From the 12 World Cup held in Spain in 1982 to the 17 World Cup held in Korea and Japan in 2002, the history of world football experienced the most turbulent 20 years, and various contradictions broke out one after another. Havelange and Blatter, two presidents of the International Football Federation, respectively adopted two completely different ways of doing things, conservative and flexible, trying to guide football to the ideal direction through the richest and most authoritative single sports organization in the world. However, in this big family with complex members and uneven interests, parents and family rules are indispensable, and parents can never firmly control the thoughts and actions of all members. After all, "children" have grown up or are growing up. As a result, the World Cup has become a bond that no one can do without, and it has become a value chain for power and profit.
Around the positioning of the World Cup, FIFA and the giants of European and South American football circles are always arguing. No one can deny that Europe and South America represent the highest level of world football and are the competitive pillars of modern football. But it is also undeniable that the green war in Europe and South America is so prosperous because it has been paid more attention outside the two continents. All the problems of the pagoda of world football, from the bottom to the top, are unavoidable by its leaders, and must be properly handled, rather than just making verbal wishes.
Europeans and South American football interests also sometimes have disputes. In essence, Eurocentrism has always been a consciousness that Europeans cannot leave behind. From 65438 to 0904, FIFA was founded at the initiative of seven European countries: the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Paris, France and Zurich, Switzerland, it has never left Europe. Before Brazilian Joao Havelange 1974 was elected, all six presidents of FIFA were Europeans, while all seven people who held the post of Secretary-General in history were Europeans. 1998 when Havelange was about to retire, Blatter, a Swiss, and Johansson, a Swede, launched a fierce campaign, traveling around the world to win votes. In the end, Blatter became the seventh FIFA president with the moving slogan of "Football for All, Football for All", many years of experience of FIFA Secretary-General and suspicious and unfounded off-stage actions. In fact, regardless of the outcome of that election, FIFA and its World Cup are destined to return to the leading position in Europe, but Asian and African countries hope that Blatter's promise in the election can be fulfilled.
Before Blatter won the election, few people in football saw him act alone. In people's eyes, he will always be Havelange's assistant. When attending various activities and making public appearances, he was almost a follower of Weng, and even translated for Weng at many meetings. Unlike the FIFA secretary-general, he looks like the president's secretary. There is no lack of intention in this practice. In fact, he not only has his own views on various problems and phenomena existing in international football, but also sometimes disagrees with Havelange's views. Over time, the spread of public opinion has made this contradiction more and more superficial. It is rare that Blatter supported Havelange in important discussions, including the promotion of football to Asian and African countries and the reform of the World Cup. When Blatter and Johansson were fighting for power, Havelange also supported Blatter.
The power struggle in international football is very complicated. Havelange, a Brazilian, is at odds with Pele, the king of the ball. Bailey supported Johnson to replace Havelange as chairman, and Weng suggested Blatter to do it. In the meantime, interests and strategies alternately play a leading role. As one of the two chairmen of the French Organizing Committee for the 1998 World Cup, Bailey has a close relationship with Blatter. He neither openly opposed FIFA's instructions to the French Organizing Committee, nor did he hesitate to sacrifice his personal future as Blatter's running mate. The position of the French Football Association and Platini's popularity divided the consistency of European countries' support for Johnson to a certain extent, until it affected the final result of the general election.
Regarding the football associations in many countries in the world, I heard Bailey say "We don't live under dictatorship, and I won't travel around the world to win votes for Havelange as before", and I heard Havelange retort "Think about how I got him 17 to represent the national team in the World Cup". This kind of air is enough. Johansson said that "the post of FIFA president should belong to Europeans", and the idea of European supremacy was very explicit, which inadvertently prompted the world football community to accept moderate Blatter.
In order to solve the problem of how long it is reasonable to recall international players in advance to prepare for the World Cup, there are often disputes between clubs and national teams in various countries. As early as 1996 after the Atlanta Olympic Games, Havelange indicated that it was necessary to study and formulate a global timetable to unify the tournament cycle of all countries, and the corresponding problem was that the number of clubs participating in leagues in all countries must be as balanced as possible, so as to eliminate the possible threat caused by the decline in the quality of the World Cup. At the beginning of his tenure, Blatter actively promoted this concept and put forward more and more bold reform suggestions: shortening the World Cup cycle to two years, as he suggested, expanding the goal, kicking foul balls and allowing coaches to ask for a timeout during the game.
