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Qatar World Cup controversies mean sponsors are walking a tightrope

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Notice how FIFA gets all light from the press, and how their sponsors only get a brief article

Coca Cola, Visa, McDonalds, they all agreed to be sponsors

Why are sponsors "walking a tightrope", but FIFA "supports a criminal state"

We didn't see this much controversy for the F1 Qatar Grand Prix

Why is that? some group wants to weaken FIFA? too big?

Or is is an opportunity to gas light Qatar?

All i'm trying to do is "civil journalism", argumentation is the best weapon, let me know!

You mean exposing thier own hypocrisy? Pulling their ads from Twitter because it does not align with corporate values while plastering their logo all over one of the most corrupt organizations in the world in a country where women are considered property. LOL.

This whole debacle feels like a whataboutist's dream. There are problems all around the world. Some are normalized and accepted. Others are foreign to us and easy to object to.

Overall it feels like humanity can do better. Many have written at length on this topic.

I just want to enjoy the sports drama. Sports is mostly a diversion. A spectacle to take our minds off from other things. Please, no flames. I won't take a position on the controversies here. The whole cup is a fail if the issues around Qatar's policies distract us from our escapism.

Bread and circuses, that’s the ticket. But even that is impacted by politics as liquid bread is forbidden and the punters actions are restricted. But then these kinds of activities show that money has to be very, very, very dirty before people will stop taking it.

As we see with Twitter, present a company with a loss-making prospect and it reacts. Until that happens, it’s pleasant noises.

I completely agree, but that's not the cancel culture we have come to know and love.

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