World+Cup+South+Africa+2010+(Ms+Ryan)

Football; World Cup, South Africa

How does football actively build communities or affect local societies?

=//**Positive Impacts:**//=

===Some of the beneficial aspects of the world cup held in South Africa in 2010 include some cosmetic work established such as railways and trains, improvement of roads and in airports. As stated by David Bond, English article writer, a young coach names Lunga, who works at one of the 20 Football for Hope projects being built across Africa at a cost to Fifa of $70m, with an aim to leave the continent a proper legacy from the world cup. It uses football skills to help teach teenagers values that will help them combat the deadly risks from HIV infection, drugs and crime. Lunga is involved in this project because football has helped him escape the harsh realities of life in a township. This is an example of how football spirit can have such a great impact on locals, since it can teach person values of sportsmanship, loyalty, teamwork, etc.===

=//**Negative Impacts:**//=

===Most of the negative impacts resulting from the World cup involve violence, such as the outbreaks that occurred, including the Togo national team in 2010 in Angola. Also several security problems including a trespasser of prohibited areas, etc. In addition, many faced eviction of main cities, which many claim is meant to ‘beautify the city’, in order to impress visiting tourists and hide shack dwellers. To quote David Bond, English reporter, “doubts and fears persist over crime and security.” This implies that due to the over-crowding of the area due to tourists, new establishments, etc, this is likely to increase crime rate as locals might take advantage of the numbers coming in.===

=//Conclusion://=

===As stated by Palash R. Ghosh, given the massive amount of money the government has spent to build Cup-related infrastructure (roads, rails, stadiums, etc.), lasting benefits may accrue – in the form of increased foreign investment and more permanent jobs, among others, -- well beyond the end of the games. We agree to this, we think that the world cup was a great opportunity for South Africa and its people to show their true colours and their potential to host such an important event. The tourism and improvement in infrastructure definitely was a great benefit for the people, and hopefully after this they feel more confident about their country and ready to host more events like this in the future.===

//**Nola Moreau:**//
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 * Positive im **** pact: **

A positive portrayal of South Africa in the world media would help attract tourists and foreign investment. South African prosperity would boost economic development in the region. Also a smooth World Cup with limited crime, an effective transportation infrastructure and a positive experience for the vast majority of visitors, locals and journalists would contribute to the renewal of confidence in South A frica's vision and bring in new tourist dollars. In addition a successful World Cup could renew the hope, spirits and most importantly, patience of the citizenry of South Africa and buy the nation more time to lower crime, improve health care and increase standards of living. It would bring lot’s of work and jobs to the locals (159.000 jobs will be provided). Another positive impact on the society is that the 2010 FIFA World CupTM offers an opportunity to accelerate sustainable health solutions for HIV/AIDS and TBC.


 * Negative impact: **

Mega Sports Events do not only have positive impact potential, but could also result in tensions, such as: global needs and interests VS local needs and interests, market forces VS civil society, hard economics VS social impact, high expectations VS realistic expectations, global power (FIFA) VS powerless host community and big 2010 agenda’s VS small local agendas. The unequal distribution of benefits can lead to frustration and aggression. The world cup costs a lot of money and there is a chance that South Africa goes into depth. Plus there are doubts about post-tournament usage of the new faclities. The attendance at soccer matches in South Africa, even in the first league, is comparatively low at around 5,000 on average. So who will use the newly built stadiums after the 2010 FIFA World CupTM? In this case, the investment expenditure is equal or at least similar to investment costs, leading to problematic benefit/cost ratios.

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**__ FIFA South African World Cup __** __ Positive Impacts: __ The South African FIFA world cup has many positive impacts on local community. First, there was an increase in prestige for the country, this benefits local communities because it will increase tourism both in the short term and in the long term. Secondly, there was a boom in the economy, this is because people from all around the world came to South Africa to watch the world cup. Thirdly, there is entertainment for the local communities. Another positive impact for the local communities is that there are first class revenues for future events. Finally, the host country automatically gets their national football team in the world cup, which increases the moral in the country.

__ Negative Impacts: __ There are also downsides to the World Cup for the local communities. First, it takes a lot of money to organize it. This takes away the funds from the education, health, transport which in a poorer country, can have a large effect on the local communities. Secondly, there might an increase in fraud and corruption. Thirdly, it will take money to continue to maintain the stadiums after the World Cup, this would also take funds which otherwise might have gone to the local communities.

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