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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that title

www.usatoday.com

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Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that title

www.usatoday.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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The US should 'come up with another name' for football because that term belongs to soccer, Trump says at World Cup draw, renewing historic debate.
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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    I’ve been saying we should go back to calling it Grid Iron because it sounds cooler. But now we have to keep it so this motherfucker isn’t made happy.

  • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Do it, slut.

  • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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    What’s next? 'Murica starts using the metric system?

    It’s weird that the US calls “football” “soccer” and “american football” “football” but it is what it is and a president shouldn’t be able to rename things on a whim.

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    This is because FIFA just sucked him off.

  • SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
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    Trumpball?

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    He should rename “the gulf of America” back to “the gulf of mexico” while he’s at it

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    Hahaha! FIFA game him a peace prize to get this to happen.

    This timeline is ridiculous.

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      I’m surprised it took that long. Football is missing one of the biggest markets in the world and they’d award that dumbass with a trophy daily if that got them any closer to football in the US.

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    So now we do care what other countries think?

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    He’s absolutely right. And while we’re at it, can we rename the “World” Series?

    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
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      Canada has a team in the league. It counts.

      • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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        So, the National Basketball League of Australia could call their championship the World Cup of Basketball? It has two countries in it.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreaking:_The_Worst_Person_You_Know_Just_Made_a_Great_Point

    I fucking hate that I actually agree with the fat child rapist. I’m now going to go and scrub my skin off with bleach!!

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      If it helps, he doesn’t actually believe this, or care either way, he’s just extremely bribable.

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    Rugby or Gridiron would be great!

    otherwise i hate everything about this. i need to take a break from football because FIFA is just too overtly disgusting lately.

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      US football dispensed with most of the rules of international rugby years ago. Gridiron would make sense though.

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        fair enough!

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    I can’t believe he said something the entire world outside US agree with 🤣

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      He saya quite a few things we agree on, and surely there should be for you as well, but hatred blinds.

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        You’ve got your cause and effect reversed. He says vile things, so we point out that he is a vile person.

        It’s his hatred that makes him say hateful things, not ours.

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        He’s bribed to say things people agree with otherwise no he says nothing any sane reasonable person agree with like ever.

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    This will be what gets him shot.

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      Nah he’s gone after the NFL before. He’s a pedophile convicted felon, I don’t think his dumb musing about football will be his downfall.

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      Again you mean

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        “again”

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          Where’s the missing piece of ear?? Can’t find it, right?

          If he really got shot in the ear there should be a chuck misting from the top rim but it’s clean as a baby orangutan’s ass.

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            Cartilage doesn’t regrow.

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        He was shot? I don’t remember that.

        He was shot near, maybe.

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      He wasn’t shot. His guard hip checked his head mid tackle. That’s why they had to get a second opinion from their favorite lying doctor before releasing the medical report.

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    also the head of the football commision, of fifa, gave him him a “fifa peace prize”

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    We all know he wants to call it “Trump Ball”. Hell, why only replace one word, let’s call the game “Trump Trump”.

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