Soccer is the most popular sport in the world that has over three billion fans from all over the world. The reasons that make this sport unarguably the most popular sport is that there is no predominant country in soccer as it is the only sport that is played in every country and every country has soccer in their top three sports except the United States and Australia. During the time of the World Cup, it creates a wave of excitement as people from different countries travel to the host country to cheer up their respected team. Soccer has enough reasons to be the king of sports all over the planet and it is gradually globalizing the world. The factors behind its popularity are the simplicity of plays, it is an inexpensive sport
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The viewership of the NBA finals in the recent years was 15.5 million and the regular soccer games had about 16 million viewership and the viewership from 2013 was double the number from last year 's. The major sport broadcast channel in the United States such as ESPN, NBC and Univision has paid a hefty 30 million dollars to broadcast the major league soccer games in the United States that explains the soaring popularity of soccer in a country, where it 's not as eminent as other countries …show more content…
Many poor countries have soccer as their prime sport that can help strengthen their economy. While many African countries are struggling to keep up with the violence and drug addictions that influence the kids, according to Cathell, soccer is playing a pivotal part in controlling the violence and drugs amongst the youth. The institutions such as FIFA and other European clubs have been promoting soccer in these backward countries and in the year 2014, FIFA had funded around 48 million for the education purposes in these countries and also have organized friendly matches between different tribes in order to maintain peace and
The viewership of the NBA finals in the recent years was 15.5 million and the regular soccer games had about 16 million viewership and the viewership from 2013 was double the number from last year 's. The major sport broadcast channel in the United States such as ESPN, NBC and Univision has paid a hefty 30 million dollars to broadcast the major league soccer games in the United States that explains the soaring popularity of soccer in a country, where it 's not as eminent as other countries …show more content…
Many poor countries have soccer as their prime sport that can help strengthen their economy. While many African countries are struggling to keep up with the violence and drug addictions that influence the kids, according to Cathell, soccer is playing a pivotal part in controlling the violence and drugs amongst the youth. The institutions such as FIFA and other European clubs have been promoting soccer in these backward countries and in the year 2014, FIFA had funded around 48 million for the education purposes in these countries and also have organized friendly matches between different tribes in order to maintain peace and