World Cup Most liked posts in thread: Qatar World Cup shame, scandal and protest 2022.

They should have called FIFA's bluff, the logical consequence of the yellow card threat is that the captain is instantly booked at the start of each game, the captain refuses to take off the armband and is sent off, passing the armband on to the next player who is also double yellowed who passes it on to the next and the next and the match is abandoned. There's no way that FIFA would risk having to void every single England, Wales, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Begium and Switzerland match.

Anyway, it is what it is. Everyone knows how corrupt Fifa are, everyone knows how the tournament ended up in Qatar and everyone knows about the human rights issues and how many people have died to facilitate everything. I totally despise that snivelling cowardly hypocrite Infantino and FIFA for how they continue to tarnish football but I'll continue to watch the England and Wales matches and maybe even a few others but the tournament has been devalued and I hate how FIFA have made every single football fan complicit in their arseholery.

 

Outlawed.... ? surprised it's not compulsory but give it time I suppose ...

 

Despite all that it has been a cracking tournament on the field

 

It would be an even bigger shame to disrespect another country's laws and culture.

If we're talking about homosexuality specifically, which I believe this is what this uproar is all about, in 25% of this World Cup's countries homosexuality is outlawed. So perhaps they should also be targeted, or banned, boycotted or whatever anyone else is calling for. People can have their opinions on that but what gives anyone the right to turn up to another country and tell them how they should govern their land. Typical western arrogance.

Nobody really cares that much about it anyway, if they're not willing to proceed with their support in exchange for a solitary yellow card, it shows they don't particularly feel that strongly about it.

I'm glad that football is now beginning to be the biggest talking point now anyway.

 

BBC coverage is already bullshit.
It’s time to focus on the football, the competition not the scandal.
They didn’t even show the opening ceremony, instead chose to show the WSL.

 

I've been to Qatar many times.

It is no different to any other Muslim state/ country, they are understanding of the western culture, but choose to live within their beliefs.

Nothing wrong with that, don't judge them by our western beliefs.

 

Yep decisions by ZAR, both wrong.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/nov/04/qatar-world-cup-paid-fans-band-everyone-for-sale

 

https://fb.watch/gZ0rcKZkIH/

Welcome to Qatar.

 

Not on FB.
What is it?

 

Wales fans were refused entry into the stadium until they gave up their rainbow coloured bucket hat.

 

Cheers.
I heard that on the radio earlier.......
Bloody ridiculous......

 

Muslim nations proposed World Cup armband to raise awareness of Islamophobia (msn.com)

You can highlight and make people aware of Islamophobia but Team Captains were not allowed to wear rainbow armbands to make people aware of LGBTQ or the Team Captains would get a a yellow card not a fine as was earlier proposed, I'd suggest a bit of double standards going on here, I'm sure the Qatar were quite happy to say it was FIFA who changed their minds just before the start of the tournament.