The first sport we consider should have several characteristics: global influence, position in the hearts of people all over the world, and the attraction of the sport itself.
So you will understand why the NFL League with the highest market value will not become the largest sports in the world.
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Take the World Cup in Germany as an example. The one-month World Cup will contribute 0.5% to Germany's GDP growth this year. The 2006 World Cup will add about 654.38+0 billion euros to the German economy in the next few years, and may also help create 40,000 new jobs. According to the research, 654.38+000 billion euros is equivalent to 0.5% of Germany's gross domestic product (GDP), and 0.3 percentage point of the country's estimated GDP growth rate of 2% in 2006 will be contributed by this month-long activity. Apart from the Olympic Games, the only thing that can increase a country's GDP is the football World Cup.
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According to the statistics of authoritative organizations, the global audience ranks among the three major events: Olympic Games, Football World Cup and F/KLOC-0. Considering that the Olympic Games is an unparalleled comprehensive event, the second-ranked football World Cup is truly the first sport in the world.
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FIFA has 207 member countries, and the United Nations has 192 member countries, which exceeds the United Nations. Some time ago, the World Cup group draw in South Africa was broadcast by more than 200 countries, and it is conceivable how much influence football has on the world.
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There are more than 360 football matches every week in 365 days a year (this is the statistics of world football a few years ago), which shows how influential football matches are.
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Under the economic crisis, what is the concept of 94 million euros? Real Madrid has the ability to get it. This change has caused a sensation in the world sports, and there is such an article in the annual World Sports News. The influence of football is amazing enough.
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How many people watched the World Cup draw in South Africa? 200 million people in 200 countries will watch a simple lottery ceremony. Isn't this huge enough?
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How many people can the football World Cup finals attract? The answer is 1 100 million. What is the population of the world? The answer is more than 6 billion. Imagine that one-sixth of the world's population watches a game, and only the football World Cup can do this.
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The profit of the World Cup in Germany was 12 1 billion dollars, while that of the Athens Olympic Games was 123 billion dollars. Considering the comprehensiveness of the Olympic Games, only football can earn so much in the world. When Rogge is asked about the profits of the Olympic Games, he will definitely think of Blatter, a big fat man with a round face.
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In June 2009, German Pictorial comprehensively compared the club value rankings of the world's four major sports (football, rugby, basketball and baseball) published by Forbes, an authoritative financial magazine a month ago, and obtained the global club value rankings. Among them, Manchester United from the Premier League beat many football and baseball teams from the United States to the top with a total value of 65.438+0.5 billion euros, while the new york Knicks, the most valuable team in the NBA, failed to enter the top ten. In addition, Real Madrid in La Liga, Arsenal in Premier League and Bayern Munich in Bundesliga are also in the top ten.
You see, there are so many football teams in the top ten that football is the first sport in the world.
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What is the cumulative attendance rate of German World Cup in China? 65.438+0 billion people. The audience of the World Cup in China alone is already huge. According to CCTV's estimation, there will be 654.38 billion people in China watching the World Cup in various ways. A person in charge of the CCTV Sports Center told reporters: "It is difficult to estimate how many people will watch the World Cup. But from my experience, the cumulative audience of 64 games will exceed 65.438+0 billion. " Another famous sports producer of CCTV told reporters that CCTV will broadcast the World Cup live 24 hours a day, so the figure of 654.38+0 billion people is "not surprising".
With so many people in China, football is not the first sport in this country, let alone Europe. Which country in South America is popular? The biggest sport in the world is worth having.