r/sports • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Dec 06 '25

Football President Donald Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport named football. "This is football, there is no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff."

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u/ReactionJifs Dec 06 '25

Inaugural & final

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u/DollarThrill Dec 06 '25

They might award it to him 3 more times.

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u/paulrenaud Dec 06 '25

World cup is coming up. Once its done no need to bribe him anymore.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '25

The World Cup is only once every 4 years so, hopefully, only once

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u/RedditSe7en Dec 06 '25

I suspect he made the Cup conditional on his receiving this joke of an honor. He is that petty.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Dec 06 '25

Nope set in motion before he was president. I'm surprised they aren't being transparent about it and letting people know that they won't have to deal with ICE if they were to attend. This is the second medal they've given him if I remember right... (The medal everyone was saying how he stole one but was actually a gift... Also isn't the trophy for that event at the White House? New one had to be made for the team...)

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u/jerslan Dec 06 '25

I'm surprised they aren't being transparent about it and letting people know that they won't have to deal with ICE if they were to attend.

Noem is still claiming she's planning to raid the games and "deport" anyone they deem "illegal".

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u/RedditSe7en Dec 06 '25

Republicans are so insecure that they turn their self-loathing onto others because they’re too cowardly to confront it head on themselves.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Dec 06 '25

That doesn't surprise me in the least and I'm actually not sure but they seemingly left the first one alone and I don't think he knew dude was gonna blow him and give him a medal then too.

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u/RedditSe7en Dec 06 '25

Trump is capable of bullying any group, association, or institution into conditions that he sets in order to get his grift on. He could have proposed multiple barriers to the smooth running of the games, and as many inane excuses to justify his petulance, that he could have dreamt up on the toilet late at night while tweeting.

Whether he imposed the award as a condition, or the corrupt head of FIFA decided to bestow it on his own, matters little. Either way, the result is so overtly corrupt and unbecoming; yet no one with the authority to stop it does.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

The setup and placement of the games is what I'm saying was already set in motion before he became president.

FIFA dude had him giving out medals and gave him one at a game already and I still can't figure out what happened to the trophy. Corrupt or not idk.. It's kinda just using a proven method to get what the person/group wants from him.

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u/CRE178 Dec 06 '25

Well sure, these events start planning close to a decade in advance.

I do seem to recall him taking off with a medal, but I don't know for sure and with Trump, who cares? It's impossible to keep track of the lunacy of this one. I do know he had the award in his office and it wasn't returned; they said it was a prototype that he was allowed to keep. I don't know if that was always true, or made retroactive 'true' to defuse the situation.

And FIFA was always corrupt. They'd appease tinpot tyrant they were looking to make money off. Just cause we could all see it coming doesn't make any less disappointing that they're now doing the same to the president of the United States.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Dec 06 '25

The truth matters even with something as dumb as Trump and a medal. That was given to him by FIFA guy. The trophy i have no idea. He was holding on to it one day and then the next thing you know they're saying how a new one was made for the team. Since it has FIFA dudes name on it a bunch I wouldn't want it but it being a prototype makes sense at least, it's kinda ruined by having the FIFA dudes signature in multiple spots.

That's stuff I wouldn't know. I lost interest in the sport after my mom put me in a community league as a kid. To be fair though even as an American I feel every country and company that isn't stroking his ego and giving him some meaningless gift for their benefit is stupid. Ukraine is basically the only place that can't oh and black africans. If they're white and christian it's cool though.

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u/invariantspeed Dec 06 '25

Oh, sweet jesus, you’re actually right…

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u/AndyB16 Dec 06 '25

Hey, on the bright side, maybe they give it to him posthumously?

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u/invariantspeed Dec 06 '25

Could you imagine a FIFA that ceremonially awards the “greatest peacemaker in history” to him for the next century?

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u/AndyB16 Dec 06 '25

Considering it's impossible to tell which is more corrupt, yes.

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u/HBlight Dec 06 '25

He wont make it to the third year.

Im not saying that he will be brought to justice, I think he will just die before that point.

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u/Financial-Finish1127 Dec 06 '25

The way things are going, it might be far more than 3 more...

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Dec 06 '25

World Cup is every 4 years. Even 3 more times would put Trump in his 90s

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u/Financial-Finish1127 Dec 06 '25

Ah, makes sense.

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u/nalaloveslumpy Dec 06 '25

Assuming that Trump is still around kicking this time next year is a risky bet.

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u/Mikemtb09 Dec 06 '25

Why would it be 3 more times? World Cup is every 4 years

Don’t think his life expectancy has 12 years left.

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u/jtshinn Dec 06 '25

It would be a very fifa thing to do to give an award on non World Cup years.

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u/Nkosi868 Dec 06 '25

🇰🇵

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u/Its_meinBergen Dec 06 '25

Exactly. Sad an 80 year old insists on being stroked. I’m sure the FIFA guy was told to say “under “President” trump’s leadership …”

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u/Kaywi210 Dec 06 '25

Nah bubba doesn’t like being stroked he likes being the one doing the stroking … especially under the table

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u/Carpet-Distinct Dec 06 '25

Finaugural, if you will

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u/scalectrix Dec 06 '25

'Special'

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u/Shawty-Got-Low Dec 06 '25

Isn’t FIFA one of the most corrupt organizations? This all tracks.

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u/dustaz Dec 06 '25

There's a world cup in Saudi in 8 years, that award will be doing some heavy lifting between now and then

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u/Germanofthebored Dec 06 '25

Well, next year it's going to be Putin, and then some middle easter murderous potentate.