The football world governing body, FIFA, is an organisation infamous for dodgy dealings, with allegations of corruption, bribery and vote-rigging never far from its gilt-edged (but high security) doors. We are in fact about to witness the outcome of one especially disputed decision: the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
I'll return to those issues around Qatar shortly, but first, the reason we are here. For reasons best known to itself, the modestly named Supreme Committee responsible for administering the world cup has released images of what the security staff at and around venues will be wearing. Like it's fashion or something. Adam Hurrey, a reporter for the Athletic, noted drily that this may be the first time World Cup organisers have «dropped» these kits in such a fashion.
Surely the first ever World Cup where the organisers have «dropped» the security uniforms like home, away and third kits pic.twitter.com/eIhguYHmZjOctober 4, 2022
Hold on, what's that in the first image. Computer: enhance!
I apologise for the grainy image, but Agent 47's always hard to get a clear shot of. As one wag noted, this looks like "Hitman hiding in plain sight." Yes, a World Cup already tainted by the host's human rights record will now apparently feature what looks like cosplay of a cold-blooded assassin among its event security staff.
It is almost impossible to believe someone didn't notice this: the red tie in particular feels especially like deliberate homage. I don't really know what else to say about this other than it's bizarre.
Controversy has surrounded the Qatar World Cup ever since it was first awarded amid allegations of corruption, which first surfaced in 2011 before a FIFA internal investigation found, naturally,
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