With Excitement, FIFA World Cup Qatar Brings Controversies
Don Heider, executive director of the Markkula Center of Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University says the controversies sometimes outweigh the event itself.
"The World Cup and Olympics are supposed to celebrate humanity," he said. "[They're] supposed to celebrate what we have in common and yet when they award the countries that have these poor records, it almost taints the event overall."
"I don't think the idea of a World Cup tournament is to find countries with horrible track records of civil rights and go there to try to work for change,"
Don Heider, executive director, interviewed by KTVU Fox 2.
Nov 18, 2022