Qatar 2022: Pierre Rondeau calls for boycott and will watch matches "illegal streaming"

Qatar 2022: Pierre Rondeau calls for boycott and will watch matches "illegal streaming"

In France 5, sports economics expert Pierre Rondeau announced his choice to boycott the 2022 Football World Cup.

Nearly 6,500 migrant workers have died on construction sites in Qatar since 2010, when Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Guard. As Qatar is building air-conditioned stadiums and accused of not respecting the rights of women and homosexuals, it is clear that the sporting event, which begins on November 21, is controversial. It is a reminiscent of the situation during the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing a few months ago, when they were targeted by a diplomatic boycott from nine countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, to protest the concentration camps of Uighurs in Xinjiang.

This Tuesday, May 24 tonight In France 5, sports economics expert Pierre Rondeau confirmed that in addition to being in a face-to-face zone, he did not want to contribute in any way to this event, which he found the price of tickets excessive.universal human rights“. He also urged the public to follow his initiative: “I will boycott this world by watching the matches on illegal broadcasts. In streaming, we will not take into account my market share. Considering that today 6 billion is partially in television rights, it is paid by the television channels… If everyone does this tomorrow, the television channels will not have an audience. They stopped paying 150m euros per country to broadcast the world“.

Also on set, Amnesty International France’s defense officer Lola Schumann was outraged at the still-existing slavery in her World Cup service in Qatar:We have people working 84 hours a week for this competition!“.

Hugo Mallais

Source: Programme Television

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