actually I disagree with everyone complaining about the post being too long. at least it is a refreshing change and something substantial to read aside from the usual 1 or 2 lined "copy and paste" articles submitted with the usual responses ranging from "you don't like..get out", race bashing or changing the subject and taking over the thread.
Unfortunately as time bandit stated, there are not enough football fans here to fill the seats and for us non football lovers, there is not much pre or post match entertainment to coax us out of our warm comfortable homes, brave the traffic to watch a game we don't really understand, merely to support a country we do not call our own. Some friends of mine attended a match and although they got to the stadium in good time and had good seats they said it was worse than attending a boring easter church service as they could not even get a cup of hot coffee afterwards!
There has to be some sort of incentive involved to draw the crowds of non football fans to the stadiums.There are 12 years ahead of us and although the majority of people complain about their existance in this country, obviously it is better than where they come from. So with this in mind and the opportunity of staying and reaping the benefits of being here for the 2022 world cup, surely we, as expats etc can come up with ideas on how to change the situation with due consideration to the non alcohol laws. In other words, instead of always pointing out the problems, how about suggestions of resolving the issues that could be beneficial for everyone.
For example, I have family and friends back home that are football fanatics that would love to come to the world cup. If I could accumalate a certain amount of incentive points that could add up to airfare and final match tickets for X amount of people, I would quite happily sit in the stadium for an hour or so in order to give them an oportunity they would otherwise never be able to afford.
Does the Qatar football Association have a suggestion box or open forums to discuss these issues?
actually I disagree with everyone complaining about the post being too long. at least it is a refreshing change and something substantial to read aside from the usual 1 or 2 lined "copy and paste" articles submitted with the usual responses ranging from "you don't like..get out", race bashing or changing the subject and taking over the thread.
Unfortunately as time bandit stated, there are not enough football fans here to fill the seats and for us non football lovers, there is not much pre or post match entertainment to coax us out of our warm comfortable homes, brave the traffic to watch a game we don't really understand, merely to support a country we do not call our own. Some friends of mine attended a match and although they got to the stadium in good time and had good seats they said it was worse than attending a boring easter church service as they could not even get a cup of hot coffee afterwards!
There has to be some sort of incentive involved to draw the crowds of non football fans to the stadiums.There are 12 years ahead of us and although the majority of people complain about their existance in this country, obviously it is better than where they come from. So with this in mind and the opportunity of staying and reaping the benefits of being here for the 2022 world cup, surely we, as expats etc can come up with ideas on how to change the situation with due consideration to the non alcohol laws. In other words, instead of always pointing out the problems, how about suggestions of resolving the issues that could be beneficial for everyone.
For example, I have family and friends back home that are football fanatics that would love to come to the world cup. If I could accumalate a certain amount of incentive points that could add up to airfare and final match tickets for X amount of people, I would quite happily sit in the stadium for an hour or so in order to give them an oportunity they would otherwise never be able to afford.
Does the Qatar football Association have a suggestion box or open forums to discuss these issues?