The decision of the Paris Olympics 2024 organisers to ban alcoholic beverage in the competition venues, has invited comparison with the FIFA decision to prohibit alcohol at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums and eventually contributed to the best ever World Cup in history.
When Qatar's organisation of the World Cup came in for praise from all corners of the globe, the alcohol ban was widely acclaimed as one of the main components of the success. Though the decision to ban alcohol at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums was criticised by many in the Western media, the peaceful and family-friendly nature of the event attracted applause from the world of sport.
The alcohol-free success of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has undoubtedly paved the way for a new trend in sport. The decision from the Paris Olympics 2024 organisers is just another example.
Meanwhile, there is widespread criticism that many undocumented migrant workers are being illegally used by the French authorities to construct the venues for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
In an article titled 'Paris Olympics: Hypocrisy and Illegal Abuse of Migrant Labour' written by Lara Hamidi for Politics Today and published by Human Trafficking Search it was pointed out that the discovery of undocumented workers toiling at Olympic construction sites reveals the unscrupulous subcontracting network at the heart of delivering the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Robert Oulds, executive director of ImpACT International, told Politics Today that “It would be ironic, if it were not so tragic, that France’s showpiece tournament aims to raise awareness as to the plight of refugees whilst exploiting those very same migrants. The French Olympic authorities are taking the hypocrisy of virtue signalling to new extremes.”