FIFA's philosophy is to establish the supremacy of the World Cup. It is absolutely impossible for the increasingly prosperous professional leagues in various countries to hide the light of the World Cup and seize the huge economic benefits that FIFA relies on the World Cup. Swiss bank advertisements with Blatter's image can be seen everywhere on the streets of Switzerland. Blatter's status in FIFA is marked with a line of fine print under his body. This undoubtedly tells his opponent that Blatter knows the role of money and knows where to find it!
Strive for a high share
Since 1934 the second World Cup began to implement the qualifying system, Europe has the most final seats. In recent 20 years, whether you can get the "admission ticket" to enter the final stage has increasingly become a symbol of the developed degree of football in a country or region, and the competition has intensified. FIFA cannot but consider the balance of interests. Havelange doesn't want to make the relationship with European football too stiff, nor can it ignore the huge football resources of underdeveloped countries, especially Asian and African countries with large populations. In the FIFA family, almost half of the members come from Asian and African countries and regions. Until 1998 stepped down as president, Havelange still insisted on moderately increasing the number of places in the World Cup finals in underdeveloped areas, so as to provide more opportunities for everyone to enjoy the great charm of the World Cup.
It was in the last 20 years of the World Cup that FIFA adopted the way of "expanding its troops" in the final stage. 1982 In the Spanish World Cup, Havelange expanded its army for the first time, and the number of participating teams increased from 16 to 24. Because 24 is not a geometric series of 2, the World Cup had to modify the rules and try two-stage group round robin plus elimination. After eight years of debugging, people are completely accustomed to an "optimization method", that is, the team that entered the elimination stage through six group single round robin matches, and compared with the top two in each group in terms of score, goal difference and total number of goals, and the fourth group with the best performance was selected as the third, which still conforms to the geometric series of 2 in number and does not hinder the subsequent catch-and-kill.
During the period of 1998, Havelange presented his farewell works in charge of the competition at the French World Cup, which increased the number of finalists to 32. The number of people in this team is twice the capacity of the World Cup when he came to power. As a result, the optimization method is useless, and the disadvantages in the competition system can hardly be found. Behind this mathematical problem is the controversy that FIFA always allocates quotas unfairly. Africans accounted for five seats by virtue of their own achievements, and Asia, the most backward, also accounted for four seats. As a result, Nigeria became the only representative of these nine teams to advance to the knockout stage, and the other eight teams were "eliminated" in the group stage.
Strong teams have more to say. Europeans are not satisfied with having 47% of the total quota. When there were 24 teams in the World Cup finals, European teams once accounted for 54%. They believe that the World Cup should be an elite battle, a classic battle, not charity. Too many failed events will affect the reputation of the World Cup. The British even proposed to divide the 32 teams that qualified in the qualifiers into two groups, and play the knockout rounds in two countries respectively, and decide 16 teams to participate in the World Cup finals next year. The reason is that although the increase of teams will meet the needs of weak countries and players are willing to get more benefits from the increased TV income, it will undoubtedly cause greater pressure on athletes' physical consumption. It is easy for a discerning person to see through. The subtext of Britain's bad idea is that the weak team's participation in the World Cup is purely a formality, "come in a hurry and go in a hurry". Of course, there is no problem of physical reserve. And those strong teams that are ready to fight the championship and runner-up battle will waste their strength because they compete with weak teams.
This issue, together with power, was handed over to the incoming chairman, Joseph Blatter. A year later, Asia, with the weakest football strength in the world, attacked Blatter, the new official, and threatened FIFA to increase the number of Asian teams participating in the 2002 World Cup finals by withdrawing from the FIFA Congress collectively. As an AFC official, Zhang Jilong, the representative of China Football Association, immediately said that it was unwise, but he could only walk out of the venue with everyone. Actually, it's only half a seat. Second-rate teams that failed to advance directly in the South American and European qualifiers are eager to play play play-offs with Asian teams. With their strength, they can get a cheap "admission ticket" to the finals as easy as blowing off dust, but no one will give it away for nothing, and transferring half a seat has become a bargaining chip. As a result, Ireland in Europe snatched the last place from Iran, the best tough guy in Asia. Compared with four years ago, Asian football was replaced by China, and four teams were selected. Africans have not continued the tradition of making amazing works every time in the World Cup in France, so there is no reason to ask for more places, or five seats. In the end, Europe won the top 32 places in 15 and maintained the place in 1998 World Cup. In international football, where strength is the right to speak, things have only come to an end.
Strive to be the host
During his tenure, Havelange presided over the selection of the venue for the World Cup six times. He did consider the possibility of handing over this world football event to countries outside Europe and America. However, the actual situation is not as he calculated.
