Ever since the Confederations Cup was marred by an unforeseen but much-needed protest movement, there have been growing concerns about staging next year's World Cup. Some of the stadiums in Brazil are supposedly incomplete and there are concerns about the security and whether or not the stadiums will be complete by next year.
Brazil is certainly defending themselves about their ability to host. I have no doubt the soccer-mad country wants to host the World Cup. Perhaps things might get better by next year, but I'm not holding my breath just yet. US Soccer President Sunil Gulati has said that he has not been approached over hosting the Cup.
Speaking of which, Sepp Blatter is making himself look more like a fool each day he tries to keep the World Cup in Qatar for 2022. While Russia is still suspect about hosting, they have very little trouble when it comes to hosting. On the other hand, Qatar should never have tried to bid for the World Cup. They're too small and the litany of problems are showing that their desire to host was not driven by a love of soccer.
Indeed, Blatter is trying to get the World Cup moved to winter. However, this will likely not fly with the European leagues, who are all playing or on break at that time. The summer heat should have been a factor--oh, wait, they didn't think about it because Qatar bought the World Cup. Yeah, now you have to live with the consequences, FIFA.
You can redeem yourselves by revoking the World Cup from Qatar and giving it to either the US or Australia, like it should have been. Perhaps Blatter's obsession with hosting it in Qatar will abate and he'll listen to actual reason and revoke the World Cup and host it somewhere else.
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