The Socceroos have been accused of hypocrisy by British television personality Piers Morgan after their protest me sage to Qatar ahead of 2022 World Cup.Australia became one of Seattle Seahawks Jackets the first World Cup-bound nations ahead of next month's tournament.Via a video produced through , 16 Socceroos players called for Qatar to legalise same-sex marriage and improve the rights for migrants in the Persian Gulf nation.MORE: |However, Morgan - who made a name for himself as host of Good Morning Britain - labelled the stance by Australia as 'hypocritical' because they were still playing in the World Cup."Fine virtue-signalling words presume you will now be boycotting the tournament? Or dont you guys care THAT much?" Morgan tweeted."Either go and play football, or dont go. Pretending youre outraged by a countrys morality but then actively promoting the country is hypocritical."I find the faux moral outrage around sports-washing increasingly irritating. If you want to make a moral stand, fine - do it properly boycott the event/country that offends your morality. Or shut up and play sport."Qatar also responded to the Australian me sage with a statement from their Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy."We commend footballers using their platforms to raise awarene s for important matters," the statement read."We have committed every effort to ensure Chris Carson Jersey that this World Cup has had a transformative impact on improving lives, especially for those involved in constructing the competition and non-competition venues were responsible for."Protecting the health, safety, security, and dignity of every worker contributing to this World Cup is our priority."This is achieved through our commitment to holding contractors accountable via our worker welfare standards, continuous work on enhancing health and safety practices, creating and developing worker representation forums in collaboration with international unions and experts, robust auditing that includes an independent third party monitor, working with contractors to ensure workers who paid recruitment fees are entitled to repayment, and ensuring that these policies lead to a change in work culture that lasts far beyond 2022."A me Seattle Seahawks Kids Jersey sage from our on the Profe sional Footballers Australia (@thepfa) The 16 Socceroos players to contribute to the video werecaptain Maty Ryan, Bailey Wright, Jamie Maclaren, Nick DAgostino, Jackson Irvine, Craig Goodwin, Danny Vukovic, Andrew Redmayne, Mathew Leckie, Mitchell Duke, Mitch Langerak, Denis Genreau, Cameron Devlin, Adam Taggart, Kye Rowles and Alex Wilkinson."We stand with FIFPro, the Building and Wood Workers International, and the International Trade Union Confederation, seeking to embed reforms and establish a lasting legacy in Qatar," the players said in the video."This must include establishing a migrant resource centre, effective remedy for those who have been denied their rights, and the decriminalisation of all same-sex relationships."These are Lofa Tatupu Jersey the basic rights that should be afforded to all and will ensure continued progre s in Qatar - a legacy that goes well beyond the final whistle of the 2022 FIFA World Cup."The Qatari government does not recognise same-sex marriages and doesn't permit protests within the country about the i sue.According to the , there were 37 deaths among workers at World Cup stadium construction sitesbetween 2014 and 2020. However, other sources disagree that this number is accurate.A report from February 2021, citing records from national emba Steve Hutchinson T Shirts sies, claimed that more than 6,500 workers fromIndia, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had died in Qatar by the time of its report, since the Gulf nation was awarded the World Cup hosting rights in 2010.