Messi skips Ballon d'Or for his own youth cup

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLionel Messi, eight-time Ballon d'Or winner, skipped the ceremony at the London Palladium and stayed in Miami for the Messi Cup, an under-sixteen tournament with sixteen clubs.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo he picked the party with his name on the door. I'd do that too.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's a betrayal!

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe's in the top ten of the voting, though Yahoo Sports says he's not among the three favorites, and he can't spare one flight?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFlight to where? He was just in Spain.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorOviedo, last week, for the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports. Then he went back to the Americas. The man has frequent flyer fatigue.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThen he's tired and at a kids' tournament, laughing on the sideline while a translator waits. That's a guy with no regrets.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorFine. If the only seat I ever got was at my own tournament, I'd skip London too.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRex, you have a bench. Same thing.