The dirty secret behind soccer’s stoppage time and why America is right to be suspicious

Soccer is back, and all of a sudden, America’s pretending it cares. Every four years, the World Cup pops up and the media loses its mind, telling us the entire country is “learning to love the beautiful game.” Liberals love pretending they’re cultured because they can name two soccer players. Meanwhile, most of us are scratching our heads at the weird circus going on in these matches.

Let’s talk about the elephant in the stadium: stoppage time. For some reason, soccer can’t just tell you how long a game is supposed to be. Instead, they add on this “extra time” at the end, and only certain officials really know how much it will be. It’s like a bureaucrat’s dream—rules for the people, and a secret clock for the elites. America likes sports where the fans know the score. We like a big, loud scoreboard—the clock hits zero, game’s over. But in soccer, the real action happens in the shadows, and the people aren’t allowed to know the truth until the guy in the suit decides.

Of course, the globalist elites love this mysterious system. It lets them control the game behind the scenes. A little more time for their favored teams to make a comeback, a little less when things aren’t going their way. There’s no transparency, no accountability. It’s the same thing liberals do with their ridiculous “interpretations” of the law and government spending—rules for us, loopholes for them.

Americans are used to sports where grit and effort win the day, not where fans watch a referee hold up a number at the end like it’s a magic trick. No other major American sport insults its fans like this. No wonder so many real sports lovers have a hard time taking soccer seriously. If soccer wants to win over America once and for all, it needs to start respecting the people in the stands. Tell us how long the game is. End the guessing games.

If this global game wants to thrive in the land of the free, it’s time to throw stoppage time in the trash. Unless, of course, you like watching unelected refs with too much power run your world—just like the liberals running this country into the ground. So here’s a bold idea: let’s put the “game” back in sports, and kick the hidden clocks—and sneaky elites—out of the stadium.

Source: NY Post