Special Feature: Reasons for England to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup - Part 1
There are several reasons as to why England should be given the right to host the 2018 world cup. Today in Zurich, the English delegation explained extensively as to why their nation deserves the right to host the world cup. It
is not as if England is a sure shot favourite already to win the bidding process, in fact it is due to the presence of strong competition in shape of the joint Portuguese/Spanish bid as well as the strong Russian bid. One should also take into account the
joint Dutch and Belgian bid, but it all remains to be seen how the FIFA executive committee members will vote.
As far as England are concerned, their bid has already been hampered due to the British media’s focus on the corruption circles inside FIFA. These investigative reports mainly released by BBC and the Sunday Times have not come
to the front at the most suitable time as FIFA’s members can view this gesture of investigative journalism as a sign of things to come. If the World Cup does indeed go to England, will the media be extra critical and prove to be an overlapping shadow on the
whole tournament in 2018 or will it become a positive force?
The first reason as every English citizen will tell you is the amount of football crazy people in England. For a nation that is supposed to be a very civilized one, the youthful segment of the English society is quite addicted
to football. Prince William went as far as claiming that football was England’s national sport. Around 70 million people proceed to football games every weekend and if one includes the number of people who watch football in pubs in England, the number goes
as far as 100 million.
If that was not enough, football is seen as a culture in England; people take pride in their national team and the English Premier League. English nation, which includes, young boys and girls as well as teenagers alongside older
people in the society are all linked to football through their respective interests. Many cities in the country are represented by their own teams in different leagues of English football.
This league football system provides constant interest and entertainment to the English nation. Not to mention the TV rights that can be potentially explored in England. At the moment, according to a report quoted by England’s
2018 bid, around 3 billion people in over 200 countries watch league football which takes place in England. This love of football, which is so engraved in the English nation, means that if the World Cup does indeed come to England, the whole nation will be
united behind one banner. If one needs any examples of this phenomenon with regard to today’s world, a look at England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup is more than enough.
Various footballing organizations in the country have joined hands to facilitate England’s ambitions to host the prestigious footballing competition; The F.A, English government, Football League, Clubs, Players, Candidate host
cities and commercial organizations. If that was not enough, celebrities alongside football fans are all backing England’s bid.
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