During the period of 1987, when we were investigating whether Morocco could become the first African country to host the World Cup, Havelange was at a loss because it did not have the necessary television broadcasting and communication conditions. There is no TV broadcast and news dissemination to promote the World Cup. Not only will fans around the world scold FIFA to death, but sponsors' spittle will also drown Havelange. In order to solve the problems in this African country, Americans must provide funds and technology. On the contrary, why not hold the World Cup in the United States where the equipment is ready?
In this way, 1994 World Cup became American. For Havelange, anyway, he was transferred to countries outside Europe and South America, which is enough for him to explain. As for African countries hosting the World Cup, they can only be "reconsidered".
In fact, as a citizen of the world football kingdom, it is the greatest regret in life that Havelange failed to win a chance to host the World Cup for his motherland. After deciding that the16th World Cup will be held in France, Havelange really spent a lot of energy thinking about where the first world football competition will be held in the new century. According to the usual practice, first of all, it cannot be hosted by European countries for two consecutive years. He can reject all European countries that submit applications for the simple reason. It would be great for Brazil to do it. However, the internal relations of Brazilian football are very complicated. The relationship between Havelange and Pele is very bad, and another king, Diego Diego Maradona, has been waiting to get hold of FIFA. What's more, Havelange will have one last chance to fulfill its promise of hosting the World Cup for Europe and America.
1996 On New Year's Day, Havelange took a vacation in his hometown. He said: "The time for Africa has come. In order to correctly evaluate their efforts, I will go to South Africa to tell President Mandela that his mainland will host the 2006 World Cup and Africa can finally win the right to host the World Cup for the first time. " UEFA President Johansson immediately retorted: "This is an abuse of personal power. The president of FIFA should not make any personal decisions. Havelange trampled heavily on fifa statutes. This issue should be referred to the FIFA Executive Committee for discussion. " Earlier, Havelange's deputy Zheng Mengzhun had applied to host the 2002 World Cup. Johansson's words clearly reflect the position of continuing to adhere to Eurocentrism. Havelange played the South African card, one was to deal with South Korea, and the other was to disqualify Nigeria from hosting the World Youth Championship on the grounds of poor public security, which was a good opportunity to please African football.
Who's Zheng Mengzhun? In Korea, there are several super consortia, one of which is the modern group of the Zheng family with a history of 55 years. Zheng Zhouyong, the founder, has several children, of which Zheng Mengzhun, the youngest son, is the most promising. When negotiating with foreign businessmen, Mr. Zheng always asks Zheng Mengzhun to sit next to him as an English interpreter. When he was old, he handed over the management of the family business to Zheng Mengzhun. Later, Zheng Mengzhun was elected as a member of the National Assembly. According to Korean law, members of parliament can't hold corporate positions at the same time, so they resigned as the chairman of Hyundai Group, specializing in politics. Although only the vice president of FIFA and the president of the Korean Football Association are called "President Zheng" according to Korean customs, Hyundai Group has an extraordinary position in the Korean economy. After 1998, it withstood the test of the Asian financial turmoil and merged its rivals, becoming the first of the three major consortia in South Korea, alongside Samsung and LG. Against this background, even President Kim Dae-jung had to entrust Zheng Mengzhun with mediation on some issues.
Although some things were gradually developed later, Havelange took the Korean application seriously. Unless Brazil does it, there is no good reason why Asian countries should not do it once. Unexpectedly, when FIFA began to study the possibility of South Korea hosting the World Cup, the Japanese Football Association immediately said that it would join the bidding ranks. Havelange has always been regarded as the "trump card" of underdeveloped countries. At this moment, the old man is facing the last and most difficult problem before abdication.
The two countries that bid for the 2002 World Cup are both in Asia, where football is the most backward.
1In March, 1996, AFC President Xia He sent a letter to Havelange, suggesting that representatives of the Korean-Japanese Football Association and FIFA discuss the plan of jointly hosting the World Cup. The letter wrote:
"In the same region, it is the first time for two countries to compete so fiercely for the right to host the World Cup. The AFC is very concerned about this game. Japan and South Korea both have good ability to host the World Cup, so it is difficult to distinguish them. If only one of the two countries can host the World Cup, it will be harmful to Asian football and the FIFA family. Japan and South Korea are very close, only 80 minutes by plane. Now, the World Cup has grown to 32 teams, which can be divided into two countries. The eight teams in the preliminary stage can be divided into two parts, four in Japan and four in South Korea, which will not disrupt the original competition schedule. UEFA has decided that the 2000 European Cup will be jointly hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, and there are many such examples in other competitions. "
Xia He's proposal was supported by Johnson, but Havelange expressed strong opposition. "This is impossible. If it was a joint plan between the two countries four or five years ago, it would be almost the same. " The reason is that the joint hosting of the World Cup by the two countries violates fifa statutes's regulations that the World Cup should be hosted by one country.
