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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/03/qatar-world-cup-of-shame/
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/03/qatar-world-cup-of-shame/
Youhavinagiraffe
And massive corruption by FIFA
Stuey1221
Did anyone expect anything less?
breothskin
FIFA, making the IOC and the FIA look responsible….
Bunnies007
FIFA and the International Olympic Commitee - basically roving dictatorships.
Kezabee
Also, if attending, you absolutely MUST NOT be gay. It is completely unacceptable /s
Treius
I'm still mad that Tokyo lost the bid. They promised holograms
zysis
People will notice the human farming model is larger than this one day...
KillEmAlllllllllllwithkindness
Did you watch the ESPN+ film about it this week?
Higure
McD's and CocaCola, being proud sponsors of the world cup for ages, are strangely quiet about it this time around.
Elgirav87
Also enablers of obesitas and high blood pressure. Even more crimes against humanity.
WeAreTheRobots
Never should have happened here, it was a sham from the day they announced it. This will forever soil the FIFA world cup. Not watching it
GlenL
A stadium built with corpses!
Xalaqia
How much of the field would 1000 corpses cover?
Cheerfulinsanity
Noksus
When money talks, nobody can hear anything else
Hefelump
Well, neither me nor any of my friends are watching sooo..
BootsDusty
LovelyMover
Gaaad those marks look like blood stains at first glance
fudgesickle
Nothing of substance was done by anyone/any country for years and now everyone is up in arms. They're all in it for the money.
MonsieurToastt
Love football but I will NOT be watching/supporting this bullshit! Wish players and teams would boycott as well but money talks right ?
arthurvanhoudt
AND estimated between 7,500 and 15,000 deaths! IMHO a lot. But Qatar prince says it were only 3.
Xalaqia
Wikipedo
Qatar: "almost nobody died for the World Cup". China: "almost nobody died of Covid". World:
GlenL
Well, those are the ones he personally killed
Secretsquirrel312
And also by institutional homophobia!
Thisisnotreallymyname
How I wish activists could secretly stain the grass with blood red paint right before a match.
Donkeyhill
Brought to you by corruption
historycat
And climate destruction.
Blabulus
Ya its gross to hold it in a slave country!
raelbear
I love watching football but I am 100% boycotting the world cup in Quatar.
malachilenomade
IDK much about football but I know FIFA is corrupt as hell so this isn't a surprise.
CaptainShrug
And they'll still make billions, and nothing will fucking change.
poderous
They will lose, overall, billions. The cost was stupendous, and projected earnings won’t nearly cover it
masteryoplait
Why do people think corporations have ethics. They are only legally required to profit. We also need to stop idolizing rich people.
Youhavinagiraffe
What do you think you're responding to? The post is from Amnesty International... which is a human rights organisation not a corporation
masteryoplait
FIFA.
masteryoplait
The post is AI’s view of the Qatar World Cup which FIFA & Seth Blatter pushed hard to only now to say it was a mistake. He knew but ❤️’s $$$
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
Quatar will gain very little from this. Hosting these things is a disaster for just about every country that does it.
Youhavinagiraffe
Many countries lose money hosting the World Cup or Olympics. What they really wanted was to sport-wash their reputation... oops!
SheepySleepySmuggler
In the past, Summer Olympics and Football World Cups usually resulted in a boost in facilities and tourism that resulted...
SheepySleepySmuggler
...in a net benefit to the country. The Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 was the last Olympics to make a profit and the scale of the losses...
SheepySleepySmuggler
...since 2000 has been significant ($1.7bn+)
SheepySleepySmuggler
By "they" you mean FIFA, the corrupt, soulless governing body of world soccer?
Falkh12
they likely already made billions just by letting Qatar host the world cup
SheepySleepySmuggler
My understanding of the funding model is that FIFA get an initial payment from the winning bidder of around $800m but...
SheepySleepySmuggler
...more importantly ALL television/streaming rights and a significant portion of hospitality and seat allocation for "VIPs" with...
SheepySleepySmuggler
...the host getting some ticket revenue along with merchandise/stadium concessions. Given that Qatar reportedly spent...
butthurtnevergetsbetter
The thing that gets me the most is how nobody, absolutely nobody is withdrawing from it.
AlexSomething
"It's not the solution, we need to use this opportunity to..." unintelligible political bullshit that translates to "we like money too much"
arthurvanhoudt
¥€$
Asgth
It's football, they could execute 100 children before the match and the crowd would cheer because they get to see football afterwards.
elgalileo
In France several major towns won't diffuse the matches on public space, and a few newpapers won't cover the event.
