How big of FIFA to accept 'some responsibility' for the deaths of hundreds of migrant labors constructing the facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It must have been an agonizing decision for them to admit that workers were being exploited by the contractors involved in the construction of those sports palaces. FIFA maybe the world governing body for football but let's face it it's more concerned with profits than the actual state of the game.
Sepp Blatter probably ordered a specialty designed fainting couch to be brought in once the decision was made to accept 'some responsibility' for the health and welfare of those workers.
Sepp Blatter probably ordered a specialty designed fainting couch to be brought in once the decision was made to accept 'some responsibility' for the health and welfare of those workers.
FIFA on Friday accepted "some responsibility" over the welfare of migrant workers constructing venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but acknowledged it was powerless to intervene.
"We have some responsibility but we cannot interfere in the rights of workers," FIFA president Sepp Blatter reminded a press conference in Zurich.
The energy-rich Gulf emirate has been under mounting pressure to improve the working and living conditions of migrant workers building the multi-billion-dollar infrastructure for the 2022 tournament.
Blatter was speaking after the issue was discussed at a FIFA executive committee meeting.
"We are insisting that the responsibilities lie first with the state of Qatar and secondly with the companies employing the workers," Blatter continued, adding that FIFA "can help resolve this problem through football".
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