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I still can't fathom how Qatar 22 is actually going ahead. The worst part is legends such as Beckham and co who are willingly endorsing it for $150m+.
by m4tthumphrey 5y ago
I still can't fathom how Qatar 22 is actually going ahead. The worst part is legends such as Beckham and co who are willingly endorsing it for $150m+.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoI'm sure we'd all endorse anything if someone gave us a multi-million-dollar cheque for posting a few tweets and making a few media appearances - and you can do it _guilt-free_ because you know that wherever or not you accept the bloodstained money, the event is still going to go ahead, so you might as well make-bank.
- m4tthumphrey 5y agoNaively perhaps, I'd like to believe that someone like Beckham who has historically always been the face of great causes and events (UNICEF, London 2012, etc) would show some balls and actively campaign AGAINST this shit show. But instead he has taken the "if you can't beat them without trying, get paid obscene amounts of money" route. I fear that this will become his legacy and right now, I think he's ok with that.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y ago> show some balls I see what you did there
- rapnie 5y ago> I think he's ok with that. .. he and his new yacht are likely okay with that. https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/david-beckham-splashes-out-on-luxury-yacht/ar-AARWiA4 https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebr...
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoI don’t recall David Beckham ever making any particularly principled sacrifices though.
- vhgyu75e6u 5y agoExcept that all this embassadors were already rich before Qatar, so yeah, I can judge them for selling out while showing up in an ad telling me how beautiful the game is.
- alkonaut 5y agoI would if I wasn’t extremely rich. So it’s interesting to see how rich people agree to it.