The red hot - or desert hot - debate surrounding the Qatar 2020 World Cup will surely continue to swirl around the football press right up until a decision is made to either keep the Tournament in the middle of the Emirates' summer, or move it to the Winter as FIFA is suggesting.

In theory, the decision to move the tournament away from it's traditional summer date seems like a logical solution to the problem mother nature brings to hosting the tournament in the middle of the desert. The Qatari summer has an average temperature of 41°C (106°F) with peaks sometimes reaching in excess on 45°C (114°F), making playing 90 minutes of football both very difficult and a health hazard to players and fans alike.  Football has gone through enough tragedies in the last year with the death of Piermario Morosini - the Italian under-21 who died playing for Livorno in Serie B last April - and the incredible recovery Fabric Muamba made after going into cardiac arrest during his Bolton Wanderers side's FA Cup fixture against Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Neither of these incidents were caused by excessive heat, but the strain the modern game can take on a players body, combined with 40°C+ temperatures, means that a month long football tournament in the summer sun of Qatar is clearly not a healthy option.

The problem with the idea of moving the tournament, of course, is that a winter World Cup would drastically interfere with the schedules of Europe's major leagues, especially the Premier League.

While Germany's Bundesliga, Spain's La Liga, and Italy's Serie A all take an extended break over the winter months - with Germany's top flight taking over a month off this winter - the Premier League actively increases the number of League games per week during late December and early January - with Newcastle United playing 7 fixtures between December 10th 2012 and January 12th 2013 this season. Germany and the other top leagues may well be able to stretch and shuffle their winter break in order to accommodate a winter World Cup but the Premier League is still opposed to the idea, with a spokesman for the brand saying this week:

"The Premier League's view remains unchanged. We are opposed to the concept of a winter World Cup for very obvious practical reasons that would impact on all of European domestic football."

There is, in part, a very selfish attitude being taken by England's first division and their stance on the priority of European football over international football's biggest prize.  Brazil and Argentina's top flights are regularly without many of their top players during a World Cup year as their summer season's clash with the tournament, as does America's MLS, and we rarely hear a whimper of disapproval from their league.

The Premier League, though, does have a point with its unwavering stance on the World Cup reshuffle.  When Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup in 2010, it was awarded the privilege of hosting a summer tournament

The Country's bid didn't revolve around hosting a tournament in the cooler 20°C (70°F) heat of the winter months. It was based around the concept that Qatar had the capability to host the tournament in the summer. We were wowed by the impressive presentation that held the answers to the problem of the summer sun, with air conditioned open air stadiums being dangled in-front of our faces, teasing us with their luxurious and over the top solution.

But in 2011, it was revealed that the air conditioned open air stadiums would be "notoriously unsustainable" to put into practice and the futuristic idea was dropped by the organizing committee. Should the idea of Qatar hosting the tournament have been dropped too? This was, after all, a key element of their bid that the organizers are now failing on and the inability to provide said air conditioning in the grounds is making hosting a summer tournament unsafe for both the players and the fans attendance.

Not once during the bidding process was the a mention of a backup plan to move the World Cup to the winter should they fail in their attempts to harness the power of recirculated air.  Qatar's bid has failed, so why should the financially strongest footballing continent on the plant have to rearrange it's whole league calendar around a failed bid.

Should the 2022 World Cup's runner up bidder [the USA] have been passed the mantle two years ago when the Emirates nation failed on the promises made to FIFA in 2010?  Should such an unrealistic idea have been so easily grasped for by FIFA's elective committee without first asking some major questions about the plausibility of successfully building such emphatic stadia in the country and what backup plans were available should their be a problem at any stage? FIFA appear to have seen the dollar signs and have rushed towards, not the most suitable option, but the one that benefits the brand and it's elder statesmen.

The unwavering stance of the Premier League may be selfish, but it is not the Premier League and the European nations that have failed to deliver what was asked for for the 2022 World Cup to take place in the summer.  That honor goes to FIFA and the Qatari bid team, so should it not be them, rather then our domestic leagues, who are held accountable for their mistakes.

USA 2022? There's still time to change it.