Mathguy64 said:
TRM said:
jeffk said:
Yeah, FIFA came out with a weak-sauce IOC-style set of "sanctions" yesterday. Poland responded by saying they were standing firm on their commitment to not play any Russian team anywhere under any name/flag and asked for the support of other federations to commit to doing the same. I saw USSF tweet out a commitment to do so as well as the same from a couple other nations this morning. Lo and behold, FIFA and UEFA are going to kick the Russian teams out of all competitions across all levels.
I hadn't seen that yet, but heard UEFA had a meeting scheduled tomorrow about it. I did see the IOC call for the expulsion of Russian athletes which lead to a probably Russian ban.
UEFA kicked Spartak out of the UEL but thats not the same as kicking Russia out of the WCQ. And so far FIFA has accepted the bribe money and kept Russia in.
The IOC this is pure BS. 3 weeks ago they didnt have the balls to kick out a doping Russian skater. And havent kicked Russians out en mass for the 4 plus years they have competed under the "ROC" flag because of blatant and systematic doping. But now that the Olympics are over they get on their white horse and say "kick them out".
I don't want to derail too much from WCQ.
I agree the ROC thing is bs. The skater is more nuanced since she a minor, but she shouldn't be there in the 1st place - see ROC. Depending on how protracted this gets, 2024 Olympic qualifying could be affected. Also, no major tournaments for the athletes, like T&F world championships later this year.
Even if Russia gets a ban, there's still the CAS that Russia would appeal to (more bribe money).