Reply With QuoteI’m with you 100% on this one CF. One of the worst decisions ever made by FIFA.Originally Posted by crazyfists
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Do people think we should pull out? I've just been reading Southgates pre euro open letter and there's alot about footballers using their position to change things for the better. We take the knee and Rashford, Henderson and Sterling have all been doing various things for charity or to raise awareness. I don't see how we can do all that then go and play in Qatar, they don't go together at all. Personally I'd like to see us pull out, it's time people did something instead of just words.
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I’m with you 100% on this one CF. One of the worst decisions ever made by FIFA.
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France, England and Italy won't pull out. They have too many other interests that would suffer - no point even talking about it, it's an absolute non starter.
Some team like Norway could potentially do it, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Most likely some players who were never going to be picked/get injured before the tournament will speak out, and players will wear generic 'football for human rights' t shirts during the warm up.
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I agree with you completely. Sadly, money talks, and therefore the decision was made for all the wrong reasons.
If I am correct, the world football Calendar has been turned upside down to accommodate this decision.
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Like others have said. It should happen but won’t.
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And the spineless dicks at the F.A won't do anything
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That's about it. We all know that it's morally wrong, but unless all the top countries get together and agree to a boycott, one country in isolation doing it will only punish them. It would be great to think that all the major teams would make a stand and render it a non-tournament, but the lure of money will win just like it did when Qatar were given the nod.
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Just out of curiosity, how come this tournament has caught the public imagination so much in terms of a boycott?
Russia annexed a neighbouring country and shot down a passenger jet, and I don't remember fans calling for a boycott of the last World Cup.
China had the Olympics 13 years ago and you didn't really hear much about that.
You could find problematic issues with pretty much every country, especially the big ones (including the USA).
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One of the reasons Qatar were successful in bidding for the tournament was that they promised a summer tournament in air conditioned stadiums. Something that they promptly defaulted on, as soon as it was in the bag. And there’s also considerable suspicion of bribery having been used to support the bid. FIFA should have pulled out of this long ago, but didn’t. Now it’s too late because the stadiums have been built and Qatar will sue for zillions if FIFA pull out.
It would serve both FIFA and Qatar right if major teams pulled out but like others are saying, that seems highly unlikely. But maybe some individual players will do so, and good for them if they do.
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Fair point. International politics is a minefield. Few if any countries are without "sin" in the treatment of others or their own people, especially if you take historical actions into account as well as contemporary issues. Sometimes its a case of some countries just being smarter at hiding their depravity than others. And that's before you get into value judgements of what actually is "right" or "wrong", where opinion and interpretation can vary hugely depending on what part of the world you live and what culture you've been brought up in.
And besides, boycotting Russia or Qatar (or whoever) is only reacting to the symptom rather than addressing the cause. It is FIFA who are culpable for these suspicious decisions, so if fair-minded countries (whoever they are) are inclined to take a moral stance, it would make more sense for a massive number of countries - and more specifically their Football Associations - to withdraw from FIFA itself rather than boycott one particular FIFA event. If sufficient numbers of countries think the administration of football is corrupt and morally bankrupt, then they should set up an alternative governing body and literally deprive FIFA of its membership, power, influence and commercial income.
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