General Sportsball thread

[teknocholer]

@DukeTrout

And still an order of magnitude lower than 3rd party estimates.

From an earlier BBS post:

The Gallery of Just Plain Assholes (Part 1)

Report: Thousands have died amid Qatar’s World Cup prep [Video] (aol.com) More than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar amid the nation’s preparation to host the 2022 World Cup, The Guardian reports. “The mortality rate among these communities is within the expected range for the size and demographics of the population," the statement read. “However, every lost life is a tragedy, and no effort is spared in trying to prevent every death in our country.” FIFA also provided a statement to…

That’s just up to Feb. 24, 2021.

(edited because I can’t type numbers, apparently.)