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Originally Posted by Steveston
Unlike Qatar, which is totally soccer-mad, has a solid national team (#86 in the FIFA rankings), and has a great soccer-playing weather (can you imagine how much water they will have to dump on to those grass fields to keep them alive?)
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Qatar is aggressively trying to shape international perceptions of their country through sports investments. It helps that it is a wealthy country ruled by a family that can afford to indulge in such whimsical but costly extravagances. Canada is not in the same boat in any way.
The fact that Qatar is hosting a WC in the first place shows you what a racket the whole thing is. Qatar and FIFA are made for each other. So is Russia, for that matter.