The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Shambles

Sepp Blatter has today reiterated that the World Cup in 2022 will definitely take place in Qatar, despite the debate surrounding the countries summer temperatures and recent reports of 'slave-like' working conditions. FIFA have also announced that they are setting up a 'task-force' who will look into a winter-held tournament for the first time ever and make a decision in about 12 months.

Qatar 'won' the right to hold the 2022 world cup in December 2010, almost 3 years ago. I CAN believe that its taken  FIFA 3 years to find Qatar on a map, but can't believe that noone thought that it might be hot in the Middle-East in summer. 

I am a firm believer that moving the Qatar World Cup to

winter is a poor idea. When talking about this, my friend Luke made a point that I completely agree with. When the issue first arose and a winter tournament was considered, Qatar should have had to rebid for the World Cup against Japan, South Korea, USA & Australia with their bid centred around being held in winter. Then, if they won the bid, they could go ahead and mess with the world's football calender. The fact of the matter is, noone voted for a winter World Cup in 2022.

Qatar's Crazy Stadia Designs

I believe that the USA should have won the right to hold the World Cup, although obviously I don't know the specifics of the bid. Russia won the bid over the UK because FIFA thought that the tournament could invigorate football in Russia. By that same logic, 'soccer' would see a huge surge in popularity across the pond if all the world stars came calling.

Saying that, who is surprised to see FIFA, with Sepp Blatter at the helm, make questionable choices. The man is an idiot.

"What Am I doing?" - Sepp Blatter