In the disputes that are hard to eliminate, we can use a famous saying that China people are most familiar with: "We support what the enemy opposes." Zheng Mengzhun accepted Johnson's proposal on behalf of South Korea, and is willing to consider hosting the meeting with Japan. Due to the strong influence of Europeans on the FIFA Executive Committee, Johansson had a clear upper hand before voting. The Japanese Football Association insisted on a showdown, while Havelange publicly expressed support for holding it in Japan alone.
1May 3, 9961day, less than 24 hours before the voting time of the FIFA Executive Committee, representatives of the Japanese Football Association suddenly changed their attitude, gave up the position of hosting the World Cup alone, and wrote to Havelange to accept the proposal of co-hosting the 2002 World Cup. As only South Korea and Japan have applied for the bid, and the two countries have agreed to co-host, there is no need to vote. The next day, Havelange was forced to propose at the Executive Committee meeting that two Asian countries jointly host the 2002 World Cup, which was unanimously adopted by 2 1 Executive Committee members.
In fact, there has always been a historical and ethnic gap between South Korea and Japan. Non-football factors caused opposition in the bid, and political and economic interests made both sides want to use the bid to attack their opponents, establish their own image, and expand their overall influence in East Asia, the whole of Asia and even the whole world. The Japanese say that their country has been engaged in professional leagues for three years, while the process of football professionalization in South Korea is not worthy of the name; Koreans say that their national team has reached the World Cup finals four times, while Japan has not yet achieved a zero breakthrough. Although these are all facts, they are not capital in the eyes of FIFA tycoons.
The most complicated struggle in the process of choosing the host of the World Cup in the past two decades has turned into a game that ended in 0-0. 90 minutes of fierce fighting is 0: 0, which is allowed by the rules. People should thank the founder of football rules. For more than a hundred years, 0∶0, a result that many sports rules can't pass, has brought endless joys and sorrows to the green struggle. The competition for the right to host the World Cup outside the stadium is also 0: 0, which is not allowed by the rules, but it has also become an acceptable result for all parties.
Japan and South Korea's dream of hosting the World Cup has come true, and both seem to be big winners. However, they didn't draw because of their joint efforts. Slightly inferior on the court, but pretending to be "forced to make peace" in the bidding competition. The Japanese side seems extremely reluctant to cooperate. However, at that time, the Japanese team was not absolutely sure to rush out of Asia in the World Cup preliminaries of 1997. Once defeated, 2002 will become the first team in the history of the World Cup to enter the finals for free. In the sense of pure football, the Japanese are definitely the winners of the bid. Koreans who are also unwilling to cooperate take the initiative to win by peace. In the end, even peace still wins. However, at this time, the leaders of various factions within FIFA really reached an understanding, and spoke many times on various occasions, denying the model that the future World Cup can be jointly organized by the two countries, which is equivalent to admitting that South Korea and Japan cannot host the 2002 World Cup, and they have to do it.
Both Japan and South Korea have hosted the Olympic Games and the Asian Games, and they have the same experience in organizing large-scale and high-standard world events. In the end, the two countries won the bid for the World Cup 0-0, and neither of them scored or conceded a goal, but that doesn't mean there was no winner. Both sides held their breath. See you in 2002.
Four years later, FIFA gave up Africa again. When the 2006 World Cup was decided to be held in Germany, Blatter made another wish to Africans: 20 10 World Cup must be held in African countries. However, this is not enough to ease the contradiction. In the intolerable African Football Association, someone is going to accuse Blatter of climbing the FIFA presidency through bribery.
People finally understand that FIFA's principle of choosing the host country of the World Cup is actually that two parties take turns, one is a European country and the other is all countries outside Europe. Therefore, calls for a complete change in the hosting of the world's continents have repeatedly appeared, forcing FIFA to discuss it as a special topic. However, the results may not be optimistic. Blatter has said: "I was elected by everyone and should complete my mission." I have no right to resign unless I am seriously ill. Giving up my mission means betrayal. " In fact, it is not an individual who controls the venue of the World Cup, but a force.
