The World Cup is almost over, and it seems as though the spectacle has attracted new fans, and drawn more interest from older ones. But the public’s interest in the labor issues exhibited by the Qatari government has shown over the past few months.

“I think it’s an awful thing, If you don’t have enough space or infrastructure to hold an event, just don’t.” Says Sports fan Donovan Small.

Many share this opinion, like 8th grader Connor Rasulo.

“It’s horrible that they’re keeping these people in these conditions and not allowing them to quit, and I think that they would be able to get this done without violating these workers’ rights.” He said.

The Qatari government has offered little conversation on the labor crisis there, and Qatar has more slave labor workers than it does Qatari people. The weird thing about this is that it has gone mostly unnoticed by foreign governments or at least ignored. This story has gone to the news multiple times, and many countries such as the U.S., Germany, and France have neglected to say anything about it.

At first, one might think that It’s because FIFA makes too much money for them, but FIFA only controls the World Cup, not the Premier League or Bundesliga, which are the big money makers for players. But with the World Cup almost ending, public interest is rising.

Many, many eyes are drawn towards the World Cup, and many more are in the know of the FIFA event, and many don’t know of the issues.

”Qatar’s labor is bad. They shouldn’t be doing that.” Says Timothy Jette, a 6th grader.

Many around the school know nothing of the labor issues, and to stop this, we must first be aware of the horrors of this worker abuse.