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    From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Jul 30 16:30:37 2026
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    Well, well, well, UEFA have made a stand it seems...

    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y67zrrdddo
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  • From =?UTF-8?B?TGzDqW8=?=@llb.moura@gmail.com to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Jul 30 18:28:54 2026
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    On 30/07/2026 13:30, Blueshirt wrote:

    Well, well, well, UEFA have made a stand it seems...

    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y67zrrdddo


    Apparently Concacaf also rejected the plan, and AFC doesn't seem too
    keen on it either. Infantino needs 106 votes, but as things stand UEFA
    and Concacaf already represent 90 votes against it. It'd only take about
    one third of Asia's votes to fluster the project, and that's before
    taking into account any CAF and Conmebol's eventual votes against it.

    They may need to shelve this thing for a while, at least.


    Best regards,

    Ll|-o



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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.sport.soccer on Fri Jul 31 08:36:41 2026
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    Ll|-o wrote:

    On 30/07/2026 13:30, Blueshirt wrote:

    Well, well, well. UEFA have made a stand it seems...

    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y67zrrdddo


    Apparently Concacaf also rejected the plan, and AFC doesn't
    seem too keen on it either. Infantino needs 106 votes, but as
    things stand UEFA and Concacaf already represent 90 votes
    against it. It'd only take about one third of Asia's votes to
    fluster the project, and that's before taking into account any
    CAF and Conmebol's eventual votes against it.

    The planned "European Super League", despite being
    overwhelmingly rejected within 48 hours, wasn't officially
    cancelled as a project until early this year when UEFA and Real
    Madrid came to an agreement. Five years later!

    Like that, I think this will run and run...

    They may need to shelve this thing for a while, at least.

    Nah, FIFA will double-down and throw more $$ at the smaller
    national associations. Corruption and bribery is the FIFA way.

    Infantino is the Donald Trump of football. - Or thinks he is
    anyway.

    Get your bags of popcorn out...
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.sport.soccer on Sat Aug 1 09:08:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

    Blueshirt wrote:

    The planned "European Super League", despite being
    overwhelmingly rejected within 48 hours, wasn't officially
    cancelled as a project until early this year when UEFA and
    Real Madrid came to an agreement. Five years later!

    Like that, I think this will run and run...

    Well... it seems this one didn't run for long.

    They may need to shelve this thing for a while, at least.

    Nah, FIFA will double-down and throw more $$ at the smaller
    national associations. Corruption and bribery is the FIFA way.

    They tried, but the level of opposition became too much.

    Infantino is the Donald Trump of football. - Or thinks he is
    anyway.

    Get your bags of popcorn out...

    FIFA backed down fairly quickly... I'd say Uncle Gianni is
    trying to keep his job.
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