The topic I chose to write about is how FIFA is abusing people in order to build their stadium for the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In 2015 allegations were brought against the organization FIFA(which stands for Federation, International, Football, Association), which stated that they are forcing migrant workers to stay in cramped conditions, pay large fees, being lied about how much they will earn, not being paid, and getting their passports confiscated. These allegations came from approximately 240 migrant workers who are mainly from Bangladesh, India and Nepal, who complained to the Amnesty International February and May of 2015. In 2014 David Howman, the director of the World Anti-Doping Agency, said that he believes that 25 percent
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Furthermore Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy are the people who are in charge of sculpting the stadium for the 2022 world cup. Essentially the Qatari law was created to require companies that are working on World Cup projects to better standards for workers in the future. I personally feel as if this reflects how FIFA and their sponsors do business with their workers. The sponsors should be pressured by FIFA to address the exploitation of workers on Khalifa stadium, and tell the public how they will further prevent the abuse of workers for future world cups. The infrastructure costs for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar are expected to surpass 200 billion US dollars. Also I believe that workers can be paid a more fairly wage since the cost to build the stadium is 200 billion dollars, there is no reason why these workers should be living in poor conditions as they work on creating the stadiums for the 2022 World …show more content…
Additionally there needs to be rules established that workers should have proper living conditions, have breaks so that they’re not working out in the heat all day, they should also be allowed to see their family anytime they would like, and lastly they should be given a fair wage and not have their passport revoked when they wat to leave the country. All of the information above is reflected on FIFA and how they believe workers should be treated, I think that if there isn’t a stop to this than it will keep occurring at future FIFA events. I used to be a huge advocate for FIFA but after researching all of my information for Qatar and how they’re mistreating their workers it has fully changed my mind, I won’t support an organization who treats their workers like slaves and doesn’t allow them to leave the country to see their families after a catastrophic event
Furthermore Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy are the people who are in charge of sculpting the stadium for the 2022 world cup. Essentially the Qatari law was created to require companies that are working on World Cup projects to better standards for workers in the future. I personally feel as if this reflects how FIFA and their sponsors do business with their workers. The sponsors should be pressured by FIFA to address the exploitation of workers on Khalifa stadium, and tell the public how they will further prevent the abuse of workers for future world cups. The infrastructure costs for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar are expected to surpass 200 billion US dollars. Also I believe that workers can be paid a more fairly wage since the cost to build the stadium is 200 billion dollars, there is no reason why these workers should be living in poor conditions as they work on creating the stadiums for the 2022 World …show more content…
Additionally there needs to be rules established that workers should have proper living conditions, have breaks so that they’re not working out in the heat all day, they should also be allowed to see their family anytime they would like, and lastly they should be given a fair wage and not have their passport revoked when they wat to leave the country. All of the information above is reflected on FIFA and how they believe workers should be treated, I think that if there isn’t a stop to this than it will keep occurring at future FIFA events. I used to be a huge advocate for FIFA but after researching all of my information for Qatar and how they’re mistreating their workers it has fully changed my mind, I won’t support an organization who treats their workers like slaves and doesn’t allow them to leave the country to see their families after a catastrophic event