The thing is, they arent just building stadiums - theres a massive amount of associated infrastructure needed, a whole a new airport, roads, motorways, public transport systems, hotels and other accommodation facilities, power, water & drainage...
How many of the 6500 deaths were of workers who were only there because of all the construction associated with the WC is hard to say with confidence, but one could look at the numbers of migrant workers, and deaths, in the 5 years before the WC construction boom started.
But Id bet its a lot more than 34, or 3, or 37.
Qatar does not report the truth, and it does not properly investigate causes of death - dont rely on their glib assertions about how many "construction deaths" there have been, and dont ignore all the deaths in construction which would not be happening were it not for the WC.
Fair comment, and you are right in that Qatar does not properly report or investigate deaths.
But by the same token, we do not know how much construction work would have been going on anyway, irrespective of the world cup. Similarly, we don't know how many projects were delayed, waiting for such motivation to arise.
Ands as you rightly point out, to do a proper comparison, we need to look at the number of casualties prior to the WC being awarded to Qatar.
So, in short, the investigation was flawed from the outset, the conclusions drawn from a flawed investigation are invalid, the arguments for boycotting the WC are based purely on a flimsy, and unproven causal link, and, more importantly, it does not, and should not be allowed to divert attention away from other far more important issues. (Which may be the motive for pushing this issue, because those pushing it are known for their public opposition to BLM)
It can be an issue totally unconnected with football, and seen in its own right as an issue for migrant workers in Middle East countries in general, (not just Qatar) which is, in part, covered by the BLM global movement.
Despite Bodd thinking it's all about cops in US killing black people, the BLM movement started from that, but is now more about global inequality and discrimination.