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The World Cup Is a Strange World Cup
This is a strange World Cup. The winner to organise the 2022 FIFA World Cup is Qatar. Allegations of vote buying and human rights abuses have marred the run up to the competition. Some fans are even threatening a boycott. There's a lot of games that are compressed, over compressed in a very short period of time. So I think it will be a World Cup of deep uncertainty. You recently co-wrote a book in which you cataloged the sports 100 greatest players In your view, this sounds like a very divisive and dangerous thing to do. What makes a soccer player a legend? Ultimately, it's about action, but it's also about context.