“Like Wrestling You Should Be Involved in Neither”: Billionaire Tony Khan’s Controversial One Word Take On American Soccer Leaves Twitter in Splits

Antony Rafiq Khan, popularly known as Tony Khan, is a very famous American promoter, businessman, and sports executive. Tony is famous for his involvement in wrestling, soccer, and American football. Tony’s father, Shahid Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL. Recently, Tony’s tweet caught the attention of Twitter users.

Tony made his mark in the industry when he announced his new venture, All Elite Wrestling. Tony is very famous for making controversial comments to promote his wrestling league. To be a successful promoter, one needs to be in the limelight every time. The Billionaire promoter has cracked the code and often finds a way to be a part of the discussion.

Tony Khan makes a controversial statement

Tony, through his venture AEW, is trying to overtake the WWE. Along with wrestling, soccer and American football are among his top domains of promotion. Recently, he responded to a tweet by the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team. The tweet made by the official account of the Men’s team was a part of the viral trend on Twitter. The trend of describing their Twitter account was taken up by many big corporations and companies with a large social media presence.

Describing the team’s account, USMNT tweeted “soccer.“ The topic of ‘soccer’ or ‘football’ is a never-ending debate. The game is popular in America and Canada as soccer but all over the world, it is called ‘football.’ This tweet raised eyebrows as well as became a topic of discussion on Twitter. Tony replied with “football.”

The billionaire, Tony Khan’s one-word controversial take on Soccer left Twitter in splits. Moreover, fans started to reply to his tweet with their opinions. Some supported him for his tweet whereas some condemned his take on the matter. A fan replied to his controversial take with, “And like wrestling, you should be involved in neither, but you won’t respond bc I’m not a mark“. Without a doubt, Twitter had a clear divide.

Fans react to Tony’s controversial take

Tony’s tweet became viral in no time. Here are some of the fan’s reactions:

A fan considered it to be the right terminology for the sport. He extended his support to Tony.

He received a lot of support from fans. Moreover, they even cheered for him.

Some fans who did not agree with Tony asked him to focus on wrestling.

He received some hate comments regarding his career too. Moreover, a user urged him not to be involved in soccer as well as wrestling

However, the discussion of football or soccer remains an unending topic.

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