Greg Yerashotis
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 30 Jul
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Throughout the whole match, and his friends eventually joined him, throughout the whole match, we were jovially joking with one another.
And I end up spending the whole evening with this group of Bosnian gentlemen.
And they had been in Lillehammer for some time, so they ended up showing me different places and telling me where to go.
It was this real moment of intercultural contact that I would not have if not for the World Cup.
And I bring this up because I think there's a lot of people...
who, although they're supporting different teams, they have these moments of connection that are very powerful.
There's a strong, effective force, emotional force that happens in these moments.
Whether your team wins or lose or who you're supporting, that maybe is more than just a national belonging, but sort of a, hey, we're global citizens and this is everyone's game.
Right, right.
You know, I consider myself a critical scholar first and foremost.
And when you shine that magnifying glass, that lens onto the World Cup and global soccer, there's a lot there.
We can get into FIFA and the corruption scandals.
We can get into the sort of
capitalist overtaking of the event.
We saw this so clearly in this year's event.
But in the examples that you gave, in particular, the case of the travel visas, some African fans not being able to come to support their teams.
I suspect this has much to do with the geopolitics right now, the fact that the United States had such a strong role in the
security concerns that they claim came with certain individuals from certain countries.
I'm thinking of the Somalian referee that was not allowed into the country.
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