Quote from: aleandromagno on Today at 03:41:34 PM

Quote from: CDC AP on Today at 02:05:42 PM

Russia is banned by Fifa and Uefa which I'm really upset with. Why the fuck they have to do dirty politics with sports?
Where was Fifa when other dominating countries had dominated some countries, I'm talking about few years back.
I really don't support this. I agree that what Russia is doing is bad, I strongly oppose any war around. But that doesn’t mean we have to ignore their casinos.

Do you really think some national team will play with Russia? Maybe even in Moscow - a capital that has attacked a peaceful country and killing civilians?
You may not know it, but even before FIFA announced a boycott of Russia, the football national teams of the countries that were supposed to play with Russia (Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic) had announced themselves that they would not play against Russia. No one would want to play, so for FIFA it was just a formality.

In my opinion, as an international community, we should put pressure on Russia in every possible (peaceful) way, so boycotting their casinos is, absolutely right!

Not just in sports but in every aspect of sports including motorsports (e.g. F1 decided to withdraw their grand prix in Russia this year, etc.). With this move, Russia would have to suffer dire consequences that would very much impact their economic standpoint. With this kind of boycott to Russian gambling platforms, though it may not fully affect Putin directly, it can somehow start a movement indirectly which will give notice to all the gamblers about the current situation.

Again, most large businesses have started pulling out their investments and plans on Russia this year due to the war. The citizens of their country, unfortunately, have to suffer such consequences due to their barbaric leader.