July- August temperatures at 8:14 AM in Doha, Qatar
At this point the reasons why Qatar should not host the 2022 World Cup are many. We could point to corruption and vote rigging, migrant workers dying because of inhumane conditions, the Qatari government’s tacit support for ISIS jihadis vitiating the neighbourhood, making the World Cup a magnet for terrorist attacks.
None of this seems to faze Sepp Blatter, adamant the 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar come what may. Now, a resetting of the reason why it should not be a host is an oldie but a goodie. Qatar’s heat will not go away and if our energy policy is still finding more fossil fuel, then climate change will actually make those temperatures in eight years, rise even higher than 50.4 degrees C, the record so far. This is real. And something that was a matter of concern, long before the others came along. Shifting the World Cup to the cooler winter will also meet with resistance from many of the leagues around the world.
In reality, all the other reasons carry a far graver import but arguing it out deals in the abstract. It’s hard to prove vote rigging, the conditions of migrant workers should improve after all the negative press, and ISIS’s threat diminished and Qatar’s hand forced by the Arab League. Theo Zwanziger’s scorching temperature worries deals with the practical. FIFA is unstoppable when it comes to practicing and concealing every form of corruption but even they should know the devastating consequences of a lawsuit resulting from heat stroke.
Hello, my name is Madi. After reading this article, I have come to agree that the 2022 World Cup should not be held in Qatar. The conditions are not acceptable for such an event across the whole country. Not only is the weather too hot for a sport like soccer, but the events occuring in the countries around should hinder that competition.
Madi, I agree. The extreme hot weather is just one of the many factors. There are more important moral and political reasons, Qatar treats its immigrant workers inhumanely and it is situated in a very volatile neighbourhood compromising the safety of the fans and the players. They go against FIFA’s mission of promoting fairness and healthy competition