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With the World Cup on, and there is still controversy about the 2022 World Cup which will be played in Qatar. It is apparently so hot in Qatar that they need the event to be held in winter, which unfortunately would coincide with the middle of the English Premier League and various other leagues in Europe – and that would mean that they will take a financial hit in that year which of course they are not prepared to do. They of course are objecting to a date switch, but if the World Cup is held, as it normally is, in June or July, Qatar will be too hot.
Qatar does not have much of a soccer tradition. At the moment fans are apparently paid to go to the games and get tickets to win prizes and given that you get tickets for supporting your side, many “fans” apparently during the day start supporting the one side at the beginning of the game and then go to the other side of the stadium and collect the prize tickets to support the other team for the second half of the game. If those were the only problems FIFA was facing, that would be fine, but there are allegations that the former Vice President of FIFA, Mohamed Bin Hamman paid R54 million to football officials around the world to win support for the bid. Out of FIFA’s six main sponsors, five of them have issued statements expressing concerns about the allegations of corruption and so a shadow hangs over the event at the moment and FIFA, under Sepp Blatter, seems to do little to try and uncover corruption in its ranks.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Friday 20-Jun-14
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Elektra said:
on Wednesday 25-Jun-14 09:18 AM
This is the worst place to hold a world cup, This area will not attract many tourists, and will definitely be more a loss than anything else, I really feel they should move the event somewhere else.
Kaylee said:
on Friday 20-Jun-14 01:47 PM
I had an 18 hour lay over in Qatar, pretty much the worst 18 hours ever.
I would love to go to the world cup, but I won't be planning on going if it is held in Qatar
Sorea said:
on Friday 20-Jun-14 09:25 AM
Huh, seems like FIFA and South African government has some things in common then. Sepp and Zuma must have had a whale of a time in 2010. I am sure they remain good friends.
Monique said:
on Friday 20-Jun-14 08:58 AM
Qatar was a bad idea clearly. Why there?! They should move the venue to somewhere more appropriate!
Juliet said:
on Friday 20-Jun-14 08:46 AM
Why did they even consider Qatar in the first place then. Poor decision making.
david said:
on Friday 20-Jun-14 08:46 AM
hmm... i've seen this soccer stuff before. It's similar to rugby, just that you aren't allowed to touch the ball with your hands.
Thabitha said:
on Friday 20-Jun-14 08:21 AM
I don't see a point of the World Cup going to Qatar because soccer is soccer because of the fans.
Jade said:
on Friday 20-Jun-14 08:09 AM
It is on my bucket list to travel overseas to go to another Fifa soccer world cup. I would absolutely love to be in Brazil right now.
I wouldn't, however, want to go to Qatar for the Fifa World Cup. It just doesn't make any sense whatsoever to have it there!
I hope that they decide to choose another African country to host the event instead. I will be looking forward to the Fifa World Cup in Russia in 2018 though.
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
