Yet again, Gianni Infantino, who presides over a bunch of self-serving FIFA members, where money trumps principles, has granted the Saudis the 2034 World Cup. This takes sports washing to a whole new level, sports bathing. What this is about, is redirecting the public gaze from the human rights abuses of non-democratic countries. On this basis, if Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei offered Infantino enough money, his balls would be kicked about in the Misogynistic Theocratic Authoritarian Republic of Iran. The FIFA council members earn in the region of $300,000 per annum plus wait for it, $250.00 a day to cover breakfast. The Saudi regime can be fairly described as an absolute misogynistic monarchy whose human rights record is abysmal. A similar regime called Qatar hosted the last World Cup and spent $225 billion on that obscene circus. An amount of money that could have transformed hundreds of thousands of lives on a continent that is war-torn, poor and suffering from the vagaries of the climate crisis. MBS is revelling in his success, probably on his $400 million yacht. The UNHCR has reported that the Saudi regime has executed over 300 people in 2024. Even today judges in Saudi have the discretion to impose the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy.
Amnesty has listed 10 ways that the Saudis are violating human rights and even after that, “Infantbrain” who seems to have no moral core, and his bunch of greedy bastards think that MBS is worthy of hosting one of the world’s great sporting events. Here are the 10 and this does not include accountability for the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
1. Executions are on the increase
2. Women are widely discriminated against
3. Unfair trials and torture during detention
4. Migrant workers treated poorly
5. Crackdown on free media & press
6. No free speech
7. No LBGTQI+ rights
8. Travel bans
9. Forced evictions
10. No protests
The Saudi sport-washing virus is spreading throughout the sporting world, from F1 to golf, tennis, and football. Who knows where it ends? It seems that sports governing bodies and the vast majority of those who participate in these sports have little or no concern for human rights abuses. Shame on you sporting stars, when does enough actually mean enough? Maybe our very own sporting superstar Rory McIlroy should lead the way and remove the sand from his eyes. No doubt God is Great, for MBS.
Suneil Sharma
15th December 2024
The Gob 
Leave a Reply