Will Qatar be the weakest WC host ever?

[Porven]

Originally Posted by DGarcia879

this is my list of ways, how The True American Sports Fan(as well as the True Canadian Sports Fan) can still make the Qatar World Cup a TV ratings success.

1. if your favorite NFL, NBA, NHL, major college team is playing on day of a world cup game, have an extra tv, turned on.
2. avoid netflix and movie theaters for the remainder of the tournament.
3. do you christmas shopping 2 months ahead of time.
4. dont go to bars or nightclubs unless the owner has at least one TV airing a world cup match.
5 if there are NFL, NBA, NHL, or college games happening and your favorite teams arent playing, then you must watch a world cup game, simple as that
6. do not set wedding dates on any of the days of the tournament.

Qatar is hours ahead of North America, all matches will probably be in the morning or early afternoon in the US and Canada. Since most American sports are played at night, you can watch both the World Cup and your favorite team. Except on weekends.

Originally Posted by 7express

Well they are playing it in December, so maybe it's only 105 degrees then....still too damn hot to play then, and having it in December completely messes up the European leagues for that season and then EITHER the season after/season before. If they add on the missed games at the beginning, the leagues would now end in May (and if you went to the champions league final maybe in June even) and the next season would start 8 weeks later. If that add on those games at the end of the year, then the next season would be just the opposite: season ends in June, starts 8 weeks later.

I agree, it sucks for Europe, which is the most famous and important place for football nowadays. But football isn't only an European sport. A world cup in Dec or Jan would be perfect for CONMEBOL leagues(South America), which is the second most important place for football in the world. It would be great to most CONCACAF leagues too.

[FlorianD]

Most sporting organizations seem utterly corrupt. Especially for Europe it's a shame that there is no namable resistance towards those placings of huge sport events. Football WC in Quatar or Russia. Handball WC in Quatar. Winter Olympics in Sotschi or Olympics in Peking. It's so embarrassing. Germans politicians are criticizing the conditions for the workers in Quatar, but it seems to be feigned. None of the politicians want to endanger the export opportunities. Export growth from 2013 to 2014 was 85%. It's so dishonest.