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> This summer, Nepalese workers died at a rate of almost one a day in Qatar, many of them young men who had sudden heart attacks. It was always a stupid idea

by yapcguy 13y ago

> This summer, Nepalese workers died at a rate of almost one a day in Qatar, many of them young men who had sudden heart attacks. It was always a stupid idea to have footballers running around in temperatures of 100-120F, let alone manual laborers toiling over stadiums and roads. FIFA are now looking to move the World Cup to the winter... except it would clash with the Winter Olympics and the busy schedule of domestic leagues. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130918/uefa-qatar-world-cup-winter-2022-platini.ap/ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130918/uefa-q...

jlgreco 13y ago
> It was always a stupid idea to have footballers running around in temperatures >100F I assume they could probably get some strong evaporation cooling from the well-hydrated field, but I am not really familiar with that sort of extreme climate.
- yapcguy 13y ago
  They are/were looking at making artificial robotic clouds. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/03/25/qatar.flying.saucers/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/03/25/qatar.flying.saucers... > plans to develop giant artificial remotely controlled "clouds" made up of high-tech materials that will be positioned between the blistering sun and the still-to-be-built football stadiums in the Gulf emirate.
- sohooo 13y ago
  You probably stumbled over this article about scientists @ Qatar University developing artificial clouds: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9435035.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9435035.stm edit: same as above post :)
the_watcher 13y ago
I grew up in the Palm Springs area (summers regularly in the 100-125F range), and played soccer my entire life, through the summer. It's absolutely possible to do it, although it is not fun. The issue is that you have to hydrate completely differently, and to be fair, our substitution rules were different (unlimited subs, and you could be subbed back in), so players who have never played in that environment are at risk. Also, it gave us an extreme home field advantage whenever clubs from the California coast came into town to play.

by yapcguy 13y ago

jlgreco 13y ago

> It was always a stupid idea to have footballers running around in temperatures >100F I assume they could probably get some strong evaporation cooling from the well-hydrated field, but I am not really familiar with that sort of extreme climate.

yapcguy 13y ago
They are/were looking at making artificial robotic clouds. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/03/25/qatar.flying.saucers/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/03/25/qatar.flying.saucers... > plans to develop giant artificial remotely controlled "clouds" made up of high-tech materials that will be positioned between the blistering sun and the still-to-be-built football stadiums in the Gulf emirate.
sohooo 13y ago
You probably stumbled over this article about scientists @ Qatar University developing artificial clouds: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9435035.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9435035.stm edit: same as above post :)

the_watcher 13y ago

I grew up in the Palm Springs area (summers regularly in the 100-125F range), and played soccer my entire life, through the summer. It's absolutely possible to do it, although it is not fun. The issue is that you have to hydrate completely differently, and to be fair, our substitution rules were different (unlimited subs, and you could be subbed back in), so players who have never played in that environment are at risk. Also, it gave us an extreme home field advantage whenever clubs from the California coast came into town to play.