• psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Fuck FIFA and their boot licking, corrupt bullshit. Somehow I think they’ve managed to be more corrupt than any of the US based sporting organizations.

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      9 hours ago

      FIFA is up there as one of the most corrupt organizations out there. There’s not a US sporting org that even comes close.

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              7 hours ago

              Indy 500 has nothing to do with Formula 1. Different cars, different rules, different drivers, etc.

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                Liberty Media owns Formula One Management (FOM), the company responsible for the production of F1 as a piece of media, while the International Automobile Federation (FIA) is responsible for the rule formula itself, the stewards, marshalls, race director, etc.

                So when the person said, “no one outside of the US has heard of either” they were wrong. Liberty Media certainly isn’t as well-known a name as Formula 1, but it owns Formula 1.

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                  And Formula one is massively corrupt. F1 races are also hotbeds of human trafficking.

                  There may be some races, but ladies, that’s not why your husband is there.

                  IndyCar is run by a few billionaires who all support MAGA, and your government spends hundreds of millions of your taxpayer dollars supporting teams.

                  Roger Penske getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom for no reason.

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                    F1 races are also hotbeds of human trafficking.

                    According to some Russian propaganda conspiracy forum?

                    There may be some races, but ladies, that’s not why your husband is there.

                    Sure, nobody who goes to a race goes to see cars drive quickly…

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                4 hours ago

                Who said F1 had anything to do with indycar? Fucking read?

                Indycar is broadcast in 200 countries. It’s just another big corrupt sport.

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          I’m not familiar with the corruption of Indy 500 and I hadn’t heard of Liberty Media until reading this comment chain. Is Liberty Media a US based org or does F1 just have some events in the US?