The BBC did in some of its news journalism of course but he means the coverage during the World Cup itself. One of the defences of Qatar is to ask why we didn’t say anything about Russia so it would have helped to have been more vocal about it.
When it was awarded there were questions because of LGBT rights amongst other things but it was overshadowed by the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
Or he could just talk about football which is what he’s paid to do.
I’m not sure about his feeling bad after banking the money but I reconcile that fact with….. Better late than never
And yet he’s felt happy to jet of to Qatar and therefore support the hosting of a world cup built on the backs of literal slave labour …
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It’s typical of these outspoken, activist public figures. As soon as some money is wafted under their nose, all their morals go out the window.
I think one of the key issues with Qatar is the racism and abuse of migrant workers. It’s because the footballing world is benefiting from indentured labour and racism, something that football and the West is supposed to be viciously against.
But also it is true that the human rights lobby for Qatar encompasses a wider community. People from Europe and the Western World are often harassed by Qataris, and most of the indentured labourers come from South East Asia, South Asia and Africa. You’ve already got the majority of the world being effed by Qatar.
Stop clutching at straws, Gary, by pretending to care about any of these issues. You love the coin, you yearn for it. A mansion in a gated community and all the luxuries anyone could want, simply wasn’t enough for you.
You decided to put all of your so called ‘principles’ aside and legitimise Russia and Qatar, by travelling to both to cover their world cups. You are a joke.
We, the British, are apparently the moral paragons of the world, who have the right to go around judging everyone else, in the person of a low-IQ footballer, also known for advertising crisps.
> Sportswashing is when a country or organisation seeks to improve its reputation by hosting or sponsoring a big sports event.
Boycott it then! Just don’t go to it and don’t cover it. But don’t get paid to go to it, and then be mealy-mouthed and pompous about it. Just come out and say that the Arabs are corrupt and bigoted and that you don’t like them.
Gary Lineker was wrong four years ago when he fell for the lie that we should “keep politics out of sport”.
But I respect him a lot more for growing as a person, admitting that he was wrong and evolving in his viewpoint.
He’s a lot more deserving of praise than the people who still hold those same wrong views as he held four years ago!
I’ve been watching major sporting events for 3 decades and I have never seen such relentless bashing of a host nation.
It seems that the BBC are happy to ignore certain problematic host nations and their regimes, but have a clear agenda in this particular region.
Daily Arab-bashing is really disheartening to see and now ITV have gotten in on the act too, as if not to be left behind.
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Man with a glass stomach so he see where he’s going with his head up his arse.
Some channels did comment on Russia… (for the Olympics)
Anyone who supports Qatar holding the World Cup is morally bankrupt and the 6000+ deaths that we know of is a stain on humanity. There are migrant workers there that are being treated sub-human and being stripped of any rights as well as dignity.
Nevertheless, people morally posturing about this is getting infuriating. Where was this outrage when Russia hosted World Cup after the first invasion of Ukraine. Where is the outage when migrants all over the middle east are treated below a human being. We got governments and elected officials doing constant business with them.
Asian production companies have safety nets because people attempting suicide because of the working conditions. Where is the same outrage for this. There isn’t any because an iPhone costing 3000+ or products in general being double the price isn’t a position worth fighting and cost is too steep so everyone remains silent.
Expecting footballers and coaches to take a stand that neither governments, politicians or journalists didn’t until the last 3 months isn’t fair on them. They got no say in what happens and burdening them with responsibility is very unfair. If a player decided to speak up and take action fair play to them but if they don’t they shouldn’t be held responsible for people far more powerful than them couldn’t.
I wonder what his thoughts on Palestinian matters are, or maybe Americas destruction of Libya, Afghanistan or Syria or were they all the wrong team!
‘What about the other things – soccer gets a pass, if you like, because men gets emotional about it cos their dads took ’em to a game aged 7 and a great day was had by all.’
I feel for Gary.
If he speaks up, someone criticises him.
If he doesn’t speak up, someone criticises him.
He’s a good guy – he knows what the score is on many issues and you can tell how correct he is when the right wing press seem to undermine him. Same for Gary Neville and Rashford.
Hmmmm, sorry but thats just what we are saying now to justify the hypocrisy
The last winter olympics were literally a few miles away from concentration camps that house 1-3 million Uigurs subjected to unspeakable horrors and the same countries were only concerened about accomodations
Sport is also commonly held in India and Israel where there are far worse human rights issues going on
Because qatar is a Muslim nation and this world cup has bought out the hypocrisy and islamophobia of the west , And muslims are of course easy targets.
I think, Crimea aside, with Russia in 2018 you could make the case its a reasonable host given its football history and size so I understood the criticism was more guarded.
Qatar is so blatant that its hard to defend on any level.
This sellout is in Qatar as we speak. He does what he is told nothing more.
