Thursday, October 3, 2013

what does soccer means to us as people?


What does Soccer means for us as people ? For many part of the world soccer served as a modifier symbol to unite people, it also  creates more revenues  and happiness for  people who invest in it. Soccer served as a modifier symbol to unite people of all kinds for example when Chelsea and Manchester United are playing you can see all the fans of both side showing  their support and love for their team. Fans of the same club can come together and discuss about the match and their best players on the team.Your can see every body holding hands together dancing, sinking, and celebrating  for their club. When Liberia and Ghana were playing in an international fixture a Liberian striker scored a goal you would hear the crow showing their passion for the game. When Spain won the 2010 world cup in South Africa the people of Spain lined up on the street of Madrid for the entire night celebrating their victory against Holland which brought many people together and unite them that very night. On the other, when the civil war was in Liberia for 14 years, one of the legends of the game George Weah used the symbol of the game though the United Nations to bring the Liberians people together. George Weah used the game as a possible means between the Government forces and rebels to disarmed the both side. The government forces and the rebels who combated for many years where able to come together and play though the love of soccer. Weah also used soccer to encourage the people of Liberia to forget about the past and see how best they can once come together  as they used to be in the past. Today if you travel in many parts of the African countries you will notice how much passion the youths have for soccer on the continent of Africa. Though soccer the youths of the continent are united because they care for each other though the game of soccer and want to see themselves where the game is hardly competitive in Europe.  One the reasons that makes soccer  so important to us as people is that it creates more revenues for people around the world. Soccer have moved beyond traditional revenue television right and corporate sponsorship all around the world with investors putting more money behind the game of soccer. In fact, club team like Chelsea can afford to sell 30,000 of it uniforms in London and other parts of the world that will bring more revenues to the club and the city. Another good example  that we saw in  2003 was that when David Beckham left from Manchester to Real Madrid, he has no equal when it comes to selling the club shirts to teenagers around the world especially in Africa. We have seen how much money clubs have spent or received over the years. The Russian billionaire Roman Abramvich has spent close to 200 millions since taking over as Chelsea owner buying many of the best players on the planet. We also witnessed the Europeans soccer transfer where many of the teams in Europe spent million of dollars to strengthen their teams for the new season. Teams like Chelsea, Arsenal, and Real Madrid  were able to spent close to 300 millions on players which make other clubs rich in the process. In fact, if clubs buy new players it brings more joys to the fans who are supporters of that team. It also makes the fans  to spend more money  to see their new players on the soccer pitch playing in his new shirt.                                          
 

1 comment:

  1. This article was about how soccer can be used to spread cheer to anyone at anytime. I like what you said about using soccer as a means of distraction and unity, when Liberia was faced with hardships. That wouldn't be something everyone would think about, but I'm glad it managed to cheer the country up, and it makes me wonder if soccer as a distraction could be used for other problem solving things as well.

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