Is This Real Life?

Having decided to play the tournament in the middle of summer in a country where temperatures regularly exceed 40C, Fifa have been wrestling with the problem of how the world's best players are going to cope with the conditions. Air conditioned, indoor stadiums will help, but even that might not be enough to keep them at a safe temperature according to Michael Beavon, a director of Arup Associates, the company responsible for developing the zero-carbon solar technology intended to cool them. As a result, one proposal being considered by Fifa is to play the 90 minute games over three 30-minute periods if the temperature inside the stadiums exceeds 30c because of the potential health risks involved. "There is a moderate risk of heat injury to the players between 24C-29C but if you go above that you have high and extreme risk of injury, " said Beavon, who was speaking to delegates at the Qatar Infrastructure Conference in London. "The one thing Fifa do say, although it is for guidance, is if it's 32C they will stop a match and play three 30-minute thirds rather than two 45-minute halves. 

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Qatar is hot? And so is the middle east? Uhhmmm This is news to me. I was under the impression that FIFA was a stand up organization that had the integrity and welfare of the game in their best interest. No way they'd let a country with the highest carbon dioxide emission's host a the world's biggest tournament. But apparently they're easily manipulated by the dollar sign and a couple commas. That's the only way it makes sense for the World Cup to be played in the fucking desert, right? Terrorists must have something to do with this. Or maybe Fifa is just corrupt as the rest of the Middle East. I don't know. What I do know is it's only like 90 degrees here and I can barely blog in this weather. Don't even remember the last time I wore sleeves. Can't imagine playing a 90 minute soccer game with no subs. Oh. Wait. I did that on Tuesday. Thanks a lot dickheads.