Football Special Report: Qatar allowed to Host the 2022 FIFA World Cup Over United States
On the Evening of the second of December 2010, FIFA held a vote to decide the host nations of the 2018 and the 2022 World Cups. FIFA has chosen Russia for the 2018 World Cup and Qatar for the 2022 World Cup and even though the United States was a good competitor
in the votes tally, it was still denied the right to host this Major Event.
The amazing and kind of hilarious reaction that was seen all over the United States of America was that where is Qatar?
This speaks more of the general I.Q level of the United States but leaving that debate aside and after most of the viewers searching over the internet where Qatar actually is, the response was very disappointing.
When people were interviewed on the scene, most of the Americans were horrified over the matter that how can they have just been beaten by a Middle Eastern country.
Most American are just pointing fingers and blaming FIFA and commenting on the matter by saying that FIFA has just made a grave mistake, as Qatar is no place to host such a major event.
However, the fact of the matter is most American’s don’t really care where the 2022 World Cup will be held, as soccer is not such a major sport in the States. Although their national team qualified into the last sixteen of the World Cup tournament in South
Africa in the summer of 2010.
In addition, as they have such football celebrities as Pele in their midst even though football is the most watched and followed spot in the whole world. USA focuses more on basketball, American football, golf, ultimate fighter, boxing and tennis. It is
even sad but sometimes the American sport channels seem to showcase poker more than football.
Most people believe that this is exactly why it was a mistake not to give the U.S the 2022 World Cup, as they have one of the biggest media markets in the world and they are almost alien to football.
FIFA had this crucial chance to create interest in a country that is one of the World Leaders in the spot of football and let’s face it the size and population count as pennies to the huge mass of the United States of America.
Hosting a World Cup in the United States would have without a doubt made the sport more popular compared to Golf and Tennis in the states and would have almost threatened the existence of ultimate fighter and lap hockey. (If these sports are still going
on by then)
So with not letting the United States host the 2022 World Cup most of the country will remain oblivious to the sport.
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