How Soccer Explains The World
Analysis Essay The effects of globalization shown in How Soccer Explains The World, is like the response from the Industrial Revolution. Globalization is best defined as the interaction and assimilation between people, corporations, and governments. The process of globalization began when the first humans took their ideas, customs, and products out of Africa and into different parts of the world. As globalization occurs, there are many different effects that are both positive and negative. Globalization stimulated violence with the Serbian professional soccer club, Red Star. The fans of Red Star have a large influence on the club because they have adopted gangsterism to intimidate players, fans, and coaches (Page 7). A more substantial
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The Brazilian style of play is much more aesthetically pleasing than any other brand of soccer play (Page 120). This style of play was first introduced to the world by the king of soccer, Pelé. It enticed money hungry investors to invest their money in promising Brazilian clubs. It was great to see how globalization allowed corporations and companies to promote themselves in a different country. However, corruption caught the best of it, as greedy cartolas, scoundrels that have grown so integral to the Brazilian game, took the money that belonged to the soccer clubs (Page 117). A great example is the Eurico Miranda, who is the club president of Vasco da Gama. The NationsBank granted Vasco da Gama $34 million to establish a name for itself in the popular Brazilian sport (Page 117). A sum of money that was supposed to last the club a 100 years nearly vanished after two years (Page 117). Miranda stole money that belong to Vasco da Gama, and it put the club into a tremendous amount of debt. To worsen the problem, rising Brazilian superstars were sold to European soccer clubs, not because of the higher paycheck, but to escape the capricious rule of the cartolas (Page 121). Presently, Brazil still faces the same problems, while recovering from corruption within their soccer clubs. However, with the income of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Brazil could help their financial
The Brazilian style of play is much more aesthetically pleasing than any other brand of soccer play (Page 120). This style of play was first introduced to the world by the king of soccer, Pelé. It enticed money hungry investors to invest their money in promising Brazilian clubs. It was great to see how globalization allowed corporations and companies to promote themselves in a different country. However, corruption caught the best of it, as greedy cartolas, scoundrels that have grown so integral to the Brazilian game, took the money that belonged to the soccer clubs (Page 117). A great example is the Eurico Miranda, who is the club president of Vasco da Gama. The NationsBank granted Vasco da Gama $34 million to establish a name for itself in the popular Brazilian sport (Page 117). A sum of money that was supposed to last the club a 100 years nearly vanished after two years (Page 117). Miranda stole money that belong to Vasco da Gama, and it put the club into a tremendous amount of debt. To worsen the problem, rising Brazilian superstars were sold to European soccer clubs, not because of the higher paycheck, but to escape the capricious rule of the cartolas (Page 121). Presently, Brazil still faces the same problems, while recovering from corruption within their soccer clubs. However, with the income of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Brazil could help their financial