Soccer/Football

There was a story in Der Welt am Sonntag last weekend that an unnamed FIFA official had said they were seriously considering taking the World Cup away from Qatar.

http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article124882782/Katar-die-WM-wegzunehmen-ist-ernsthafte-Option.html

I haven't seen it reported anywhere else, and it would open some serious cans of worms. For example, I can see the Qataris saying something along the lines of: "We paid some world class bribes for this, and we want them back." That would seriously break Sepp Blatter's heart.

On the other hand, there are at least four European nations that could take it over at a moment's (much less eight years) notice: Germany, England, Italy, and France already have the stadia in place.

It wouldn't solve the long term problem of migrant workers being treated like slaves, but it would deny them the fig leaf of respectablity they so desperately crave, along with the West's tacit approval.