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Boycott Qatar

The Great MES said:
If the FA are anything like Sky with their BLM and their hypocrisy towards the Saudis then they will follow the money and go there without a second thought.
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Very well put. Wonder if there are any elements of corruption involved in the selection process.

Any form of protest or boycott of the tournament will be meaningfull, it will get the fans message accross. But nothing else. It wont change a thing. Tournament will go ahead.
 

socrates said:
Very well put. Wonder if there are any elements of corruption involved in the selection process.

Any form of protest or boycott of the tournament will be meaningfull, it will get the fans message accross. But nothing else. It wont change a thing. Tournament will go ahead.
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Bungs according to what I have been reading.

The book, The Ugly Game
 
socrates said:
Very well put. Wonder if there are any elements of corruption involved in the selection process.

Any form of protest or boycott of the tournament will be meaningfull, it will get the fans message accross. But nothing else. It wont change a thing. Tournament will go ahead.
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It would be amazing if there was a plan for every nation to pull out at the last minute to cause maximum disruption. But sadly money talks and none of them will have enough of a conscience for this to happen.
 
The Great MES said:
It would be amazing if there was a plan for every nation to pull out at the last minute to cause maximum disruption. But sadly money talks and none of them will have enough of a conscience for this to happen.
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Amazing???

It would be a 100000- 1 shot.


Yet folk will be pacified by all the sanctimonious shite that the players come out with.
 
Bristol City said:
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Morning all!

Had an interesting chat with some mates last night about a potential fan led boycott of Qatar 2022. Writing this really just to gauge people’s opinions and to see if there would ever be sufficient support for it to be a realistic option.

The horrific human right abuses of workers getting the stadiums ready in time for the tournament are well documented and in many cases amounted to modern day slavery. Many lost their lives.

Could we collectively say enough is enough and ask the question to what depths is society willing to sink in order to promote the game we all love? These questions won’t be asked loudly at the top with so much money involved. What a huge statement it would make if broadcasters and sponsors were boycotted during the games. Something that could potentially trigger similar movements in areas other than football where corruption and human right abuses are rife.

I’d imagine for most, not watching England in a major tournament is unthinkable. Would an option be for one match to be boycotted? Something everyone could get on board with to send a strong message. Or at the very least show the families of those who died building the stadiums that there are people on the other side of the world who give a shit.

Like I said this isn’t a call to arms. Just a way of gaging opinion. If it is generally positive there’s no reason other forums can’t be contacted to see if something meaningful can be put together. With OTIB leading the way!

Have a good football less weekend. We all needed a break!

Rhinestone Wurzel
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good shout. Boycott it!
Bigger things in the world than football.
Football is frivolous in light of people’s human rights being abused.
 
chunkylover53 said:
Lives in China mind. Given their human rights record…
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I take your point, but the main difference is that the worker deaths in Qatar are as a direct result of the World Cup being held there. The alleged human rights violations in China are not happening because I'm teaching a group of 14 year olds what an adjective clause is. There's a difference, and quite a big one at that. No man is an island... I make my stand where I can.
 
Professor Yaffle said:
I take your point, but the main difference is that the worker deaths in Qatar are as a direct result of the World Cup being held there. The alleged human rights violations in China are not happening because I'm teaching a group of 14 year olds what an adjective clause is. There's a difference, and quite a big one at that. No man is an island... I make my stand where I can.
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Fair point
 
I usually try and move shifts around and put holidays in for World Cups and Euros. I won't be this time, I won't be watching any of it
 
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