The 2022 World Cup is already a disaster, and now you won't be able to drink alcohol
As if the 2022 World Cup wasn't enough of a debacle already, officials have announced what sports fans often fear most: No booze allowed.
That's right. Public consumption of alcohol will be banned at the tournament in Qatar. That includes drinking inside stadiums and outside on the streets, according to the officials governing the 2022 World Cup, which said this week that providing alcohol in public is against the "values and traditions" of their culture.
But prohibition is hardly the lone fiasco of the 2022 World Cup.
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First of all, the tournament will take place in November and December to avoid Qatar's blazing summer heat. That's fine, but it conflicts with many players' club team seasons And for United States viewers, the tournament broadcast competes with the professional and collegiate football and basketball seasons.
In bleaker news, workers building the stadiums died at a rate of one person every two days, according to The Guardian. There were also issues with punctual payment. Finally, the bidding process for Qatar to host in the first place was allegedly shady.
Brazil tried to ban alcohol before the 2014 World Cup, but then-FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke wasn't having it.
“Alcoholic drinks are part of the FIFA World Cup, so we’re going to have them,” he told the Washington Post. “Excuse me if I sound a bit arrogant but that’s something we won’t negotiate.”
The 2022 World Cup is already a disaster. And now fans can't even drink to numb the pain.
