Football officials around the world are currently discussing the pros and cons of holding the 2022 FIFA World Cup during a Qatar summer, with the traditional months of June and July being a sticking point due to the summer heat.
With temperatures reaching up to 50 degrees and despite Qatar’s ‘promise’ to have air conditioned stadia, there are genuine concerns around the health of players and fans during a demanding tournament.
However one question sticks in the throat and that is why award a country the rights to host such a prestigious event without these questions being fully answered in the first place.
Putting aside the hue and cry of a fixed FIFA ballot, the rules for holding the World Cup were plain and simple:
“One host country to undertake the competition during June and July 2018 and 2022.”
Now the goalposts (pardon the pun) are being moved, which will have a huge impact on the rest of the footballing world.
The solution is clear and simple, both from a health and infrastructure perspective, which is to award another country the rights to hold the 2022 tournament.
Its easy for FIFA to hide behind the spin and say they are looking to “expand the brand”.
But with Qatar having only one million people and with talk of FIFA wanting some surrounding countries to assist with the burden, it is hard to football fans to swallow.
‘It’s the turn of the middle east to hold the World Cup.’
Ok, then when is the Antarctic going to hold the competition (well you get my drift).
This is about one thing and one thing only – money.
FIFA (with UEFA now towing the line) are performing a huge backflip in changing their own rules to accommodate the world’s number one sporting competition in what is nothing more than a ‘desert’, from both a population and expansion view point.
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