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Welcome to the Qatar World Cup. Please Say Nice Things Only.
Posted on 11/18/22 at 9:22 am
Posted on 11/18/22 at 9:22 am
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Putting a World Cup in Qatar never made much sense, but now that it’s time for the planet’s biggest football-slash-soccer party to begin, let’s place aside our worries and pesky moralities, and get to the cold, unvarnished truth:
Everything is going to be great, great, great, great, the best World Cup ever, no question about it!
Enjoy the 2022 World Cup, everyone!
Am I doing this right?
I’m trying. FIFA, soccer’s oft-scandalized, barely-credible governing body would very much prefer if everyone shelved their concerns about the first-time host and turned their focus to the pitch.?? They’ve admonished teams to do exactly that.
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Organizers have made it clear: They think it’s time to stop harping on years-long claims of mistreatment of migrant workers to build the zillions in new stadia to make the Cup happen—a scenario created by soccer’s willingness to give the Cup to a place utterly lacking in necessary infrastructure.
They’d like everyone to chill about Qatar’s ban on homosexuality—discrimination recently underlined by a yikes comment from a Qatari World Cup ambassador.
“Damage in the mind,” Khalid Salman said in an interview, according to Reuters.
Stop groaning that this World Cup—instead of happening in the traditional summer period—is kicking off in deep November, because of the, uh, rather obvious issue of having a major sporting event in one of the hottest countries on Earth.
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If nothing else, please, please, please: Don’t make a big deal about the beer situation. You should not come to Qatar expecting an SEC tailgate, but you will not go without a beverage.
“That drives me crazy,” a senior Qatari organizer told the Journal recently. “Anybody who wants to come to have a drink will be able to, you know, have a drink.”
Come on, everyone! There’s no reason not to take FIFA and the organizers at their word. Qatar 2022 is going to be fine, it really is—fantastic, in fact. Stop hand-wringing and paint your faces!
“We know football does not live in a vacuum and we are equally aware that there are many challenges and difficulties of a political nature all around the world,” the FIFA letter stated. “But please do not allow football to be dragged into every ideological or political battle that exists.”
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Posted on 11/18/22 at 9:26 am to ragincajun03
The Sicilians are choir boys compared to FIFA
Posted on 11/18/22 at 9:47 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 11/18/22 at 4:11 pm to ragincajun03
They stand by their beliefs, rest of the world be damned
Posted on 11/18/22 at 6:38 pm to ragincajun03
For you my friend I give number one World Cup. Very very special. Special price for you, pretty lady!
Posted on 11/19/22 at 9:04 am to AllDayEveryDay
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They stand by their beliefs, rest of the world be damned
Then don't invite the rest of the world to your country
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