The sub popped up in my feed a few months ago and all I really see here is people complaining (mainly about City, Newcastle, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and refs) and posting about conspiracies and conspiracy theories.
There’s very little in the way of moderate football discussion, and it feels like a circlejerk at times.
Has it always been this way? R/soccer has had its own challenges for a long time, but even there the proportion of interesting content tends to be higher.
I enjoy participating in subs like r/championship and r/theother14
Mostly true.
But they did mention officials doing games in the UAE. There is evidence for that. It should be a conflict of interest (most industries have rules against much lesser potential conflicts than that)
Not denying they’ve reffed in the UAE, The fa and premier league have sanctioned it and declared it fine. There’s absolutely nothing out there for anybody to believe it isn’t yet we get mental suggests suggesting otherwise. Literal definition of a conspiracy theory.
Surely the conspiracy theory is from the bodies saying it’s fine when logically it shouldn’t be? There are match officials with money in their account from the same source as the owners of Man City.
Or do you think the FA and Premier League are like the Pope and infallible?
So presume foul play despite nothing to support it? Another apt description of a conspiracy theory.
I didn’t say there was foul play.
That’s not how conflict of interest works. Most industries have regulations to remove instances where there could even be the hint of suggestion of a conflict of interest. Even small shit. My last job used to get free gifts like slow cookers and bottles of wine from clients. Had to raffle em off to avoid any perceived conflict of interest.
Conflict of interest rules shouldn’t have to wait for foul play. They should intervene in these situations so it can’t even be suggested to be happening.