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Jeff Moore | European football commentary from an American perspective | Pitchside Pub YouTube Channel
Jan 21 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
FIFA just sold football’s history to the highest bidder.

The removal of analytic data on @FBref is a calculated heist of public knowledge to protect a 2026 World Cup gambling monopoly.

Stats Perform (@OptaSTATS) is taking the heat but FIFA is equally to blame.

A 🧵(1/10) On Jan 12, FIFA named Stats Perform (@OptaSTATS) its exclusive betting data distributor.

8 days later, @FBref was ordered to scrub a decade of stats to kill the free "competition."

This is not coincidental.

(2/10)

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Jul 12, 2025 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Everyone yelling “corruption” over the Crystal Palace situation is wrong.

UEFA didn’t screw Palace because they’re biased.

They screwed Palace because their rules are rigid, outdated, & completely divorced from their fans.

A ridiculously complicated thread thanks to UEFA 🧵 Image UEFA doesn’t allow two clubs under shared control to play in the same competition.

That’s a good rule.

The problem is how they enforce it, specifically when they decide it applies. Image