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RE: Stadium Speculation: Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) Could Lose FIFA World Cup
Qatar is a giant cluster duck, and has been from the start. People are just now realizing they are enslaving their own citizens to build the stuff for the World Cup? I heard that concern going in. Now people are dying and it's a problem. Also, it's 120 ******* degrees out there. Anybody ever run 90 minutes in that?? Id imagine it's not easy. So, instead, the solution is to disrupt all the major leagues around the world. Yeah. To top it off their **** soccer team takes a spot from a deserving team by hosting. They got awarded that bid off merit. Right.

For what it's worth, I'm sure we joined in on the corruption. My guess is we didn't pay the right people enough money.
06-08-2015 11:59 AM
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RE: Stadium Speculation: Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) Could Lose FIFA World Cup
(06-08-2015 09:00 AM)TMcCarty Wrote:  
(06-08-2015 08:40 AM)aflanry Wrote:  
(06-07-2015 04:53 PM)LairDweller Wrote:  My prediction (with no basis)...Russia keeps 2018, England gets 2022

I doubt they would give UEFA consecutive tournaments.

Plus the England FA has come out saying they aren't interested in hosting either 2018 or 2022.

all fair points. for the record, i said there was no chance they'd give 2022 to Qatar in the first place, so i carry a ton of credibility
06-08-2015 08:45 PM
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RE: Stadium Speculation: Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) Could Lose FIFA World Cup
(06-08-2015 11:59 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  Qatar is a giant cluster duck, and has been from the start. People are just now realizing they are enslaving their own citizens to build the stuff for the World Cup? I heard that concern going in. Now people are dying and it's a problem. Also, it's 120 ******* degrees out there. Anybody ever run 90 minutes in that?? Id imagine it's not easy. So, instead, the solution is to disrupt all the major leagues around the world. Yeah. To top it off their **** soccer team takes a spot from a deserving team by hosting. They got awarded that bid off merit. Right.

For what it's worth, I'm sure we joined in on the corruption. My guess is we didn't pay the right people enough money.

And the people that are dying are Somali, Egyptian, Indian and Pakistani; "Third Country Nationals". Not many people from that region are familiar with real work, as a participant, since oil became valuable.
06-08-2015 10:25 PM
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RE: Stadium Speculation: Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) Could Lose FIFA World Cup
According to Wikipedia, 2,155,466 people lived in Qatar in 2014, and only 278,000 (12%) were citizens. 1.5 million Qatari citizens live outside the country.

What a bizarre structure.
06-08-2015 11:04 PM
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RE: Stadium Speculation: Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) Could Lose FIFA World Cup
(06-08-2015 11:04 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  According to Wikipedia, 2,155,466 people lived in Qatar in 2014, and only 278,000 (12%) were citizens. 1.5 million Qatari citizens live outside the country.

What a bizarre structure.

Tangential question: I've heard that Qatar is supposed to be pronounced "cutter". Is that true? If so, how in the hell do you pronounce Qatari?
06-09-2015 09:00 AM
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RE: Stadium Speculation: Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) Could Lose FIFA World Cup
(06-09-2015 09:00 AM)TMcCarty Wrote:  
(06-08-2015 11:04 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  According to Wikipedia, 2,155,466 people lived in Qatar in 2014, and only 278,000 (12%) were citizens. 1.5 million Qatari citizens live outside the country.

What a bizarre structure.

Tangential question: I've heard that Qatar is supposed to be pronounced "cutter". Is that true? If so, how in the hell do you pronounce Qatari?

That is correct- "cutter." And Qatari is pronounced like you would say Atari (as in the game console) with a 'k' in front of it- Kuh-tar-e.

All of the emirates have populations like that. Dubai is the most famous one. Basically you have states with small indigenous populations who struck a black gold mine, amassed enormous wealth and started massive expansion. There isn't enough native population to fill the jobs, so most come from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh.
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