The Miami Dolphins are currently courting Qatar Airways, for potential naming rights of the hometown football stadium in Miami. This, according to The Alliance for Workers Against Repression Everywhere (AWARE), a nonprofit organization working to bring international attention to policies and business tactics that harm workers’ rights around the world.
AWARE states in a recent press release the following:
That the State of Qatar, an oil-rich dictatorship in the Middle East is known for its disastrous human rights record.
Before a deal is finalized, Floridians and Dolphins fans everywhere must first know what Qatar Airways represents: state-sanctioned human rights abuses with little to no worker protections.
It’s been reported by international media, that, every week, approximately 29 migrant workers will die – total deaths are estimated to be 4,000 – building the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer facilities in Doha because of deplorable working conditions.
Say No To Human Rights Abusers
The Alliance for Workers Against Repression Everywhere (AWARE), calls on the Miami Dolphins players, fans, team owner, Steve Ross, the National Football League, and the NFL Players Association to reject selecting Qatar Airways as the named-sponsor of the Dolphin’s new, world-class stadium.
AWARE calls on all Dolphins supporters to ask themselves: “Do you want your favorite football team to represent such egregious human rights abuses? Should profits from the stadium advertising fund a dictatorship responsible for modern slave-like conditions and the deaths of thousands of workers?”
AWARE’s Mike Lux said, “While we work to change government policy in the U.S., consumers, sports fans, and Miami locals can speak now with their wallets and choose travel choices other than Qatar Airways. Don’t fly with governments and airlines that have blood on their hands, and demand better representation for your city and your team.”
NBC6 reported “Qatar also makes sense because Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross is reportedly leading a consortium of U.S. and Qatari interests to buy Formula 1 racing.
SOURCE Alliance for Workers Against Repression Everywhere
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I have gone to this stadium every year since 1987. I have been to hundreds of events and have spent thousands of dollars at this facility. If this stadium is named after Qatar Airways parent company or any other Islamic based company, my support of the Miami Dolphins and the NFL would end.