The World Cup Story, Part 2: Too Big To Fail

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Moving the World Cup to Winter

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The logistics of staging a summer sporting tournament in the Qatari desert demanded a solution nobody thought was possible — moving the entire tournament out of summer. FIFA did exactly that, rescheduling the 2022 World Cup to November–December, an 'earth-shattering' decision Jonathan Clegg compares to moving the Super Bowl to October. The consequences cascaded outward: FIFA paid hundreds of millions to European leagues to compensate for the mid-season disruption, players' unions protested the impact on athletes' offseasons, and broadcasters who'd planned Christmas schedules suddenly found themselves airing England vs. Senegal. ^{[1] — Jonathan Clegg "To accommodate Qatar's extreme heat, FIFA did something no one thought possible: moved the World Cup out of summer for the first time ever.…" 10:24 Play}