"The problem with FIFA was that it had no interest in extracting human-rights concessions from its hosts. Qatar had monstrous amounts of cash to offer, and FIFA could pretend that its choice had an ambassadorial quality, taking the great fellowship of soccer into the Middle East, where the Olympic Committee still fears to tread. It would, however, be unfair to accuse [FIFA President Sepp] Blatter and his crew of a sellout, since FIFA has never had a soul to barter." From Gwen Knapp, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle on FIFA's award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
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