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Bring Back Shame
At 6:33 · chapter starts 6:00
Sparked by footage of the South Korean team being shamed at Seoul airport, Bobby makes his case: public shaming would make athletes try harder, and he's prepared to design culturally specific punishments. American players get banned from Cracker Barrel, Costco, and AM/PM for five years. The Netherlands, who lost to Morocco, get banned from brothels. Russia's team goes to a gulag. Germany, who lost to Paraguay, should spend time at Auschwitz. Bobby then grounds the bit in reality: North Korea allegedly sent every player and coach to a mining facility for a year after their 8-1 loss to Portugal. Andrew reads out that Saddam Hussein's son Uday, who ran Iraq's Olympic Committee, reportedly tortured and imprisoned players after embarrassing losses [1] — Andrew Santino "Uday Hussein tortured Iraqi soccer players after losses: Andrew read aloud that Saddam Hussein's son Uday, who headed the Iraqi Olympic Com…" 09:13 . The bit lands because the escalation is so specific — and because some of it is apparently true.
Bobby makes a serious-ish case for bringing back public shaming rituals for World Cup losers — no Cracker Barrel for US players, Korean players in a gulag, the Netherlands banned from brothels. The bit escalates into North Korea's actual manual labor consequences and Uday Hussein's legendary brutality.
Bobby recounted that after North Korea's 8-1 loss to Portugal in the World Cup, every player and coach was reportedly sent to a mining facility for a year of manual labor.
Andrew read aloud that Saddam Hussein's son Uday, who headed the Iraqi Olympic Committee, reportedly tortured and imprisoned national soccer players following embarrassing losses.
