Scoping Report: Football Is Not The Big Business

Soccer is the global sport that is aimed at connecting the world in different method. The 209 member associations of FIFA have given larger membership as compared to the International Olympic Committee. It is noticed that the FIFA World Cup, which is the quadrennial international soccer competition, is seen by hundreds of millions of people. However, about more than 700 million people tuned in in order to watch the final of Spain Netherlands 2010. Davis and Cappello (2013) stated that the US Ghana match of 2010 was watched by millions of Americans in comparison to the average audience for the last year’s baseball World Series. The chairperson of the Independence Good Governance committee of FIFA prepared a scoping report in 2011 related to

Primarily among these, businesses are the development consequences that are linked with the awarding of a World Cup. For example, as part of the winning bid for 2022 World Cup, promise was made by the Qatar to make investment of more than $10 million in the local infrastructure. Moreover, the rights of television in order to broadcast the World Cup now require billions of dollars. The chairperson of the committee of Independence Good Governance of FIFA argued that although it is the non-profit organisation, it is potent corporate entity. While, Blackshaw (2011) stated that legitimacy of the FIFA is the case of larger issue in terms of accountability of international organisations. FIFA is the non-governmental organisation, which has shown their importance in different sectors. Therefore, the case of FIFA is considered as relevant in relation to the larger class of associations as well as their accountability towards

This framework gives smaller nation’s outsized impact a vote from Lesotho weighs precisely the same as a vote from Germany. At the point when news broke about the investigations, the African Bloc and the greater part of its 54 individuals promptly declared their backing for Blatter and the present system (Davis & Cappello, 2013). However, some African nations have more skin in the game than others. Furthermore, the U.S. investigators have blamed South Africa for paying $10 million to secure rights to the 2010 World Cup. As indicated by South Africa minister of sport F.Mbalula "We have battled colonialism and crushed it, despite everything we battle imperialism (Morris, 2011). A competition that netted just $500 million for South Africa after $4.6 billion were spent in arrangements might well demonstrate more inconvenience than it was worth. Actually, there is inadequate confirmation that hosting major game competitions ever pay off economically for nations (Todd & Jewell,