O/T Qatar World Cup

[ramAnag]

It’s at least twelve years since Qatar won/bought their World Cup bid, Sith. I think if there were going to be questions raised about the ‘appropriateness’ of holding the competition in a country with such a poor human rights record (as I agree there should have been) it should have been done then. Raising questions on the eve of the competition seems a bit daft to me.

Agree with you about the time of year...doesn’t feel quite right to me...but I can see the point of commentators/summarisers actually being there rather than just watching on TV.

[SithHappens]

It’s at least twelve years since Qatar won/bought their World Cup bid, Sith. I think if there were going to be questions raised about the ‘appropriateness’ of holding the competition in a country with such a poor human rights record (as I agree there should have been) it should have been done then. Raising questions on the eve of the competition seems a bit daft to me.

Agree with you about the time of year...doesn’t feel quite right to me...but I can see the point of commentators/summarisers actually being there rather than just watching on TV.

Yes you are right of course. I'd have done it post qualifying leaving them with a bit gap to fill. But i dont think its ever to late the question the holding of this tournament, from its clearly corrupt voting to the time of year to the record the country has on human rights.

I think for pitch side pundits etc its ok, but those in the studio who never leave the studio other than to play rounds of golf on the tax payer etc then being in the Uk is enough. Didnt this happen a few years ago? they only went out for the quarters on or something like that.

[Andy_Faber]

Yes you are right of course. I'd have done it post qualifying leaving them with a bit gap to fill. But i dont think its ever to late the question the holding of this tournament, from its clearly corrupt voting to the time of year to the record the country has on human rights.

I think for pitch side pundits etc its ok, but those in the studio who never leave the studio other than to play rounds of golf on the tax payer etc then being in the Uk is enough. Didnt this happen a few years ago? they only went out for the quarters on or something like that.

Used to happen all the time, in many sports. In late 70s/early 80s F1 many commentaries were done from the UK and the commentators got their background info from feeds from other countries!