Hegemonic arena
No matter how the leaders of FIFA fight with each other, no matter how complicated the world football itself is, members of this big family still attach great importance to safeguarding the overall interests in keeping with the outside world. If we lose everything, we will win everything. Make sure there is meat in the pot and that football is the first goal in the world. The so-called strength is only the strength comparison of the football circle. This concept has never been shaken by family changes.
In order to make football more prominent and stable in the tide of world competitive sports reform and development, Havelange once wrestled with juan samaranch, another world sports leader, for a long time. Havelange is four years older than Samaranch. When Samaranch was elected president of the International Olympic Committee, Havelange had been president of FIFA for six years. In July, 20001,Samaranch handed over the baton of the International Olympic Committee to the successor President Rogge. When paying tribute to this 8 1 year-old man, people will inevitably worry about whether the new parents of this big family can cope with more and more troubles. One of the reasons is that three years after FIFA resigned in Havelange, the life of its successor Blatter was not easy.
Confrontation and dialogue between the two super organizations in international sports and their "giant" leaders are only two things on the surface, but there is no difference in practical sense. The focus is always on the two super events that attract worldwide attention: the World Cup and the Olympic Games. Both sides know very well that there is no question of who eats who in world sports. The progress and civilization of human society need the Olympic movement and the Olympic Games, as well as the fascinating game like football. It is inevitable to meet people's needs to the greatest extent and win the greatest benefits for themselves.
In the football circle, Havelange himself once amassed money among the poor, knowing that he must pay attention to the economic reality of the third world countries, so he made various promises to the football circles of Asian and African countries, and actually did some practical things for the football underdeveloped countries. Most of these countries rarely enter the World Cup, and often only serve as a foil in the four-year qualifiers. This situation is naturally not as attractive as the Olympic Games. Outside the football circle, Havelange himself participated in the swimming competition of the Berlin Olympic Games at the age of 20, and was later selected for the Brazilian water polo team of the Helsinki Olympic Games. Havelange was the head of the Brazilian delegation to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Through 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Samaranch saw the great potential social and economic value of the Olympic Games from the management achievements of American Uber Ross. He can solve the problem that the East and the West boycotted the Olympic Games respectively, and strive to gather the members of the Olympic family under one five-ring flag. I believe he can also handle the specific situation of football flexibly. There is no football, or the level of football match is not high. Of course, the International Olympic Committee also has a loss, and it is a big one. At the same time, he insisted that under the premise of the amateur nature of the international Olympic Games, it is necessary to deal flexibly with the disputes about attracting stars to participate in the Olympic Games in professional sports such as football and tennis.
Two people have been fighting for 20 years because they have different positions, different positions and different interests. At first, the non-professional football system was still widespread, and many national teams participating in the Olympic Games were not composed of amateur players. For the purpose of helping weak football countries, FIFA also respects the Olympic ideal, stipulating that European and South American football players are not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games as long as they have represented their countries in the World Cup. This regulation limits athletes from winning double honors for their country in the Olympic Games and the World Cup. However, since developed countries in Europe and South America have the ability to participate in the World Cup, they are of course elites among professional players, so it is fair to refuse them to participate in the Olympic Games. 1988, I witnessed a football match that met this requirement at the Seoul Olympic Games. West Germany beat China 3-0, and young striker Klinsmann made a strong attack, leaning against Chinese captain Jia Xiuquan and scoring from a small angle. In the final, the Brazilian team led by romario defeated the Soviet team led by Mikhailichenko. 65,438+00 years later, Klinsmann and romario are still shouldering the heavy responsibility of attacking the World Cup, completing the process from the beginning of the Olympic Games to winning the World Cup.
1992, the two sides had a dispute over Olympic football, and the dispute was almost heated. FIFA even threatened to stop cooperation and the football project would withdraw from the Olympic Games. But the final solution is that both Havelange and Samaranch agree to limit the age of players participating in the Olympic football match to under 23, so as to make the Olympic football match a youth-level competition, thus avoiding the contradiction between amateur and professional.
The results of this competition should be awarded to FIFA for the following reasons: the purpose of the International Olympic Committee is to see that all events show the world's top level as much as possible, which is also conducive to giving full play to their commercial potential; The aim of FIFA is to firmly safeguard the supremacy of the World Cup in order to realize its irreplaceable role and great value in international society, politics, culture, economy and sports. According to the method agreed by both parties and still used today, the level and attraction of Olympic football matches are limited to the World Cup, which is destined to be second-rate. FIFA can stop worrying. No force is more likely to threaten the World Cup than the Olympic Games.
