its not about homosexual rights, or the booze. The climate is the big snag, its not recommended to walk let alone plays sports in this weather! I personally dont care who host, you have to think about the all fans, spectators, media etc that will be coming to Qatar too. Most ppl leave during the summer cos its too hot, so what will you be expecting ppl to do during the day when the matches have not started yet? stay in room? go shopping mall?. The most simple solution is to move the games during the winter period. Frankly I dont see that as an issue for the european countries, it will a one-off event that at the most will occur once every 4 years. Beside nobody wants to play or watch football in england when its -5 degrees outside. Most european football clubs also take a winter break. So all this will mean is that each country fixtures will be extended for a few weeks during the summer! Besides football domestic fixtures vary from country to country so someone poor country will always have to reschedule when WC comes along