Something new began happening in the football world and governmental world of Brazil: political protests. The people of Brazil are known for the mad love of football, with DeMatta saying that football is an important vehicle of the Brazilian nation building project, a: “highly significant means to the articulation of messages about what it is to be truly Brazilian” (DeMatta, 2009). The people of Brazil take a lot of pride in their love of football, but they will not shy away from letting their opinion be known. The shout of corruption coming from the fans would not go unheard. The fans protested the building of the large stadia for the upcoming Olympics and the past World Cup. The building of the stadia lead to hundreds of injuries to
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This reflects the peoples’ views on Brazil’s economic situation. Football and Brazil’s economy go hand in hand because of how important it is to the country (Muller, 2004). Football and footballing events are a big tourist attraction when it comes to bringing in cash flow to the Brazilian economy, but at the expense of the people. Consequently, when something goes wrong in the footballing world of Brazil, the people are quick to react and protest. The people use football as a way to join together in a way that could not have been done in any other realm. “Futebol is a sport and a machine which socialize people in Brazil,” says DaMatta (DaMatta, 2009). Nevertheless, even with the Brazilian national team and government ripe with corruption, the fans will continue to show up for games. This proves that even with the protests and with Brail being a Trojan Horse, the corruption filled World Cup would still be a profitable venture. As the American Anthropological …show more content…
This idea, which is believed by most host countries have come under doubt. Economists believe that the short term economic effects of the World Cup is not as beneficial as it make look from the outside. They claim that a number of regular businessmen and visitors who have no interest in the World Cup will be “crowded out” by sports fans (Matheson, 2012). Believing that stores and hotels will be crowded and expensive during the World Cup, these tourists may delay or cancel their journey to a host country to avoid unwanted stress (Liu, 2014). Brazil as a country already garners a lot of tourism, but the World Cup brings in a different kind of tourism. The tourism of football fans is not the same as the normal tourism they would get. The numbers show that the tourism from the World Cup and the normal tourist activity in Brazil is about equal (Liu, 2014). This proves that the influx of tourists from the World Cup is not significantly higher than any other normal day. Additionally, Arne Fedderson, Andre Grotzinger and Wolfgang Maennig (2009), all members of the faculty in the Department of Economics in University of Hamburg, claim that only the spending from foreigners
This reflects the peoples’ views on Brazil’s economic situation. Football and Brazil’s economy go hand in hand because of how important it is to the country (Muller, 2004). Football and footballing events are a big tourist attraction when it comes to bringing in cash flow to the Brazilian economy, but at the expense of the people. Consequently, when something goes wrong in the footballing world of Brazil, the people are quick to react and protest. The people use football as a way to join together in a way that could not have been done in any other realm. “Futebol is a sport and a machine which socialize people in Brazil,” says DaMatta (DaMatta, 2009). Nevertheless, even with the Brazilian national team and government ripe with corruption, the fans will continue to show up for games. This proves that even with the protests and with Brail being a Trojan Horse, the corruption filled World Cup would still be a profitable venture. As the American Anthropological …show more content…
This idea, which is believed by most host countries have come under doubt. Economists believe that the short term economic effects of the World Cup is not as beneficial as it make look from the outside. They claim that a number of regular businessmen and visitors who have no interest in the World Cup will be “crowded out” by sports fans (Matheson, 2012). Believing that stores and hotels will be crowded and expensive during the World Cup, these tourists may delay or cancel their journey to a host country to avoid unwanted stress (Liu, 2014). Brazil as a country already garners a lot of tourism, but the World Cup brings in a different kind of tourism. The tourism of football fans is not the same as the normal tourism they would get. The numbers show that the tourism from the World Cup and the normal tourist activity in Brazil is about equal (Liu, 2014). This proves that the influx of tourists from the World Cup is not significantly higher than any other normal day. Additionally, Arne Fedderson, Andre Grotzinger and Wolfgang Maennig (2009), all members of the faculty in the Department of Economics in University of Hamburg, claim that only the spending from foreigners