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It’s a worldie Tuesday!
Hello, Curse and Coffee friends,
Today, we explore Sepp Blatter’s ethical stance on this year’s World Cup.
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The Big Sip
The take: The world's most disgraced football official just became the moral voice of the 2026 World Cup boycott.
What happened: Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter backed calls Monday for fans to "stay away from the USA," citing immigration enforcement and domestic unrest.
Why it matters: FIFA projects a $17 billion US tourism boost—a credible boycott puts billions at risk before kickoff.
What to watch: Whether European federations follow Germany's vice president, who said Friday it's time to "seriously consider" a boycott.
The man who resigned amid FIFA's biggest corruption scandal is now the ethics police. Football's governance has gotten so strange that its most compromised figure sounds reasonable.
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