So, I applied for a press pass to cover World Cup games in Kansas City (and that would be a real stretch of the definition of "coverage," it is just a flimsy pretense for going.) And I'm pretty sure I've been denied (or at least no one has gotten a response to me.) My hat has remained in the ring to work under contract as a broadcast engineer, but it looks like most of the rights owners are sending their own in-house engineers (most times it costs less to hire a local than arrange travel for your own.) My lack of success in scoring a free way into a match means I probably won't be going. Oh well, I'll try again for Olympics in 2028.
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The World Cup is coming to Dallas, and anything more than 5 miles south of here in Plano will be off limits when the time comes as far as I'm concerned. DFW is a clusterfuck of traffic on any given Tuesday; I can't imagine what it's going to look like when it's hosting the world's most popular sport for a whole month. I'm officially of the mindset that attending major sporting events isn't my bag unless it's the 49ers or any F1 race I could ever possibly afford; anything else simply wouldn't be worth the bother.
In other news, Jannik Sinner was beaten in the Roland-Garros. Poor guy has been playing his ass off, non-stop, for 3 months straight, winning everything, taking back the world #1 ranking, breaking records, and it all caught up to him when he started cramping in a match he was winning handily against Juan Manuel Cerundolo. So for the first time in a LONG time, a tennis championship will be won by someone other than Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner. There's a lot of talent out there waiting to prove themselves, but I imagine once Alcaraz and Sinner are back to form, it'll be business as usual between the two of them fighting at the top with 3rd place being basically as coveted/as reasonable an expectation as 1st.
That's why I was trying to get in for free. I'll fight traffic for a big event. I'll pay for the privilege to fight traffic... for fewer big events. Especially if it involves the Truman Sports Complex. It takes an hour to getting in and out for a well attended Royals game.