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the real problem with the Qatar World Cup
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:28 pm
corruption and calendar disruptions pale in comparison, yet this puzzlingly is getting much less coverage.
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:46 pm to Draconian Sanctions
That was the main issue at first, but I think people are just starting to live with the fact that human rights don't exist in Qatar or that region of the world.
Truly sad.
Truly sad.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:48 pm to McCaigBro69
yeah at some point it's just like what is it that I can do? but then I heard dumbass Gary Neville saying that Qatar "deserves" the World Cup and everyone just needs to "get over it" and it just set me off abut it all over again.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:58 pm to Draconian Sanctions
If I was a soccer star I would strongly consider boycott.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:07 pm to RollTide4Ever
Unfortunately, when these players only get two, maybe three, shots at the World Cup, boycotting isn't an appealing option.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:25 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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the real problem with the Qatar World Cup
Everything. Just, everything.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:29 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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yeah at some point it's just like what is it that I can do?
Exactly. Like am I going to stop buying FIFA, watching soccer, buying jerseys? Nope. As much as I hate to say it I pretty much just drown it out.
Im not going over there, because i'd prefer to not get ISIS'd. The fact that no government has been like, "hey guys, we should really just tell FIFA that were boycotting the next two WC's" is beyond me. If someone of actual prestige would do it now it could maybe have an effect instead of the year before the tournament.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:37 pm to McCaigBro69
Wasn't this an issue in Brazil too?
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:51 pm to RTR America
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Wasn't this an issue in Brazil too?
Brazil's issue was taxpayers' money going towards stadium when they were already in tremendous debt.
A farcry from slavery.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:55 pm to Broski
Yeah I knew it wasn't as bad as slavery, but I thought I remembered there were some stories about terrible conditions for the workers there too.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:09 am to RTR America
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Yeah I knew it wasn't as bad as slavery, but I thought I remembered there were some stories about terrible conditions for the workers there too.
Im sure there were, what else can you expect from a country with favelas though?
Do Brazil/Qatar and other developing countries just not have workers rights? The Soccer board should run Fifa. We would do better.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 3:17 am to McCaigBro69
Anyone would do better.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 3:50 am to cwil177
Yeah, Brazil had a couple of bad accidents. However, considering the amount of construction, nothing that out of line with massive projects in other first world nations, where construction accidents happen all too frequently and, unfortunately, safety measure are often given short shrift with an eye to profit as well.
Qatar, on the other hand, seems to be more closely following the model the ancient Egyptians established in constructing the pyramids in terms of safety protocol and labor conditions/dynamics.
Qatar, on the other hand, seems to be more closely following the model the ancient Egyptians established in constructing the pyramids in terms of safety protocol and labor conditions/dynamics.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 5:57 am to Draconian Sanctions
It seems that soccer is more corrupt than boxing. Internationally and leagues.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:43 am to Tigertown in ATL
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It seems that soccer is more corrupt than boxing. Internationally and leagues.
Internationally it is corrupt as it gets IMO as bad as boxing. The leagues (outside of Italy) I would say are truly competitive (not corrupt)
There are several problems with the WC in Qatar, getting ISIS'd would be at the top for me.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:47 am to Draconian Sanctions
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The British company says on its website that subcontractors are required to abide by the health and safety standards applicable in the United Kingdom. Wages, living conditions and employment rights must comply with Qatari labour laws.
Wow, I just read the article again. Amazing how they negotiated that as part of the contract, no?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:48 am to cwil177
Russia is pretty bad too
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:23 am to Tigertown in ATL
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It seems that soccer is more corrupt than boxing. Internationally and leagues.
Yep, and with the scale it just makes things that much worse.
I really wish the American Federations would strongly consider a boycot and possibly Euro following suit.
The US could easily hold a patchwork world cup, we'd literally have to do almost nothing from a infrastructure standpoint.
Really is a shame, and nothing beautiful about it other than the chair members getting their pockets lined with blood and oil money.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:33 am to STLhog
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Yep, and with the scale it just makes things that much worse.
I really wish the American Federations would strongly consider a boycot and possibly Euro following suit.
The US could easily hold a patchwork world cup, we'd literally have to do almost nothing from a infrastructure standpoint.
Really is a shame, and nothing beautiful about it other than the chair members getting their pockets lined with blood and oil money.
We'll get a good feel for how it will go with Russia, IMO.
With the whole Crimea thing and with Putin getting crazier by the day, who knows what's going to happen politically. I know our politics with Russia are much more personal, than say, what Qatar is doing with a bunch of migrant workers, but it will be the closest example we'll have I think.
I remember when City played their group stage game in Moscow back in 2013 and Toure said he suffered through some racial abuse that it wasn't out of the question for whatever African countries who qualify to boycott it.
Who decides to boycott by the way? I mean will the president just say, "Nope, you guys can't go", or is it the soccer federation?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:40 am to McCaigBro69
Well the Russian clubs on the reg play behind closed door.
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