Sunday, April 3, 2016

Research Report

This is the accumulation of resources and information I have ascertained for the purposes of my Public Argument.

FIFA Scandal Prompts New Scrutiny of Qatar World Cup Bid by Rory Jones (Wall Street Journal)

Rory Jones, a wide-ranging journalist based in Dubai that concentrates on business and economics in the Middle East, targets sports fan and economists alike through his appeal to passion for the game and the logistics of the entire ordeal. His main purpose is to further the suspect nature of the Qatar World Cup Bid by referencing the latest corruption scandal in FIFA, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world. Jones also discusses his experience with Middle-Eastern transactions and the abuse of laborers, both key attributes of the public argument.

List of 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia, a community-based free encyclopedia, publishes content contributed my renowned authors and the average viewer and assimilates it into a easily-comprehensible, abundant source of information. Its brand credibility and refined review process allows me to use the source for referential purposes. This list of controversies gives me a raw outline as to what I should be considering in this public argument regarding the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Among the listed controversies are the climate, transportation, cost, human rights, corruption, and cultural/political dilemmas.

Qatar 2022 World Cup: the most controversial ever? (CNN)

CNN, a prestigious, renowned news outlet in the Western Hemisphere, explains the controversies surrounding Qatar 2022, particularly the date conflict and inconvenience of the first ever World Cup to be hosted in the winter season.

Record World Cup costs put Qatar in losing game (Al Arabiya English)

Ben Flanagan, in an encompassing post, demonstrates his speciality in Middle Eastern Affairs for Al Arabiya English (an Arab-owned outlet) based in England in this piece. He elaborates on the eye-popping logistics and detriment the cost of the 2022 World Cup could have on Qatar. This will serve as my main source for the cost controversy of the World Cup.

Qatar World Cup controversy: bribes, slavery, and alcohol (The Week UK) 

This collaborative post published on The Week (UK) discusses the rows over voting, geopolitical and socio economic landscape, venues (construction), and climate regarding the Qatar World Cup. This piece goes much in depth of every controversy I am considering and will be a valuable reference throughout the composition process.


Why Qatar is Spending $200 Billion on Soccer by Sean Gregory (TIME)

Sean Gregory, a senior writer that covers sports, substantiates Qatar's claim to the 2022 World Cup and that the expenses are what many countries have gone through for the ultimate prize - a garnered reputation in the sports world and a bolstered economy. Gregory presents logistics and numerical values as his chief presentation of the situation and this will be a valuable appeal to logos in my Standard College Essay.

FIFA: No legal grounds to take World Cup from Russia, Qatar by STAFF (ESPN)

ESPN, a world-renowned sports outlet, puts out the legalities and statements made by FIFA regarding the calls for Qatar to be stripped of its 2022 World Cup bid amid claims of corruption and the controversial, monumental departure of long-time FIFA President Sepp Blatter. This will be a great asset in my third body paragraph bringing down the ill-righteous claims to punish Qatar and right a wrong by relocating the World Cup. Additionally, they explain the bid was awarded to Qatar based on a democratic vote by the Executive Committee of FIFA.

Here's the case for a re-vote on the 2022 World Cup by Scott Davis (Business Insider)

Davis, chief writer of Business Insider's sports page, writes regarding the push or a re-vote or attempted democratic strip of Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid and the corruption scandal that substantiates the push. I will use this when I qualify my argument towards the topic.

Greg Dyke: FIFA Should Strip Qatar of 2022 World Cup by Tom Gardiner (The Sun UK)

A featured columnist for a highly-regarded British newspaper, Tom Gardiner, reports the Chairman of the Football Association's call for Qatar to be stripped of its 2022 World Cup privileges. Dyke's comments concern the corruption and overall inconvenience of hosting the world's biggest sporting spectacle in this circumstantial area. I will use this source to identify one of many calls for the stripping of Qatar's bid. After reading these, I plan to utilize 'a bad argument is really bad' approach to this public argument.

Will Qatar be stripped of the World Cup? It's not likely. by Tom Peck (Independent UK)

The Independent's Parliamentary Sketch Writer, a former sports writer, columnist, and Olympics correspondent, Tom Peck, elaborates on the corruption involved with the World Cup and the power of the FIFA organization which prevents it from detriment. He also adds the implausibility of the idea that the World Cup being stripped from Qatar. This can be further used to qualify my argument against the idea of stripping Qatar.

Qatar: 'We're working hard to do more' via CNN

In this video essay broadcasted by CNN, Hassan Al-Thawadi (Secretary General of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee) states Qatar's concerted effort to immediately stop migrant worker abuse and the overall efforts to better the perception and process of putting on the world's greatest sporting spectacle.




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