World Cup 2022 - Qatar

[Sleeping Giant]

Really sad. In this day and age. In 2022. To execute someone for simply speaking or standing for something. No matter how much you may disagree....you just don't execute people for this. I don't care what culture, race, nationality, religion....

So exclude Russia from competitions but allow countries like this?
And no...I am not 'pro-Russia' by the way before that somehow becomes a thing. I am anti-war. So you want to exclude Russian footballers for something their government is doing even if they don't agree with it? Stupid. Especially because football and politics/religion are supposed to be separate.
But ok. I understand. But than how does allowing Iran to play (or any other country that does something like this) make any sense?

I dont want to sound too political but America did participated in World cup despite fighting a brutal war in Iraq and Afghanistan and so do USSR during Soviet Afghan war. Fifa has become highly politicised recent time which isn't a good sign. As much i hate current Iranian regime but they doesn't deserved to replaced by UKR in world cup(rumoured to replce Iran with Ukraine)