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Old 06-06-2015, 08:54 AM   #4 (permalink)
Cuthbert
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista View Post
So much this. Deplorable what's been going on over there. Not to mention you'll have players passing out from heat exhaustion during games.
The temperatures were originally an issue but there was talk of building all air conditioned stadiums so the players would have been fine, the fans would have melted outside the grounds though. They have moved it to winter now, which is another disgrace and totally unfair on the other bidders who could have kept to a summer schedule. Not to mention European leagues will be disrupted for years to accommodate a World Cup in December as our seasons run from August to May.

I read (no link, was a while back) about some of the working conditions, 48 hour shifts and people dropping dead, passports being taken off them so they can't leave and are trapped, work being stopped if temperatures exceed 41 degrees except temperature gauges are doctored so they don't exceed it. Obviously they are paid a pittance too.

It's just wrong on every level.
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