Advantages / Disadvantages Essay 3: Sport
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Every year many countries seek to host international sporting competitions, such as the
Olympics. What benefits does an international sporting competition bring to the host country?
Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
Recently, it has become increasingly common for countries to try to host sporting tournaments.
The question is, is this actually a good idea?
To begin with, on the surface it seems that there are several benefits of hosting an international
sporting competition. Most are economic. Most politicians claim that these events will boost jobs
in the short term, rejuvenate dilapidated areas in the medium term, and boost awareness of the
country in the long term. In the latter view, holding an International event is a form of marketing,
and so may promote future earnings from international trade and tourism. Another reason -
perhaps the most important - is national pride. Holding an important event signals to the world
that a country must be taken seriously. In other words, it demonstrates a country has the capacity
to manage and run a huge event and play on equal footing with the world’s largest powers.
However, it is necessary to ask if these benefits actually outweigh the costs. Firstly, in nearly
every case, events such as the Olympics have been awarded to cities that promise incredible
new facilities and local development. As a result, most cities borrow billions of dollars to fund their
extravagant construction promises. Secondly, construction on a massive scale also brings social
disruption. For example, the Olympic Games in Beijing were heavily criticised for forcibly
removing locals living in and near the construction sites. Finally, none of this may matter if the
benefits from games bore fruit. Unfortunately, numerous studies have shown that hosting the
Olympics does not increase revenue from tourism, and has a minimal impact on a countries
international image, and in fact puts cities billions in debt - often for facilities they do not need.
In conclusion, although hosting International sporting events seems to profit the host, in general
they are hugely expensive and disrupt society. Therefore, unless a Sporting Event can be held in
fairly cheap manner, I believe that cities and countries should not seek to run them.
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