Yeah because speaking up makes a real difference, not. You have spoken about Qatar but it’s not making a blind bit of difference, and your convictions aren’t strong enough for you to stay away and risk your pay packet is it Gary
While he’s not wrong, he’s literally hosting commentary for the BBC at Qatar this year.
How can he have a stance on one while ignoring the other?
Russia shooting a passenger plane out the sky should have ended the involvement of Russia in world sport but no they were rewarded with the world cup.
2018 they where still in full londongrad loves rubles mode.
People are all for it now because their targets are brown.
Qatar will be the first and the last time a Middle-Eastern nation hosts the World Cup, except maybe Turkey…
Their bid was marred with false promises, corruption and bribery. We gave them the World Cup on the agreement that they’d deliver air-conditioned stadiums, would allow fans to consume alcohol during matches and that they would conduct business in respect of human rights. Lo and behold, the World Cup is moved to the winter for the very first time in its history, thousands of South Asian slave labourers die in the process of constructing Qatar’s many football stadiums, and alcohol is banned for everybody except FIFA officials in their own private booths just two days before kick-off.
Shit like this is honestly why I supported the European Super League, not only because it would have flipped the bird at FIFA as a sporting organisation but it would have made the EPL far more interesting than just the same six petrostate-owned teams dominating the competition.
FIFA is rotten to the core and need to be knocked down a peg or five. They were the ones that enabled this mess and frankly, the reputation of the sport is in shambles because of their monopoly.
Have they said anything to date? 5 live has made a few passing comments about how the stadiums are always above capacity <ie they’re lying about numbers> is all
Well, why didn’t you, Mr Lineker??? It’s all very well saying it restrspectively but you had the platform 4.5 years ago to call it out yet you were a coward then just as you are now.
I’m amazed that there ever was such thing as the sports boycott of South Africa over apartheid. I wasn’t alive then so I wonder whether there were calls to “keep politics out of sport” at the time
He’s no morals .He’s un it for money .He doesn’t care
Now do the Saudi takeover of newcastle, the ownership of City, and the use of Chelsea as a money laundering vehicle for a russian crook
Is he outraged about the UK, USA, Spain, France all selling billions of £$€ of weapons to the Saudis to bomb Yemen?
Racking up a 300,000+ body count,over 10,000 kids.
Nah is he fuck,hypocrite cunt.
Is the BBC not supposed to be politically impartial?
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The BBC did in some of its news journalism of course but he means the coverage during the World Cup itself. One of the defences of Qatar is to ask why we didn’t say anything about Russia so it would have helped to have been more vocal about it.
When it was awarded there were questions because of LGBT rights amongst other things but it was overshadowed by the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
Or he could just talk about football which is what he’s paid to do.
I’m not sure about his feeling bad after banking the money but I reconcile that fact with….. Better late than never
And yet he’s felt happy to jet of to Qatar and therefore support the hosting of a world cup built on the backs of literal slave labour …
​
It’s typical of these outspoken, activist public figures. As soon as some money is wafted under their nose, all their morals go out the window.
I think one of the key issues with Qatar is the racism and abuse of migrant workers. It’s because the footballing world is benefiting from indentured labour and racism, something that football and the West is supposed to be viciously against.
But also it is true that the human rights lobby for Qatar encompasses a wider community. People from Europe and the Western World are often harassed by Qataris, and most of the indentured labourers come from South East Asia, South Asia and Africa. You’ve already got the majority of the world being effed by Qatar.
This Gary Lineker?:
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/football/gary-lineker-corrupt-britain-shouldnt-judge-whether-russia-deserves-to-host-the-world-cup/amp/
Stop clutching at straws, Gary, by pretending to care about any of these issues. You love the coin, you yearn for it. A mansion in a gated community and all the luxuries anyone could want, simply wasn’t enough for you.
You decided to put all of your so called ‘principles’ aside and legitimise Russia and Qatar, by travelling to both to cover their world cups. You are a joke.
We, the British, are apparently the moral paragons of the world, who have the right to go around judging everyone else, in the person of a low-IQ footballer, also known for advertising crisps.
> Sportswashing is when a country or organisation seeks to improve its reputation by hosting or sponsoring a big sports event.
Boycott it then! Just don’t go to it and don’t cover it. But don’t get paid to go to it, and then be mealy-mouthed and pompous about it. Just come out and say that the Arabs are corrupt and bigoted and that you don’t like them.
Gary Lineker was wrong four years ago when he fell for the lie that we should “keep politics out of sport”.
But I respect him a lot more for growing as a person, admitting that he was wrong and evolving in his viewpoint.
He’s a lot more deserving of praise than the people who still hold those same wrong views as he held four years ago!
I’ve been watching major sporting events for 3 decades and I have never seen such relentless bashing of a host nation.
It seems that the BBC are happy to ignore certain problematic host nations and their regimes, but have a clear agenda in this particular region.
