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Interesting read on Brazil's domestic issues and its relation to the World Cup
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:32 pm
Ran across this on the nytimes yesterday. Figured I'd post it here because I don't care much for the poli board and of course since it is WC related I thought you fellas might enjoy the read.
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Essentially there are two general schools of thought that I found interesting.
1) Brazilians have grown upset at the recent slow economic growth they've been experiencing yet are watching these massive stadiums and other infrastructures being built at what expense?
2) It's the World Cup. It's in Brazil. If the team has a good showing all will be forgotten for as long as the WC is going on.
The article mentions how the national team receives warm receptions in some places but some protest in others.
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Essentially there are two general schools of thought that I found interesting.
1) Brazilians have grown upset at the recent slow economic growth they've been experiencing yet are watching these massive stadiums and other infrastructures being built at what expense?
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Still, ire remains widespread over the estimated $11 billion cost of hosting the tournament, including subsidized loans for stadiums in cities like Brasília, the capital; Cuiabá, a remote agribusiness center; and Manaus, an industrial hub deep in the Amazon, with paltry soccer fan bases.
More than 100,000 people celebrated in Manaus when it was chosen as a host city, but that sentiment has shifted. “Why does a city like Manaus need an expensive and luxurious stadium when a few meters away there’s a neighborhood, Alvorada, without sidewalks and treated sewage?” asked Milton Hatoum, a writer from Manaus.
2) It's the World Cup. It's in Brazil. If the team has a good showing all will be forgotten for as long as the WC is going on.
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If Brazil starts winning, some contend that optimism will surge around the first World Cup in the country since 1950, and easily exceed the low expectations. “People are worried about how much has been spent,” said José Evaraldo Bezerra, 48, a doorman at a residential building in Brasília. “But once we see the first game, the parties will start.”
The article mentions how the national team receives warm receptions in some places but some protest in others.
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Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:41 pm to theGarnetWay
It's obviously a legit issue/concern but at the same thing goes on virtually every time an event like this occurs.
Hell it happens all the time even here in the States when new stadiums are being built in place of perfectly serviceable ones i.e the GA Dome, Turner Field...
Hell it happens all the time even here in the States when new stadiums are being built in place of perfectly serviceable ones i.e the GA Dome, Turner Field...
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:45 pm to RandySavage
The public funding of stadiums is in general shameful. How US sports teams constantly get away with it is amazing to me.
Hopefully with massive protests we can rethink how we organize events like this, as maybe the model itself is unsustainable going forward.
Hopefully with massive protests we can rethink how we organize events like this, as maybe the model itself is unsustainable going forward.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:45 pm to theGarnetWay
Manaus also doesn't have a club that even get close to filling the stadium up. 10 year from now and the place will start falling apart. Hell they don't really have any roads going to the city and had to ship everything up the Amazon.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:48 pm to crazy4lsu
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The public funding of stadiums is in general shameful. How US sports teams constantly get away with it is amazing to me.
I like sports just as much as anyone here but I hate it when a team will pretty much put a gun to the head of a city government to get a new stadium built.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:50 pm to itawambadog
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I hate it when a team will pretty much put a gun to the head of a city government to get a new stadium built.
Especially when they insist it will improve the local economy, when most times it doesn't do anything of the sort.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:51 pm to crazy4lsu
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we can rethink how we organize events like this, as maybe the model itself is unsustainable going forward.
It really is amazing how people justify things like this in places like SA, Brazil, Qatar, Russia....
There needs to be some sort of stipulation where a country can only host the event if they have a certain number of stadiums that already meet a standard/size and are able to prove it is a sustainable venue over a period of time and not just used for one month before being left to rot.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 7:55 pm to RandySavage
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There needs to be some sort of stipulation where a country can only host the event if they have a certain number of stadiums that already meet a standard/size and are able to prove it is a sustainable venue over a period of time and not just used for one month before being left to rot.
Well Blatter has said that going forward they are targeting areas for growth, which is why I think Russia and Qatar are chosen, and why I think the U.S. won't get a WC for a long time. FIFA is thinking about expansion, not about which country can host the best party for a month.
The one thing that will give us decent WC's is the confederation rotation.
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