We have seen violence in Brazil, the football riot death in Italy, racism in Spain and match fixing scandals in Italy and even smaller football nations like Poland – not items any one would want associated with a beautiful game. Such issues are nothing new in sport, particularly football. If any thing, at least the violence in football has reduced in various countries and the last football world cup went violence free bar a few tiny incidents. However, there still are countries where the violence is deep rooted and the hooligan impact is big. Evils exist in one form or the other in the sport in most places.
Football is the biggest sport in the world and enjoys unparalleled fan base . A die hard fan may keep watching the game despite the evils though he may strongly be against the given evils. However, that does not mean that football or it’s image isn’t affected by the constant negative news we here about the game. Football still has roads to travel – growth in countries like USA, improvement in standards in Asia, Africa being three of many important areas.
Even for a sport which has inelastic demand in countries like Brazil, or is close to achieving that level of fan support in many other countries, a sport holds a responsibility to remove evils from the game. Football has improved in this regard but there is a lot more to be done – some thing which has to be taken far more seriously.
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