In the second year after this decision was issued, Japanese football began to implement the professional system and launched the professional league of 10 teams. Another year passed, and the first professional football league in China began. Gradually, China's Yang Chen, Japanese nakata hidetoshi, Iranian Ali Dae and other professional players who have joined European clubs to the letter appear in Asian football. However, since the rules have been set, no matter whether the professionalization is implemented sooner or later, regardless of the level, only players under the age of 23 can be selected to form the Olympic team to participate in the Olympic Games. In fact, FIFA achieved another important strategic goal with the help of the Olympic Games, which not only created and improved the world football competition system, but also formed a complete series from the world youth championship below 17 to the world youth championship below 2 1, to the Olympic football competition under the age of 23, and then to the World Cup without age restrictions. The role of the first three events is to provide practical opportunities for countries to cultivate and exercise reserve forces, and ultimately ensure the quality and level of the World Cup, making it the world's top sports event. Therefore, FIFA's economic interests have been improved.
Professional football in Europe and South America is very developed, and the supply of talents exceeds demand. Most potential young players can't wait to enter the Olympic era, and they have been owned by powerful clubs. Moreover, there are many difficult professional leagues as training, and the national team does not need to pass the Olympic exam to select new players. In the year when the solution was launched, no team from Britain, Germany, France and the Netherlands in Europe and Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in South America participated in the football match of the Barcelona Olympic Games.
In contrast, Asian countries and African football, whose professional football is still in its infancy, pay more attention to the Olympic Games. Most of the players who have participated in the World Cup have been tempered by the Olympic Games, and even the Olympic qualifiers are very important. Entering the Olympic Games is regarded as a big move after entering the World Cup. Nigerian star Kanu attracted much attention in the subsequent World Cup in France, because he was the hero who won the gold medal in Atlanta Olympic Games. This multi-benefit way further strengthens and consolidates the absolute authority of the World Cup.
2. Money, drugs and violence
The World Cup has money to cover the World Cup football match, sometimes it is like entering the Grand View Garden for the first time and constantly encountering new things; Sometimes, just like students who step into the classroom, although they are not ignorant, they will always encounter some questions that cannot be answered with their original knowledge and habits.
Many domestic management cadres used to compare some big moves to a systematic project, playing with some concepts such as "subsystem", "software" and "hardware". However, the World Cup has already formed a tradition of being organized by FIFA and managed by the host country's Football Association, and its investment and profit have made great progress. The professionalism and high development of modern football force the host of any World Cup to have a keen economic vision. Of course, Americans are the most "spicy".
1994 The venues I visited during the World Cup in the United States, such as Rose Bay Stadium in Los Angeles, have 9 1794 seats, and the smallest can accommodate more than 53,000 spectators. In the first stage of the group stage, there are both first-class European and American teams and dull Asian and African teams. No matter where you watch the game, you feel packed, at least you can't see a space. Americans have a strong sense of business, pay attention to money, calculate clearly, and never give out thousands of coupons, not to mention seeing a large number of children organized on the spot to set off the atmosphere. As you can imagine and calculate, more than three million tickets will be a good income.
Since it is a market economy, it is natural to discuss prices according to quality. As long as there is an American team, the black market ticket price can be "fried" to more than $ 100. At the beginning of the match between Italy and Ireland, the ticket sellers outside the door did not hesitate to sell the tickets at a low price of 10, so as not to become worthless waste paper.
Millions of fans from all over the world have arrived in the United States, bringing opportunities to make a fortune in transportation, hotels, restaurants and other industries. According to the calculation published in the local newspaper, the World Cup earned 400 million dollars for the host country. But it does not involve profiteering factors. The parking fee for the stadium, which is usually $5, has been raised to 10, and the asking price for temporary parking spaces for families designated by nearby residents is as high as $20, while the parking fee for American football matches in the past was only $2 or $3.
The World Cup can make money or create disasters. Economic laws are not only reflected in the off-court and stands, but also effective on the court. The powerful FIFA Disciplinary Committee will punish all players who have been sent off by the red card, except the suspension, as well as the economic department. Romanian team/KOOC-0/6 Vladoiu only played for four minutes, and was fined 5,000 Swiss francs for receiving a red card. If someone punishes, someone rewards. Saudi Arabia, which entered the World Cup finals for the first time, won a prize of $3,000 per player because it beat Morocco in the same group. Although they lost to the Dutch team before, they still earned $65,438+0,000 each.