FIFA has NO soul (sold whatever semblance of a soul they had) – disgusting…case & point, Saudi Arabia just won the rights to the next available FIFA World Cup (2034)…
Before i even mention FIFA’s worrying recent pattern, here is Amnesty International’s article outline TEN reasons Saudi Arabia is violating human rights in the PRESENT DAY: [https://www.amnesty.org.uk/saudi-arabia-human-rights-raif-badawi-king-salman](https://www.amnesty.org.uk/saudi-arabia-human-rights-raif-badawi-king-salman) )
In 2018 we had a World Cup in Russia where pro LGBTQ sentiment can get you jailed and there are MANY reports of human rights violations/ethnic cleansing etc (obv leading to Ukraine but in fairness that wasnt known at the time)…bad but it just gets worse…
Then in 2022 we just had a world cup in Qatar, the most divisive location yet – known for human rights violations, inequality for women and thousands of migrant workers dying while building the stadiums AND the fact you can be jailed for being gay there and despite many vocal protests FIFA still went ahead with it – but learned NOTHING from the backlash as viewership and Messi winning a WC brought in plenty of money…
And now the next world cup up for grabs (2034) is going to ANOTHER nation known for even worse human right violations & anti LGBTQ stance and that treats women awfully in Saudi Arabia?!?
And based on how many quality venues exist there now they’ll have the same issue Qatar had which IS a prob they have the money to throw at but it will def end up being another blight on FIFA’s ‘equality’ record and likely end with many migrant worker deaths as they build stadiums over the next decade in preparation… I thought FIFA was supposed to be about ‘inclusivity and equality’ – (no they’re about MONEY) and thats IT….im not gonna lie and say i wont watch and even admit my family will likely get tix to see England play if they’re making a run which i know ‘enables FIFA’ so i admit to that hyprocrisy, but again, im one person, while \*they\* represent and regulate the most popular sport in the world…obv there’s been tons of issues with FIFA in the past (Sepp Blatter could have a whole rant just about his BS over the years)
Anyway, i dont thikn you need to be a “social justice warrior” or frankly even care about LGBTQ issues (or even misogyny though we all have a Mum so fk misogyny imo) to realize the human right violations ALONE are a good enough reason to try and appeal to FIFA to retract this decision (btw does anyone know if thats possible/has happened before as far as people protesting/petitioning to change the host nation?)
Thoughts?
\*sorry i had to pick between flair of ‘long post’ or ‘serious discussion’ so apologies for lack of brevity
by DannyBarsRaps
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Who cares just like the qatar world cup all of you are going to be watching every game. The route that the game has gone is ridiculous before i would watch every game now i don’t even care if barcelona plays real madrid, qatar was the wc were i saw the least games, literally saw no knockout games and didn’t cared about the final.
They’ve simply gone from back room deals and bribery scandals to being up front that the hosting is for sale to whoever is willing to back up trucks of money to their front door and start shovelling.
I didn’t watch games in Russia and I’d probably not watch Saudi. Hopefully their football project flops. I’ll be even more disgusted if they get the women’s World Cup they’re also going for.
FIFA need to be disrupted. They don’t own football.
Why are they just rewarding countries with the right to host? That isn’t right and unfair