Will Teams Boycott Qatar World Cup 2022? Why are Footballers Protesting ?

The 2022 World Cup is just about a year away now. This will be
the first-ever FIFA World Cup tournament to be held in the Middle
East.  There is actually a lot to anticipate about Qatar
2022, but there is also a huge question mark surrounding the
tournament right now. Will it actually hold? Will teams boycott
the competition? Will the tournament have to be moved to another
country entirely for it to hold? 


These are some of the questions that have arisen in the minds of
many in the last few months.  Over the past couple of
months, you must have noticed different national teams protesting
against the abuse of human rights in preparation for the World
Cup in Qatar. Up until November 2020, workers were not allowed to
change jobs for whatever reason without the approval of their
employers. Workers are underpaid and are still owed wages.
Sometimes, workers’ passports are even confiscated by their
employers.  


Perhaps the very height of it all, since 2010, about 6500 migrant
workers in Qatar have been reported dead. And these deaths can be
traced to the construction work going on in preparation for the
World Cup.  Basically, the working conditions in preparation
for the 2022 winter World Cup in Qatar have been a gross abuse of
human rights. And although it has been going on for a long, it
seems that the world is just finally waking up to it.  


Joshua Kimmich, a Bayern Munich midfielder who represents Germany
on the international stage, said last year that they are 10 years
too late to boycott the World Cup.   His teammate, Leon
Goretzka, has also been vocal about his concerns about human
rights abuse in Qatar. He has not ruled out the possibility of
Germany boycotting the World Cup and has said that there will be
discussions about it.