Dom Joly: Blatter's big tent has air-conditioned Qatar covered – almost all welcome

Category: Football

Publish Date: 12-19-2010 07:00 PM -0500

Ihave long documented my loathing for the game of football and so couldn't help laughing when the World Cup was given to Qatar in 2022. Almost everything that football fans like to do is illegal in this bloated desert state and I can't wait to see how the whole thing turns out. The good news for football fans is that Sepp Blatter is in charge of Fifa and nothing could possibly go wrong with him in charge – he's full of great advice like advising gay fans to "refrain from sexual activity" and suggesting that women footballers should wear shorter shorts if they want more viewers. I managed to listen in to a conversation he had when he and senior Fifa executives were troubleshooting potential problems that might arise in Qatar.

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