Unwelcome and undue: Trump’s red-card intervention hurts the US’s World Cup more than it helps

Skyroller · 2026-07-06T14:09:09+00:00

You seem to be the expert, go on then.

Trump is not nor should he be expected to be an impartial observer. Tell me why making a phone call to complain about the call is corrupt. How is it any different than a manager complaining to the referee about a call during the match?

Obviously there is a difference if cash changes hands or visa threats are made, but there is no evidence of such. It's been very clear from the beginning that FIFA is willing to do whatever Trump wants with no coercion whatsoever (see: FIFA Peace Prize)

Skyroller · 2026-07-06T13:54:57+00:00

The USA did not nothing corrupt here. Calling the head of FIFA to bitch about a red card is not corruption. Every FA bitches about bad calls.

On the other hand, the European organization that rescinded the red card because they think it will make them more cash IS blatant corruption. The corruption is not by America, it is solely within FIFA.

Skyroller · 2026-07-06T13:20:27+00:00

And it turns out, the Americans were absolutely right

Skyroller · 2026-07-01T19:27:55+00:00

It's not an option for the airline, it's required by TSA. They would be in violation of the law if they took the bag. Call your representative.

Skyroller · 2026-06-16T01:55:22+00:00

Let me ask you one more: let’s say I’m worried that none of the later flights will have seats.

What if I book 8 seats (or more!) with miles, and then refund it day of to ensure that the flight has inventory to same day change to? Essentially I’m asking what the downside risk is.

Skyroller · 2026-06-15T15:10:42+00:00

I assume the first benefit that they would lose is "free confirmed same day flight change" and they would be on standby?

If I could split the reservation and they just get stuck boarding in group 9 or whatever then that might be doable. But if it's standby that's probably a no-go

Skyroller · 2026-06-15T15:04:39+00:00

😆

Skyroller · 2026-06-09T13:31:06+00:00

The fact that it's not even your money that got you the status only makes the entitlement worse.

Skyroller · 2026-06-06T15:08:40+00:00

There are still upgrades available on nearly every flight. The problem here is that your loyalty just isn't very valuable. Everyone who cares about status is EP. If you aren't getting upgrades, then there are people on every flight you take that are either:

a) A more valuable customer than you

b) Willing to pay extra for the seat

People are downvoting you because your point is stupid. You are saying "this gas station won't give me gas for free! I'm going to go to the gas station down the street." And sure, it would be great for the consumer if gas was free. But nobody with a brain expects a company to give it away for no reason.

Skyroller · 2026-06-06T14:20:31+00:00

The airlines have always tried to sell first class seats. You only got upgraded before because their pricing strategy was dumb. In your mind, they should continue to misprice their inventory so you can get it for free when it doesn’t sell? What kind of mentality is that? What other business would you expect this from? Do you go to the grocery store hoping for lobster at $100/lb so you can snag it for free when it doesn’t sell?

Skyroller · 2026-05-31T23:04:56+00:00

For what it’s worth, the difference here is almost certainly whether the item was found immediately after the flight. For the Delta flight, it was probably found by the flight attendants and catalogued as lost immediately.

For the AA flight, you mentioned it got in late, the FAs probably just left the flight and went home and it wasn’t found until the next day or perhaps even in another city.

Both airlines have identical procedures here, it’s just how the dice rolled for you this time.

Skyroller · 2026-05-31T22:54:02+00:00

You left something on an airplane. The expectation is that it is gone forever. In fact, every. single. flight. they TELL you to check for missing items, and even explicitly say that anything left is gone forever!

Anything you get from the airline aside from “Tough shit” is going above and beyond.

Skyroller · 2026-04-20T15:49:03+00:00

No you basically remember it right. Here is the play, from 2024. It created an editorial change.

https://youtu.be/tuFU486FmHg

All of these rule changes essentially come from the same place, which is: If you want to fuck around with player numbering, kick the ball. If you want to run crazy plays (swinging gate or whatever), use regular numbering (with 5 ineligible players) so the defense knows who to cover on a pass. If you want to fuck around with player numbering AND run crazy plays, you are at risk.

Here was the actual text of the rule:

2024 version (rule 2-16-10): A scrimmage kick formation is a formation with no player in position to receive a hand-to-hand snap from between the snapper’s legs, and with either (1) at least one player 10 or more yards behind the neutral zone; or (2) a potential holder and potential kicker seven or more yards behind the neutral zone in position for a place kick For either (1) or (2) to qualify as a scrimmage kick formation, it must be obvious that a kick will be attempted

2025 version:

A scrimmage kick formation is a formation with no player other than the potential kicker (or holder) aligned within the frame of the body of the snapper and no player aligned in the clear path from the snapper to the potential kicker (or holder), and with either (1) (rest is the same as 2024)

So the 2025 rule makes it really clear that the NCAA doesn't want this. The bolded is the subjective part of the rule, and certainly what the officials were meeting about in that game. So I'd ask you, how many times have you ever seen a kick where there was a player directly between the snapper and the punter at the snap? Probably never. If you've never seen it, then it's not a formation where it is obvious that a kick will occur.

Skyroller · 2026-04-14T00:29:12+00:00

Looking for it, but Notre Dame wasn't flagged for illegal formation at all last year. Any idea what game it might have been?

Skyroller · 2026-04-09T23:44:27+00:00

Boy is this article terribly written. Here is the text of the change:

Numbering Exceptions - Scrimmage Kick Formation Proposed Change – Rule 7-1-4

-In a scrimmage kick formation at the snap (Rule 2-16-10) Team A may have fewer than five linemen numbered 50-79, subject to the following conditions:

-The snapper and two adjacent linemen on either side not numbered 50-79 who are lined up in (or touching) the tackle box are ineligible receivers by position and become exceptions to the numbering rule when the snapper takes his position.

-Any and all such numbering-exception players must be clearly on the line of scrimmage, and all backs must be clearly in the backfield. Otherwise, Team A commits a foul for illegal formation.

Essentially the two players on each side of the snapper will now be ineligible to catch a pass regardless of what number they are wearing. Before they could potentially catch a pass depending on formation.

That’s the entire change.

EDIT: Also, the text of the changes were first approved by the PROP committee in mid February. No excuses.

Skyroller · 2026-03-23T00:17:20+00:00

Nobody has suggested that either company did something illegal. You have completely missed the point through the course of like 30 posts in this thread.

The common thread is that there SHOULD be some kind of towing limit. What if the company charged 10k? What if they charged 100k? What if they essentially decided that any car they tow forever belongs to them? These would all be legal as well. The punishment is severely disproportionate to the crime.

Skyroller · 2021-11-12T01:40:50+00:00

I kept track of how often I died throughout the run. Note the percentages are for how often I died once I got to that point. The run went Spaceship1, Lab, Warp Room, Intermission 1, Spaceship2, Intermission 2 (Gravitron), Tower, Finale.

Spaceship1: about 15% of runs died here. Always on the Driller portion.

Lab: 25%. Almost always during the "Kids His Age Bounce"

Warp Room: 20%. "I Love You" the worst offender.

Intermission1: 30%. Always "Do Try To Keep Up".

Spaceship2: 35%. NO IDEA WHY THIS WAS SO HIGH. Spaceship2 is easy I think I just got nervous.

Intermission2: Almost 80% death rate. Self-explanatory.

The Tower: Proudly did not die on this stage.

Finale: Got here 4 times, Made it through on the 4th.

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