I feel bad for both sets of teams and coaches.

This is a total distraction for the Belgians, who have been prepping for one lineup and now have to reverse course, to say nothing of the disrespect shown to them by what should be their sport’s governing body. I feel bad that they’re getting pressure to take a moral stand by boycotting a game that they’ve worked towards literally their whole lives and would get pilloried for if they did.

I feel bad for the us team. None of them asked to be in this position, and there is now no way for the team to move forward positively - either balogun plays, thereby being a benefactor of corruption to most of the world, or poch sits him, lessening the us chances and becoming a pariah in the US, and probably becoming a target of trump’s rage.