Ninjainslippers
I can see why the players want to play, and I can see why the monied interests want them to but jesus even by WC standards this is bad.
Elgirav87
They dont make that much money, for them its showcasing their skills. Like an ego boost
Ninjainslippers
I can tell you don't follow football. A good WC performance by a lesser-known player is basically a guarantee of a huge contract.
Archeron
They ? don't ? care ?
datester35
They've got no monetary reason to
billstranger
Ian on HIGNFY at least "politely" ripped into the footballer host this week who will be a commentator in qatar. At least gets discussion.
Kightzeareau
That would send a message. The amount of revenue lost would be vast but still would not compare to the loss of life that was put into it.
Maviyakuku
And risk Fifa's wrath?
Gelantious
Money!
JustHereForTheMemes0321
MR KRABBSS!
whitebbwolf
RenHero
Same thing with the Beijing Olympics. "Autocratic country, untold horrors, global pandemic... my life means nothing if I don't do this."
Bunnies007
Sepp Blatter admits that it was a huge mistake to award the competition to Qatar - but said nothing about quitting and did nothing more.
baltec1
And not because of the high death toll either, it's because it's "too small a country"
Bunnies007
I wish he had gone further, but basically he's just a football politician.
Wikipedo
Only because his cheque has cleared
Hemproski
It's not that some don't want to but money from FIFA could be cut off if they don't participate... it's pure FIFA's blackmail I'm sure
n0n53n53
some teams are wearing tshirts, some are saying it shouldn't have happened, but all are going
LerryV2
New car caviar 4 star daydream, I think I'll buy a football team. ---- Its all about making that money
Omegatherion
The italian team does boycott the world cup though...?
Brainpudding
You don't have to be mean like that. Imgur is for the laughs, not for murder.. :D
lelevup
Marcolorn
We lost on purpose because of the slavery thing! /s
GoopyBoogerSnotOnYourHotdog
Rofl
Dapperworth
FIFA what an amazing organisation, nothing sketchy about them. Squeaky clean.
lljkstonefish
Crooked as a duck's dick
Bunnies007
And their sporting cousins, The International Olympic Commitee!
lljkstonefish
Dunno much about the man, but what a name! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Pound
Semphir
At least there doesn’t seem to be much hype. It starts in what? 2 weeks? And no pre-world cup shows or nothing.
Semphir
Also.. It's supposed to be in the summer. In a country that doesn’t murder workers. Where being gay isn't considered a disease etc etc...
Semphir
Im not watching. No one should. If the teams wont stand up, and governments wont, then it's up to us.
Lovethesmelloftoastedsourdoughbread
I love football but I am boycotting this.
billstranger
Don't give a shit about football, as a CAD, but have lots of expat friends and usually follow along with them and their teams in WC.
billstranger
Neither myself nor any of them have any appetite for it this year. Gross.
DownUnderDanny
I'm an Australian, so this tournament is practically in my time zone. We qualified too. Still boycotting.
drunkcat
DammitCarlYouCantEvenSee
If you want to boycott and still watch the games, lets all use illegal streams!
Thekindofkindlyman
Can we do that? VPN (very probably no)
YourFriendTommyBoy
Finally, someone with a solution
BiggerThanANormalHat
I don’t know a ton on the subject, but couldn’t you just watch on TV if you aren’t reporting to Nielsen? Or better yet, register then lie
DaithiUK
Most of my football loving friends have complained but all say they'll watch it. Sack kicking is more important than lives in this world.
Badprenup
I'd rather get kicked in the sack than watch a game of football. And that goes for both the worldwide and US versions
reallyreally1
Like everyone with Disney some years ago. Uighur camps, HK, etc. People here prefer to talk about baby yoda and their other stuf.Hypocrites.
Dolenmorgul
I'm pretty sure this will be the least watched fifa world cup ever, it's a summer event to start with and Qatar has nothing with football
Wikipedo
Or winter, if you're in the Northern hemisphere, where the biggest football audience (Europe) is
erne1
Yes but it's in Qatar. The point is it's gonna be hot as hell there, horrible conditions for playing football.
Dolenmorgul
Okay Drax, that was my point, it's supposed to be a summer event, in July and not november
Wikipedo
Everyone knows that!