Sepp Blatter is an abomination.
When the President of FIFA jokes about the draconian ways in which gays are treated in Qatar, it’s a powerful indicator of how backward and corrupt the organization is. The decision to host the World Cup would be similar to giving the World Cup to South Africa . . . in 1982. FIFA has rewarded a country with no respect for fundamental human rights.
Sepp Blatter and Qatar deserve each other. And by the time 2022 rolls around, he’ll likely get the karma he deserves. There’s just too much contingency with Qatar 2022. Not-yet-built stadiums, which will require a not-yet-invented technology of outdoor air-conditioning. A fragile eco-system and a delicate political environment. Whenever you have a situation where everything must go right, or everything will go wrong, the laws of
probabilities tells us we can expect the latter more often than the former.
There’s a good chance Qatar 2022 will be a disaster. On the bright side, that will allow everyone to remember exactly the kind of man Sepp Blatter was.
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