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Background
In
september 2010, Qatar was
given the honour of arrange the world championchip in football. The only problem with Qatar hosting the World Cup, is that many people is suspecting that Qatar bought The rights to arrange the cup, instead of and getting it awarded to them fair. Many people is writing and saying that the championship is all corruption, with will say, as i
wrote before people taking money og services from people so they can get what they want.
And Qatar is also the maybe the richest
country in the world,
and one of the
most powerful
country in the world.
FIFA
When the
FIFA president Joseph ¨Sepp¨
Blatter said that Qatar should be hosting the Championchip, many people was surprised and thought that Blatter had been bribe by the powerfull and rich Qatar. And today, more then 5 years later, he is still under investigation, and he is in danger of being banned from all football for taking money from differents people, in exchange for different services. But it’s also very difficult
to
proff that he has
done anything wrong, since he is a powerfull and rich man, so he can almost do what he want, and get away with it by bribing people. This is what’s called corruption. According to Tass, (Russian
state news agency),
“Sepp Blatter, said it was decided that Russia should
host the 2018 tournament, while the U.S. would host in 2022. “For the World Cups
it was agreed that we go to Russia because it’s never been in Russia, Eastern
Europe, and for 2022 we go back to America,” Blatter said. “And so we will have
the World Cup in the two biggest political powers.” But Instead the World Cup
in 2022 was given to Qatar. Blatter then said then French President Nicolas
Sarkozy met with Qatar’s crown prince over lunch and then told the Union of
European Football Associations President Michel Platini that it would be a good
idea for the Middle Eastern nation to host the tournament.”(“Blatter
Confesses To FIFA World Cup Corruption?,” 2015)
Also in this
interview, Blatter started to blame Platini for the current problems the in
football world.
FIFA
FIFA’s ethics committee has suspended both Blatter and
Platini (the vies president in FIFA) The reason for this is,
“For three months over a payment FIFA made to Platini
for over $1 million. Blatter said that if the U.S had been awarded the World
Cup, none of the current problems would had been taking place. When the Tass
interviewer asked Blatter if it was possible that Russia would lose its hosting
responsibility, he said it was not a possibility. “No, you will never lose the World Cup,” (“Blatter
Confesses To FIFA World Cup Corruption?,” 2015)
Blatter said. “It has been anchored in FIFA. There
will be no change in the World Cup.” This is what makes people wonder. FIFA had
decided
that the world cup was going to the U.S, but then they give it to Qatar, and
people don’t think it’s because a middel east country never had arranged it
befor. They belive that it’s because Blatter and others in the FIFA was given
money. Because after some investigation, it was known that after Blatter
revealed that Qatar was going to host the cup, they found out that he had been
getting a big sum of money to his bank account, and it was unknown where the
money came from. But they assume that it is the money Qatar gave him for giving
them the world cup.
On the Picture over you see Blatter after a
comidian went in on one of his press conference, and said all he cared about
was money, not football, and then he threw a lot of
fake money on him.
Working conditions
It’s not only the curroption scandal that has been
in focus when it comes to the Qatar World cup in 2022. The working conditions
to the workers who build the stadiums and other things that should be ready for
the cup. They are working in deadly heat, deadly conditions and they make
extremely little money. BBC wrote an article about a rumor that said that so
far 1,200 people had died while working there. The name of the article is ¨
Have 1,200 World
Cup workers really died in Qatar? (4
& Less, 2015)
So iveen are not sure if the deth numbers are
correct. To me it also hard to pitchure if so many people died on such short
time. Also the norwegian news page wrote that 44 people died in onley two
months, (“Sjokkundersøkelse,”
2013)
so even though the numbers from BBC or TV2 are
correct, it’s no doubt that alot of people die while working on building the
stuff that has to be ready for 2022. If it countinues like this, experts says
that maybe 4,000 workers will die before the staidiums and evreything is done
building. The workers are called ¨Qatar’s world cup slaves¨. This might be because an immigrant worker gets payed £4.90 a day
with is 46,52 Norwegian Kroners. (“Valutakurs for EUR,” n.d.)
This is also maybe the richest country in the
world, so it is strange that the workers are getting so little payed. The most
of them also work maybe up to 30 days a month, so they are risking their lives
for almost no money.
In
this picture I think shows perfect
how the situation for the workers are in Qatar. The “slaves for the world cup”
is working hard, in the heat, only working there because it’s the only place
where they can get work, while the rich powerful man in the back just sits
there and does nothing except using money to buy what he wants.
On the pitcher over you can see how many workers died
to build the world cup I South Africa, Brazil, and how many died so far in
Russia and how many died so far in Qatar.
Conclution
So
to sum-up. The FIFA president is being under investigated for corruption, and
he is now suspended from all football because of the accusations. They believe
that president Blatter has taken a big sum of money from Qatar, so he could let
them have the world cup. In addition, the conditions for the workers are
terrible and they are paid maybe less then what is legal in Norway. Qatar is
“buying” the world cup do become more popular for tourists and political, but
with all these accusations, I do not think that they will become as popular as
the hoped.
Also
since it so hot in Qatar, the world cup might have to be played in the winter,
and it is almost a tradition that the world cup is played in the summer.
Sources
4, W. S. B. R., & Less, M. or. (2015, June 6).
Have 1,200 World Cup workers really died in Qatar? Retrieved December 15, 2015,
from http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33019838
Blatter Confesses To FIFA World Cup Corruption? Russia
Chosen As 2018 Host Before Official Vote, Former Soccer President Claims.
(2015, October 28). Retrieved January 6, 2016, from http://www.ibtimes.com/blatter-confesses-fifa-world-cup-corruption-russia-chosen-2018-host-official-vote-2160428
Sjokkundersøkelse: 44 VM-arbeidere døde på to måneder
i Qatar - TV2.no. (2013, September 26). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from
http://www.tv2.no/a/4127408
Valutakurs for EUR. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15,
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