Those very rates are a big turn off. We’ve heard of the expensive tickets, and mass transit rates have skyrocketed. Even locals will be priced out. FIFA has forgotten what this is all about. 48 teams, 3 host countries, premium pricing, it’s all a bit much.
And "world" match is going to be impossible for the vast majority of people. You have to be wealthy just to get there. Most people will never even consider going to a FIFA match, or an Olympics.
Price slashing now seems to have more to do with the US and the crises they've created than with FIFA. Maybe FIFA should be putting a lot more into making sure that at least a few ordinary people can make it to a match. There are a lot of matches this time around, and I'm sure most of them have little interest outside the two countries involved.
You can argue whether a billionaire owner of big media is a “MAGA billionaire”. But you cannot argue whether they’re billionaires. Most of the Post’s readers understand which of those descriptors is truly relevant.
Trump administrators meet with traitors. And there's oil involved. Wow, what a surprise.
Also, "three in 10 would vote for it..." that means 7 in 10 wouldn't.
> A Timex ad went viral this year: “Know the time without seeing you have 1,249 unanswered emails.”
Sometime last year I got tired of using my phone as a clock. I dug out a 2-decade old watch from a drawer, put in a new battery, and eventually realized I really missed its simplicity. It has calendar functions, and a mechanical rotating dial I can use as a timer. Its interface never changes. I never lose it. What's not to like?
