2014 FIFA World Cup

[PinkFloyd]

How do you guys feel about the World Cup taking place in Brazil? I personally don't think that they should host it. There is lots of starvation and what not. The government has been focused more on football than the hardships of its citizens. :/

[Cygnus]

They SHOULDN'T have hosted the World Cup or the 2016 Olympic Games, but it's too late. I mean they are the gods of football and have the most world cups and that's why the FIFA wouldn't deny their petition, but that was a misstep by the Brasilian government, and the people there aren't very excited for it either, oh well, that's life.

[Gamma Male]

I wish soccer was a bigger deal in America. Then maybe we could host it.


I'll trade yall the Superbowl for the World cup! :P

[TheBigUnit]

I wish soccer was a bigger deal in America. Then maybe we could host it.


I'll trade yall the Superbowl for the World cup! :P

Usa hosted the 1994 World Cup so it might be a while,


And honestly its really at "what to do" at this point, massive protests are occurring there by the people and this is the most expensive World Cup ever, that being said if youre against this world cup being hosted by Brazil then you should have protested the the 2010 World Cup because of South Africa's economic instability,
what im really against isnt the World Cup itself but rather the Brazilian gov's stance in forgetting their people and trying to rake in as much money as possible, for example child prostitution being legal in brazil id post a link to be legit but im too lazy if you really are curious google it or watch the "truthloaders" vid on youtube

[Stronk Serb]

I am for FIFA funding the stadiums, roads and everything else that has to do with the World Cup and taking a large percent of the profits.

[karl]

Batty Blatter is to blame, no-one else!

[Camazotz]

The biggest problem with the World Cup is that soccer is huge in countries with economic problems because it's the cheapest sport to get involved in; all you need is a ball and you have hundreds of hours of play time. This means that less developed countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index)are pressured to seek revenue through international competitions, which puts them in debt. Add that to the political corruption and poverty going on in Brazil, and you get protests.

Personally though, I don't care. Hope everything turns out well for them.

[Miserabilia]

tbh I don't think it should be held pretty much anywhere where there is this much poverty, even if it would have financial advantages for local populations,
it just feels wrong to be watching these rich players play against other rich players while middle class people and rich people come and watch while poor people living in slums are just around the corner...
I don't know.
Feels wrong.

[Living For Love]

The same thing happened in Portugal in the Euro 2004. People here aren't as poor as in Brazil, obviously, and the government here still keeps investing on health, education and transport systems (which are the main things Brazilians are protesting for) comparatively to Brasil, but now we have some stadiums whose maintenance costs are pretty high and are rarely used, I guess that's what's going to happen there as well, and with Qatar in 2022. Because Brazil is such an enormous economy, they have financial conditions to support those events, the thing is people are still starving and living in poverty. I guess the problem is not the World Cup itself, because either way, the money wouldn't be invested on other important areas, but the corruption among the government and several years of mismanagement, so I can understand how revolting and shocking it may feel for Brazilian people.

[sqishy]

It's very dystopian and the whole event is whitewashing the dirty work that was done to the people in preparation of the games.

[NeuroTiger]

The same thing happened in Portugal in the Euro 2004. People here aren't as poor as in Brazil, obviously, and the government here still keeps investing on health, education and transport systems (which are the main things Brazilians are protesting for) comparatively to Brasil, but now we have some stadiums whose maintenance costs are pretty high and are rarely used, I guess that's what's going to happen there as well, and with Qatar in 2022. Because Brazil is such an enormous economy, they have financial conditions to support those events, the thing is people are still starving and living in poverty. I guess the problem is not the World Cup itself, because either way, the money wouldn't be invested on other important areas, but the corruption among the government and several years of mismanagement, so I can understand how revolting and shocking it may feel for Brazilian people.

Awesomely explained, Tiago.
Our problems are mismanagement and corruption.

[Kurgg]

I am not interested of soccer, but I'll just comment this one since I want to debate even though I suck at it.

It is a bad thing that country that has so much problems uses so much money to host the World Cup. Well, because the problems of theirs does not scratch balls of ours Westerners, I'll just suggest that we enjoy of the Cup as much as we can.