Members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) will meet today to decide whether to foot the 1.6-billion-baht bill to broadcast the 2022 Fifa World Cup, as demanded by the government. Amid the rise in public and household debt, and with much hardship in society, we can only hope that good sense prevails. The issue has become the latest hot potato for the embattled NBTC members. Last week, it was lambasted for not doing enough to prevent the merger of two major telecom operators despite consumers complaining the deal will lead to a trade monopoly and possibly highe…