Even though Fifa President, Sepp Blatter, has said that it would be a mistake to hold the 2022 soccer world cup in Qatar, his reason for saying so should be seen as minor compared to the main reason the competition should be pulled from Qatar. Blatter said that the heat is the main reason why the world cup should not be held in Qatar. However, the main reason the tournament should not be held there is that Qatar is building the venues for the tournament on the backs of dead people, literally. An ESPN report suggested that by 2022 over four thousand migrant workers from India and Nepal would have died in the process of building the venues to host the tournament. It would be a disgrace for Fifa to allow a country like Qatar to host the world cup when it is clear that its preparation is based on slave labor. Qatar has virtually become a killing field and a slave plantation for many who have risked their lives to travel for work in a place they thought would make their lives better. Fifa would be contributing to making many widows in Southeast Asia if it does not pull this competition from Qatar. Sepp Blatter said that it was a mistake to award the tournament to Qatar because of the heat. It would be a bigger mistake to host the competition there because doing so would make Fifa complicit in the murder of migrant workers in Qatar. If Fifa does not pull the plug on Qatar's hosting of this world cup, advertisers should boycott the event.
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