Opinion: The Greed and Intolerance of Trump’s World Cup Shame Us All

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I spent my birthday in Italy for the 1990 World Cup, and I was unable to buy an alcoholic drink.

It wasn’t that I was too young to order one, but because the Italian authorities had banned booze in the stadiums and nearby bars on game days to prevent the kind of hooliganism that was shaming the sport in Europe at the time.

The beautiful game had become tarnished by the ugly behavior of a small minority of violent thugs.

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