We’ve been through this before. If this headline from the Guardian looks familiar, that’s because once again it paints a picture or FIFA’s corruption.
Migrant workers face ‘cycle of abuse’ in Saudi Arabia before World Cup, UN told
Leading up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, most soccer fans believed that Qatar couldn’t have been less deserving. First, the country is in the desert, has very little soccer history and it’s tiny. Qatar is slightly smaller than Connecticut and almost twice the size of Delaware. To accommodate Qatar’s extreme heat, FIFA actually moved the once-every-four-year summer tournament to the winter. This disrupted many countries’ regular league schedules.
Migrants in Qatar
The worst part of this was that Qatar used migrant workers from southeast Asia and treated them terribly. There is no definitive number but according to the Guardian, approximately 6500 migrants died while working on World Cup projects.
Back in 2019, I wrote a blog post about the Qatar World Cup. It pretty much repeats the reasons why Saudi Arabia should not be the World Cup host. It’s called Qatartroversy.
There have already been many complaints over FIFA’s decision to hold the games in Saudi Arabia.
Stay tuned. You’ll be hearing a lot more about this controversy.