After all of the hullabaloo, who here still thinks soccer/futbol is an absolute bore?

DOHA, Qatar — A World Cup already filled with controversy added a bit more on Monday.

Seven European national soccer teams - including England, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Wales - announced their team captains would not wear armbands promoting diversity because they feared on-field punishments by tournament organizers during the 2022 World Cup.

The teams planned for their captains to wear rainbow armbands with the words "OneLove" to promote LGBTQ rights. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar.

Now, the European countries have decided against it, saying FIFA, soccer's international governing body, threatened the captains with yellow cards. That increases the risk of being ejected from a match or prevented playing in a later game if they accumulate a second yellow card in the opening group stage.

Qatar has none of that, when a culture minister was interviewed he was talking about art galleries and museums, not what most sports fans are looking for.

Qatar's reputation after this World Cup will be worse, the fans will be talking about the awful time they had and the focus will be on migrant deaths and lack of LGBTQ and women's rights.

"Imagine in a half there are two, three goals scored. So it's easy to lose three, four, five minutes, only for a goal celebration. This time has to be considered and compensated at the end."