Major tournaments death toll (Qatar)

Cobi Budge. · May 28, 2015

Death toll during preparations.

Germany 2006 World cup - 0 deaths.
London 2012 Olympics - 1 death.
Vancouver 2010 Olympics - 1 death.
South Africa 2010 World cup - 2 deaths.
Brazil 2014 World cup - 10 deaths.
Beijing 2008 Olympics - 6 deaths.
Qatar - 1200 deaths. (So far, predicted to be 4000 by 2022)

Such an underreported tragedy.

Andy S · May 29, 2015

How many for Russia 2018?

You won't get an answer from Putin...the freak will blame it on the Yanks!

Graham Evans · May 29, 2015

Are you sure about these numbers Cobi ? 1200 for Qatar does not seem right to me.

Quinny · May 29, 2015

He's probably underestimating, given that the Qatar govt admitted 1,000 workers had died by May 2014

Quinny · May 29, 2015

Think Cobi got his figures from this Washinton Post article.

Football isn't worth this as a price. Not modern day slave-labour. And many of those Nepalese workers are banned from going home to help look for their loved ones in the recent earthquake.

Cobi Budge. · May 29, 2015

Graham Evans":3fmnjd7f said:
Are you sure about these numbers Cobi ? 1200 for Qatar does not seem right to me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/3 ... -world-cup

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news ... ed-3303458

As Quinny says, 1200 is probably an underestimation.

jespafc · May 29, 2015

We're outraged, as we should be, but unless football federations, sponsors, and fans come together to comprehensively denounce and protest such horror, nothing will happen.

crownhill pilgrim · May 30, 2015

It's obscene. There's no other word for it other than genocide. They're basically using slaves imported from North Korea. Slavery in the 21st century! The fact that the major footballing nations and all sponsors haven't pledged to pull out of the tournament is an absolute outrage.

Tugboat · May 30, 2015

Money, that's the bottom line.

Corruption is what it should be labeled as.

Ade the green · May 30, 2015

Quinny":1rckfj4b said:
Think Cobi got his figures from this Washinton Post article.

Football isn't worth this as a price. Not modern day slave-labour. And many of those Nepalese workers are banned from going home to help look for their loved ones in the recent earthquake.

I doubt the Nepalese slaves can afford to go home.

When I was working in Sri Lanka about 15 years ago, one of the singelese workers we had stopped coming to site. We found out later that his 'uncle' paid for him to go to Dubai to work and was charging such exorbitant interest that even after sending home 90% of his wages the worker owed more each month than he borrowed.

The 'uncle' was probably the brains behind Wonga.

So what is FIFA doing about this..... Probably building a pitch on the side of a Nepal mountain.

Green Rhino · May 31, 2015

62 deaths per match in the 2022 WC so far. Per match!!!!
It is an absolute outrage.

Major tournaments death toll (Qatar)

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