That’s concerning for sure. Human rights should never take a back seat in global events like the World Cup. It’s important for FIFA to stay accountable and consider these reports seriously; the impact goes beyond just sports.
Nihil sub sole novum.
FIFA follows the money and the reason is simple: they have to compete with the insane privatized corporate climate that is association football today. Nobody is playing for the fame and recognition anymore, it’s all about publicity, market value and prize money, and those require funds.
Saudi-Arabia benefits off of that by being able to sportswash their unjust regime, FIFA benefits by being able to hold an event. Qatar was the same deal, nobody gives a crap about football there as one could easily see.
That’s what endstage capitalism calls “innovation”.
nobody gives a crap about football there as one could easily see
no, it is very popular
Fifa be lik: “Today I feel Saudi, I feel Arab, I feel African, I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker…”
FIFA is a rotten, corrupt organisation anyway so it’s no surprise.
Giving Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup has been a longtime coming. The 2030 World Cup was split across South America, Africa and Europe, yes really, under the banner of it being the ‘centennial cup’. Of course they could have held it all in South America, Uruguay being the original hosts.
In World Cup rules once a continent has hosted the World Cup they can’t hold it again for a certain period. So FIFA decided to hold it in three continents at the same time, thus reducing the available opportunities for 2034 and pretty much guaranteeing Saudi for 2034
A great video on this subject. https://youtu.be/q6h-a4GfYy4?si=npwu5xXxWScuPu1J
As if any other country that hosted it is much better. One past and future host is now enabling a genocide.
