And so, the Year of Sportswashing comes to an end.
In each case of reputation-laundering, there was much talk in the months leading up to the events about boycotts and maybe even relocations given human-rights concerns and other such authoritarian problems. In the end, the events were held and boycotts were not because the aircraft-carrier that is one of these global showcases cannot be quickly turned around.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below..
And you know which countries are most likely to put forth wildly expensive bids? Those that do not have to answer to voters.You’d like to think some lessons have been learned. The International Olympic Committee already moved to emphasize re-using venues and lower bid costs after it was forced to return to Beijing despite having just been there in 2008.
But in the present global order, there are always going to be unlikely bidders with the benefit of vast resources behind them. This World Cup is a fine example of why sportswashers will continue to sportswash. Qatar made a ridiculous bid, won anyway for reasons the reader can easily guess, and rode out the inevitable complaints.
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