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[–] Aar0nSwanson@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

And we do it all again in 2034!!

[–] Banged_by_bumrah@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Warmer temperatures literally help with injury rehabilitations? If the injuries are higher it's because of fixture congestion not whatever bullshit study ESPN did

[–] Chileinsg@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Memes aside, is there a comparison between this and nations that have a calendar year based season? Eg. Japan's season is from Jan- Dec so a regular summer world cup would be mid-season for them

[–] MayweatherSr@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

A lot of their core player in world cup played in europe though, so this has to be taken into consideration

[–] SecureChampionship10@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Three points come to mind.

  1. Does the survey give the difference in injury severity between October and January for a non-world cup year by way of a control?
  2. How many of the injured players in January actually went to the World Cup?
  3. 88 recorded injuries is in no way a big enough sample size to draw any firm conclusions.
[–] Silkkipaskaa@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

"Today I feel injured" -Gianni Infantino, probably

[–] nocturnal_civet@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

No shit, Sherlock

[–] spicynirvana38@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I feel like this is way too narrow a timeline to view it through. Let's not forget that the majority of footballers professionally were provided a rare period of extended rest during the WC period, since a majority of them obviously did not play the during the tournament.

If anything, my feeling is that injuries have largely increased since the 2 seasons were bundled together during the lockdown period. This is merely a result of that snowballing imo.

[–] sport_____@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Southern hemisphere - am I a joke?

I was disgusted at Qatar being awarded the WC and even more disgusted at Saudi for 100s of reasons but a winter WC is not one of them.

[–] Various_Search_9096@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yes this whole winter vs summer thing feels a tad like "Hey its only the European football viewers who matter"

There was a lot wrong with Qatar's WC but this feels elitist

[–] IAS316@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Because Qatar is well known for harsh winters..

[–] moaterboater69@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Legalize steroids. Our roided up guy vs your roided up guy.

[–] unoriginalmiguel@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

But that was such a litty world cup no cap frfr *sheeessssh*

[–] pavanaay@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

More number of games in a calender year leads to more injuries. Suprise.

[–] El_grandepadre@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Footballers need to protest this quickly before it reaches a similar boiling point as tennis. Players are protesting now, and Sinner recently abandoned a tournament after a 2:30 AM finish with his next game scheduled about half a day later. But it doesn't look like the ATP is going to budge.

[–] Same-Razzmatazz-8022@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Summer in Europe ≈ Winter in Arab countries. But of course, the brown guys are the bad guys as usual

[–] matt_harvey10@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Geography does not check out. Both are in the northern hemisphere so have summer/winter at the same time

[–] Memesaurus2474@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Talking about average temperatures

[–] maxime0299@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

FIFA: cool story bro how about we do it again

[–] brush85@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The suits dont care because people will watch regardless. Which means many fans dont really care, either.

And the clubs wont care until the money dries up

[–] ttimourrozd@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

No shit Sherlock

[–] VegetableAwkward286@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

All these replies pilling on Qatar. You do know that not all countries have European weather right. If you force a Summer world cup then you Automatically disqualify many countries from ever having the chance to host. If you want to shit on Qatar. fine but this isn't the thread to do it

[–] TheWitcherMigs@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Love the headline, eurocentrism at it finest. Is the season who caused the injuries? Every World Cup in Winter is like this? South Africa, Brasil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay world cups had more injuries them? Or it was the time of the year not related at all with the season (of course it was).

Until the 90s the best South American players played in their countries, and the WC was always midseason for Brazilians, it's a problem only when it happens with europeans? Pathetic

[–] UltanPSV@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

More people should be saying this.

[–] Moug-10@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Who could have seen that coming?

[–] Tugboat47@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

oh no who could have ever seen this coming

[–] MetalMrHat@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Doesn't matter, had cash.

[–] Opposite-Book-15@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Surprise surprise

[–] Carpathicus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

When the players returned from the World Cup most of them played like shit and the rest of the season was very shaky at least in the Bundesliga. Really hated the whole ordeal honestly.

[–] JoeBagadonut@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I wonder how far away we are from FIFA saying that players can take steroids after being injured to improve their recovery times. They don't give a fuck about player welfare, so why not?

[–] chelseablue2004@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This will happen again when the Saudi's get the World Cup after 2030. The reason the 2030 world cup is spread over 3 countries is because it gives Asia the ability again to host the cup.

Don't think doing it in Uruguay/Argentina/Morocco/Spain was because they wanted to be cool or historic its cause the Saudi's bribed them.

[–] stijen4@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

FIFA 2034: I'll fuckin do it again

[–] Odelind@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Another WC during winter in Saudi Arabia, innit?

[–] kukeszmakesz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago
[–] Redbullsnation@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

No shit Sherlock

[–] Krypterr123@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Did they only do research on fall leagues? If so, yeah we know but now they know how summer leagues feel.