Infantile Infantino

The outburst by FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, on the eve of Soccer's World Cup, is just plain weird. Most people would find it difficult to see any parallels between being discriminated against, for having red hair in school, and the atrocious (and often fatal) treatment of the 'Guest Workers' who constructed Qatar's stadia. Qatar also, of course, manages to simultaneously powerfully discriminate against women, a variety of gender identities and faiths (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/19/fifa-gianni-infantino-world-cup-qatar). One has to remember that the 4-yearly Soccer World Cup is primarily a money-making exercise. FIFA is not an alternative, spreading brotherly love, to the United Nations. Perhaps of more concern to Infantinno ought to be the last minute ban on selling alcohol in the stadia? I suspect that the producers of 'Bud' are not going to be very happy about this, given their substantial 'sponsorship'. FIFA's ability to attract future sponsorship, might well be damaged by this ban. Holding the event in our winter (to keep down the temperatures to which players and fans are exposed), has been a major problem for participating teams. Air conditioning stadia is inevitably a further boost (along with airtravel by players, officials and fans, use of mountains of concrete for building venues and accommodation et cetera), to the Earth's 'greenhouse gas' emissions. Sport, never has been separate from politics! FIFA's 'money-grubbing' might well help destroy our planet.