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Calls are growing on social media for international soccer fans to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is being hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How so? Again, I understand a boycott, but Trump already targets areas with large, Democratic-voting areas (such as L.A.) with ICE and withholding of federal funds. How will a boycott of US teams mitigate the damage done by a failed World Cup?

Spending is projected to top $594 million, with an estimated $34.9 million of tax revenue generated for government entities in Los Angeles County. The most significant sources are the transient occupancy tax and the region’s share of sales tax revenues. At the state level, we project a bump of $22.3 million in tax revenue from FIFA World Cup 26™ being held in Los Angeles.

https://losangelesfwc26.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FINAL-FWC-26-LA-Economic-Impact-Report-Micronomics-2024-06-25.pdf

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

1- There is no lack of money in California.

2- If the USA teams specifically state the boycott is because of the President it makes him look terrible.

3- If only the USA teams boycott, no money is lost. Americans don't really care about soccer. Do you know who won the MLS championship last year, I don't, does anyone here know without looking it up?

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

1 You fail to address the loss of capital invested by the community, as if they all live in Beverly Hills and have money to piss away. East LA assures you that they do not.

  1. Yes, but the state of California still suffers.The locals still suffer from loss of return on their investment. See the "capital invested" part of point 1.

  2. Bullshit. Soccer is growing in popularity in the US and excluding US teams is the surest way to deter that interest.

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
  1. Yes I did, if only the USA teams boycott fans from other countries still attend. All the money gained from tourism is still received.
  2. See #1
  3. At best its the 5th most popular sport in America, it might be even lower. I don't care if it deters interest, personally, I'd respect the players more if they boycotted.
  4. Again do you know who won the MLS championship? I see plenty of WORDLE comments and posts in your history, very couldn't find any MLS stuff.
[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My God! What a brilliant deduction! I'm not a soccer fan, so my opinion on something only tangentially related to the sport is invalid and that makes your ridiculous assertion that LA's World Cup will be miraculously successful if the host country's teams would just withraw completely valid. Brilliant!

I see that you looked at my profile to try to make this about me rather than your weak argument. You should really join us in dailygames! The daily brain exercises might help you to form coherent thoughts and understand some of the words I just used.

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The rudeness is really uncalled for so I'm going to leave things here. I wish you the best of luck 🖖