Qatar 2022

[Gassin's finest]

Jokes.

 

[Annabel]

I don’t like football and politics mixing. However there was a huge opportunity to break up FIFA and start again with a new non-corrupt organisation when they announced this World Cup.
I’d still support any player that boycotted it but I understand why they won’t.
personally I’m not going to watch this World Cup and I’m going to try and boycott its sponsors, but HTF do you boycott VISA for example? McDonald’s, Budweiser and Adidas I can live without.

 

[UncleBuck]

The World Cup is now set to start one day earlier on November 20. Originally we were going to have four matches on the opening day with Qatar playing Ecuador in the third match of the day. Now Qatar will play Ecuador on the 20th and be the only match of the day like we've seen in previous World Cups.

World Cup set to start one day earlier than planned

The World Cup is set to start one day earlier than planned on Sunday, 20 November with hosts Qatar taking on Ecuador.

www.bbc.com

I wonder if this’ll be to do with reported viewing figures, they probably thought they could buy the narrative by playing the four games in one day by saying there were 140 million viewers globally, however, there’s no hiding place if you’ve only got the hosts playing on the Traditional opening day as who on earth is going to bother tuning in, for whatever their reasoning to abstain….

 

[UncleBuck]

I don’t like football and politics mixing. However there was a huge opportunity to break up FIFA and start again with a new non-corrupt organisation when they announced this World Cup.
I’d still support any player that boycotted it but I understand why they won’t.
personally I’m not going to watch this World Cup and I’m going to try and boycott its sponsors, but HTF do you boycott VISA for example? McDonald’s, Budweiser and Adidas I can live without.

Surprised to see Budweiser as a sponsor actually as I’d have thought they wouldn’t have been allowed, just shows how much interest I’ve got.

 

[LSUY]

Surprised to see Budweiser as a sponsor actually as I’d have thought they wouldn’t have been allowed, just shows how much interest I’ve got.

Shows how much FIFA values money. The fact that FIFA can force a strict Muslim country to accept alcohol in order to appease Budweiser shows that the only group that can stop FIFA is its corporate sponsors.

 

[Tucker]

I don’t like football and politics mixing. However there was a huge opportunity to break up FIFA and start again with a new non-corrupt organisation when they announced this World Cup.
I’d still support any player that boycotted it but I understand why they won’t.
personally I’m not going to watch this World Cup and I’m going to try and boycott its sponsors, but HTF do you boycott VISA for example? McDonald’s, Budweiser and Adidas I can live without.

You can only do so much. Visa is one of those things that’s entwined with the way we live, even if you have a Mastercard/maestro card many shops and business process your card through visa etc.

Sometimes you just have to deal with the people you don’t want to. Doesn’t mean you have to like it.

 

[Dead Ringer]

Every country with a pair of balls should launch their World Cup kit as the rainbow flag colours. And if they can’t do that, then at least have the warm up tracksuits as such

 

[Bobbins]

You'd hope a good few of the players will be wearing stuff they can get away with like rainbow laces etc.

 

[cwy21]

Every country with a pair of balls should launch their World Cup kit as the rainbow flag colours. And if they can’t do that, then at least have the warm up tracksuits as such

With the US, England and Wales being in a group with Iran, you could see something like this causing a stir.

 

[Pochemon94]

why do i have a feeling that there will be no stories about anything on the air about drunken arrests and stuff of that sort and the nightmare of trying to go through the legal process over there but I just got a feeling there will be a massive problem of drinking in the streets and will lead to a ton of arrests. I think i read that there will be designated drinking zones... good luck with that

 

[yawa]

why do i have a feeling that there will be no stories about anything on the air about drunken arrests and stuff of that sort and the nightmare of trying to go through the legal process over there but I just got a feeling there will be a massive problem of drinking in the streets and will lead to a ton of arrests. I think i read that there will be designated drinking zones... good luck with that

I have worked in Doha and spent a few days there on transit on the way to the family in Asia.

You can get beer/alcohol in hotels in the same way you can in a number of Middle Eastern countries.

Why do you think there will be problems? Surely even the someone who is semi intelligent is going to follow the rules of the country they’re visiting.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Shows how much FIFA values money. The fact that FIFA can force a strict Muslim country to accept alcohol in order to appease Budweiser shows that the only group that can stop FIFA is its corporate sponsors.

Or that strict dogma turns out to be a load of bollocks in the face of making a shit ton of money.

 

[Tucker]

why do i have a feeling that there will be no stories about anything on the air about drunken arrests and stuff of that sort and the nightmare of trying to go through the legal process over there but I just got a feeling there will be a massive problem of drinking in the streets and will lead to a ton of arrests. I think i read that there will be designated drinking zones... good luck with that

I don’t think it’s going to be an issue. From what I’ve seen the World Cup is going to be it’s own little city within a city. They’ll likely allow the fans that can afford to be there some leeway.

Religous dogma is for the oppression of their own people, not visiting foreigners/infidels that have money to spend.

Besides, the whole reason they bought the World Cup in the first place is to sports wash their reputation as a backwards oppressive kingdom run by zealots. Can’t do that if their police are rounding up the people their trying to convince otherwise.

 

[Danners9]

I have worked in Doha and spent a few days there on transit on the way to the family in Asia.

You can get beer/alcohol in hotels in the same way you can in a number of Middle Eastern countries.

Why do you think there will be problems? Surely even the someone who is semi intelligent is going to follow the rules of the country they’re visiting.

when I went to Doha I had to have my passport scanned to enter the hotel bar - although it wasn't my hotel, so maybe that's why. I was told by friends there, residents of Qatar, that they had been picked up by the police for public intoxication while trying to open the front gate of their own house. That's pretty unlucky.

I was drunk frequently in Muscat, Oman. Never a problem. Never any need for ID either. Only at the booze shop where you needed a permit approved by your employer with a spending limit of 10% of your salary per month.

 

[Armstrong_11]

I have worked in Doha and spent a few days there on transit on the way to the family in Asia.

You can get beer/alcohol in hotels in the same way you can in a number of Middle Eastern countries.

Why do you think there will be problems? Surely even the someone who is semi intelligent is going to follow the rules of the country they’re visiting.

I am pretty sure they will be a bit more relaxed with tourists visiting for the tournament. Alcohol will be sold in a stadium, but obviously, they are not available to locals, I am not sure if they will have a separate area for the locals just in case there are flying beer cups.

personally, i think its all going to be fine. Qatar would love to get more tourist dollars, not just for the tournament but for the future as well.

 

[yawa]

when I went to Doha I had to have my passport scanned to enter the hotel bar - although it wasn't my hotel, so maybe that's why. I was told by friends there, residents of Qatar, that they had been picked up by the police for public intoxication while trying to open the front gate of their own house. That's pretty unlucky.

That also happens in UAE as well. Either way most people I know that visit the Euro's or World Cup's and have been to the last 3-4 tournaments are giving this one a miss. Bit of a shame but they dont think its worth the hassle. More from a hotel and general transportation perspective.

Bring on 2026 i guess.

 

[Hakkz]

That also happens in UAE as well. Either way most people I know that visit the Euro's or World Cup's and have been to the last 3-4 tournaments are giving this one a miss. Bit of a shame but they dont think its worth the hassle. More from a hotel and general transportation perspective.

Bring on 2026 i guess.

Happy to hear that.

 

[teok]

 

[mightyspur]

I'm not even Welsh, but I now want them to win the WC

 

[Dead Ringer]

With the US, England and Wales being in a group with Iran, you could see something like this causing a stir.

Good, a stir is what should be caused!