'mon in football an 18yr old want to be paid 250k, a week, where do they think the money comes from

Now, to top on your findings, indulge into my findings, too. I challenge you to find out what the base on to decide the number of countries to represent continents in world cups. Why continents with 50+ sovereign countries might have 7 fewer slots than a country with less than 30

Gosh man! You sound dehydrated and your brain is in need of sugar, and the rest of you electrolytes. This is 2026 not 1966. This is a $13Billion tournament so yeah, there are breaks for sponsors, kits to sell and so much more. If you’re not happy watch the WNBA. They earn 75k/yr.

Lol didn’t even notice all of that, nna ke sheba bolo fela

Nobody is going to assasinate him for that. But find a cure for a incurable disease? Now we talking.

fuck off

Whatever man you should focus more on that on that but you skipped over then anything else. Really who cares it’s a circus, it’s not the time for circuses

This sounds like whinging from someone who thinks they have an original thought and is different, but in reality is whining at things in which 90% of which mean Fuq all, but b/c he can’t focus, the 10% that he does have a point on gets tuned out with the rest of it.

The kit thing is also to cater for colourblind supporters. You won't see red versus green because they look the same. Hence the third kit.

Check the Olympus, rugby league, rugby union, Grid iron etc etc it’s all turned fake and ghey, it’s basically advertising. The best man/team doesn’t necessarily win anymore it’s the best money spinner wins.

I said it for the last world cup too, don't be surprised if the referees are bought out, or certain winners are already decided to make the most of the situation (example a possible USA vs Mexico final) like most things, its bought and paid for, a shame, it's a nice sport

His also creating content and selling his book! Let him cut us some slack

Great analysis and then go buy my book… Mate, you’ve got to be a bit classier with the plug. You kind of discredit your standing by going about selling something whilst talking about how the World Cup is constantly trying to sell you something

Yea sure bro. You are such a whistle blower, right up there with Edward Snowden. Look out someone might take you out😂

Well I agree, it’s commercial innit… not just the World Cup has changed, football itself. I’m a Man United fan and we’ve been complaining about this for years, they focusing on everything that has nothing to do with the game on the field and we’ve been failing

This proves that maybe a capitalist system is not the best thing for society. Money takes away passion and corrupt everything.

Totally with you. FIFA should be investigated and usa never be allowed to host the World Cup again

The only reason why it seems like this, is because it was hosted by American..... Y'all ruin shit..... The world cup would adjust back,with some else hosting it

@honolomohappy Straight up facts

The game is gone!!!

Football itself was designed as a distraction. Its not some holy entertainment that has become corrupted. It has always been a tool to corrupt and capture the minds of society, based on the cultic followership it has.

Different take on the usual 'why this WC is shit' but actually a very good one. Well done!