Daily Arab-bashing is really disheartening to see and now ITV have gotten in on the act too, as if not to be left behind.
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Man with a glass stomach so he see where he’s going with his head up his arse.
Some channels did comment on Russia… (for the Olympics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6RID82Ru-k
Anyone who supports Qatar holding the World Cup is morally bankrupt and the 6000+ deaths that we know of is a stain on humanity. There are migrant workers there that are being treated sub-human and being stripped of any rights as well as dignity.
Nevertheless, people morally posturing about this is getting infuriating. Where was this outrage when Russia hosted World Cup after the first invasion of Ukraine. Where is the outage when migrants all over the middle east are treated below a human being. We got governments and elected officials doing constant business with them.
Asian production companies have safety nets because people attempting suicide because of the working conditions. Where is the same outrage for this. There isn’t any because an iPhone costing 3000+ or products in general being double the price isn’t a position worth fighting and cost is too steep so everyone remains silent.
Expecting footballers and coaches to take a stand that neither governments, politicians or journalists didn’t until the last 3 months isn’t fair on them. They got no say in what happens and burdening them with responsibility is very unfair. If a player decided to speak up and take action fair play to them but if they don’t they shouldn’t be held responsible for people far more powerful than them couldn’t.
I wonder what his thoughts on Palestinian matters are, or maybe Americas destruction of Libya, Afghanistan or Syria or were they all the wrong team!
‘What about the other things – soccer gets a pass, if you like, because men gets emotional about it cos their dads took ’em to a game aged 7 and a great day was had by all.’
I feel for Gary.
If he speaks up, someone criticises him.
If he doesn’t speak up, someone criticises him.
He’s a good guy – he knows what the score is on many issues and you can tell how correct he is when the right wing press seem to undermine him. Same for Gary Neville and Rashford.
Hmmmm, sorry but thats just what we are saying now to justify the hypocrisy
The last winter olympics were literally a few miles away from concentration camps that house 1-3 million Uigurs subjected to unspeakable horrors and the same countries were only concerened about accomodations
Sport is also commonly held in India and Israel where there are far worse human rights issues going on
Because qatar is a Muslim nation and this world cup has bought out the hypocrisy and islamophobia of the west , And muslims are of course easy targets.
I think, Crimea aside, with Russia in 2018 you could make the case its a reasonable host given its football history and size so I understood the criticism was more guarded.
Qatar is so blatant that its hard to defend on any level.
This sellout is in Qatar as we speak. He does what he is told nothing more.
Yeah because speaking up makes a real difference, not. You have spoken about Qatar but it’s not making a blind bit of difference, and your convictions aren’t strong enough for you to stay away and risk your pay packet is it Gary
While he’s not wrong, he’s literally hosting commentary for the BBC at Qatar this year.
How can he have a stance on one while ignoring the other?
Russia shooting a passenger plane out the sky should have ended the involvement of Russia in world sport but no they were rewarded with the world cup.
2018 they where still in full londongrad loves rubles mode.
People are all for it now because their targets are brown.
Qatar will be the first and the last time a Middle-Eastern nation hosts the World Cup, except maybe Turkey…
Their bid was marred with false promises, corruption and bribery. We gave them the World Cup on the agreement that they’d deliver air-conditioned stadiums, would allow fans to consume alcohol during matches and that they would conduct business in respect of human rights. Lo and behold, the World Cup is moved to the winter for the very first time in its history, thousands of South Asian slave labourers die in the process of constructing Qatar’s many football stadiums, and alcohol is banned for everybody except FIFA officials in their own private booths just two days before kick-off.
Shit like this is honestly why I supported the European Super League, not only because it would have flipped the bird at FIFA as a sporting organisation but it would have made the EPL far more interesting than just the same six petrostate-owned teams dominating the competition.
FIFA is rotten to the core and need to be knocked down a peg or five. They were the ones that enabled this mess and frankly, the reputation of the sport is in shambles because of their monopoly.
Have they said anything to date? 5 live has made a few passing comments about how the stadiums are always above capacity <ie they’re lying about numbers> is all
Well, why didn’t you, Mr Lineker??? It’s all very well saying it restrspectively but you had the platform 4.5 years ago to call it out yet you were a coward then just as you are now.
I’m amazed that there ever was such thing as the sports boycott of South Africa over apartheid. I wasn’t alive then so I wonder whether there were calls to “keep politics out of sport” at the time
He’s no morals .He’s un it for money .He doesn’t care
Now do the Saudi takeover of newcastle, the ownership of City, and the use of Chelsea as a money laundering vehicle for a russian crook
Is he outraged about the UK, USA, Spain, France all selling billions of £$€ of weapons to the Saudis to bomb Yemen?
Racking up a 300,000+ body count,over 10,000 kids.
Nah is he fuck,hypocrite cunt.
Is the BBC not supposed to be politically impartial?