Football is More Than a Sport and Qatar 2022 is More Than a World Cup

Football is more than “just a game” especially if one happens to be living in a country that would host the next World Cup. As a spectacle and the  most  globally  watched  sportfollowed  by  hundreds  of  millions  of people around the world every week, football has been influencing global societies  in  versatile  ways. The  influence  extends  to  historical,  practical and ideational issuesrevolving around deeply rooted power relationships and dynamics in the football industry. Football has become more than “just a game” because it now involves multifaceted interplays, articulations and compositions  between  economic, political,  and  cultural  forces  and  their representations.  The  present  chapter  explores  the  politics,  ethicsand economics of football in a globalized world, with a special focuson Qatar